Naho Kawabe
1976 born in Fukuoka, Japan, lives and works in Hamburg, Germany and Japan
| 1995 – 1999 | Musashino Art University Tokyo, Bachelor Media-Art, Prof. Keigo Yamamoto and Christophe Charles |
| 2001 – 2006 | University of Fine Arts of Hamburg, Diplom Claus Böhmler, Wiebke Siem |
| 2005 – 2013 | Member of the international artist collective The Bee to Bee Net |
Awards and Fellowships
| 2023 | Fukuoka Asian Art Museum Residence Program (JP) upcoming |
| 2022 | Toshiaki Ogasawara Memorial Foundation (JP) |
| 2021 | NEUSTART KULTUR, Federal Government for Culture and the Media (DE) Zukunftsstipendium, Hamburgische Kultur-Stiftung (DE) Nordhorn Artprize, shortlist (DE) |
| 2020 | Kunst kennt keinen shutdown, Hamburgische Kultur-Stiftung (DE) |
| 2019 | 15th Workshop Projekt, Boxes Museum, Guangzhou (CN) |
| 2016 | Project grant, Hamburg (DE) |
| 2013 | Nomura Foundation Fellowship (JP) |
| 2012 | One year fellowship of Wassermühle Trittau, Sparkassen-Kulturstiftung Stormarn (DE) boesner art award 2012, Jury’s Special Award (DE) |
| 2011 | Shiseido Art Egg Award 05 (JP) |
| 2009 | Japanese Government Overseas Study Programme for Artists |
| 2008 | One year fellowship for artist, Hamburg (DE) Artist in residency, Salzwedel, Sachsen-Anhalt (DE) |
| 2006 | Artist in residency, Mecklenburgisches Künstlerhaus Schloss Plüschow (DE) |
| 2005 | Fellowship for foreign student, University of Fine Arts of Hamburg (DE) |
| 2001 | DAAD |
Solo Exhibitions
| 2022 | Black and Green, TOM REICHSTEIN Contemporary, Hamburg (DE) |
| 2020 | 1/3, 2/3, 3/3, Paper Gallery, Pristina, Kosovo Artist in Quarantine, nachtspeicher23 e.V., Hamburg (DE) |
| 2019 | Blooming Black, Boxes Museum, Guangzhou (CN) |
| 2018 | Save for the Noon, Gallery Waitingroom, Tokyo (JP) In the other Words, Konya Gallery 2023, Fukuoka (JP) |
| 2017 | The Children of Icarus, Gallery Waitingroom, Tokyo (JP) |
| 2016 | delikatelinien, Ermekeil Kaserne, Bonn (DE) |
| 2014 | piece, piece (with Jane Brucker), Port Gallery T, Osaka (JP) |
| 2013 | Observer Effect, Wassermühle Trittau (DE) Observer Effect, Galerie du Tableau, Marseille (FR) relation, unscharf, STORE contemporary, Dresden (DE) |
| 2012 | Blüthenstaub, Port Gallery T, Osaka (JP) |
| 2011 | Open Secret, Shiseido Gallery, Tokyo (JP) |
| 2010 | Most things happen in the interval, Port Gallery T, Osaka (JP) |
| 2005 | Helgoland, Gallery IAF SHOP*, Fukuoka (JP) |
| 2004 | dem Anschein nach, Einstellungsraum e.V., Hamburg (DE) |
Group Exhibitions
| 2023 | Recent Discovery, Art Gallery Isetan, Tokyo (JP) de/cipher, gkg, Bonn (DE) / Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam (NL) |
| 2022 | STRATA, Duo-show with Hanae Uramura, WAITINGROOM, Tokyo (JP) New Collection, Fukuoka Art Museum (JP) |
| 2021 | Isola, Galerie Hengevoss-Dürkop, Hamburg (DE) Kleine Gesellschaft für Weg und Umweg, Hinterconti, Hamburg (DE) OUT FOR ART. Jugend Kuratiert, Harter Center, Lübeck (DE) |
| 2020 | 10TH, Gallery Waitingroom, Toyko (JP) IRRH_ Contribution, ZERO FOLD, Köln (DE) Aufenthaltswahrscheinlichkeiten, 8. Salon e.V., Hamburg (DE) |
| 2019 | Fuzzy Dark Spot. Videoart from Hamburg, Deichtorhallen Sammlung Falkenberg Hamburg (DE) Aufenthaltswahrscheinlichkeiten, 30-year partnership Hamburg/Osaka, The Blend Art in Residency / Flag studio, Osaka (JP) RADICAL TWILIGHT, Frappant, Hamburg (DE) Zeichnung und Objekt, Galerie Nanna Preußners, Hamburg (DE) |
| 2018 | Landschaft. Gebrochene Idylle, Schloß Agarthenburg, Agarthenburg (DE) Transitions, Frappant, Hamburg (DE) |
| 2017 | wie es sich ereignet, Take Maracke & Partner, Kiel (DE) NEWSPACE, Gallery Waitingroom, Tokyo (JP) |
| 2016 | Grenzenlos – Himmlische Perspektiven, Schloßkirche, Universität Bonn (DE) The Material of Memory, Frise, Hamburg (DE) ort_m migration memory, Frappant, Hamburg (DE) LIFESTYLES. Kunst aus Fukuoka, Westwerk e.V., Hamburg (DE) |
| 2015 | Sudden Change of Idea. An Exibition on Comperative Study between Chinese and German Conceptual Art, Union Art Museum, Wuhan (CN) Von Wörtern und Räumen, Galerie im Marstall, Ahrensburg (DE) presente – Interchange & Commentary III, Frappant, Hamburg (DE) |
| 2014 | IN SEARCH OF CRITICAL IMAGINATION, Fukuoka Art Museum, (JP) Notausgang am Horizont, 8. Kunstfrühling, Bremen (DE) How Modular Is Now?, Künstlerhaus Sootbörn, Hamburg (DE) Can I ask you personal question?, Sichuan University Art Gallery, Chengdu (CN) Bien Merci, Galerie Le Couer, Cologne (DE) |
| 2013 | … und Hamburg, was glaubst Du?, Kunsthaus Hamburg (DE) ONE YEAR, Galerie Marstall Ahrensburg (DE) |
| 2012 | boesner art award 2012, Märkisches Museum Witten (DE) Moving Surface, Künstlerforum, Bonn (DE) Video Violence, Kunsthaus Dresden (DE) Thermal noise (The Bee to Bee Net), FRISE, Hamburg (DE) |
| 2011 | Archive und Geschichte(n), Hamburger Kunsthalle/Galerie der Gegenwart (DE) JCE: Jeune Création Européenne (The Bee to Bee Net), Paris u.a. |
| 2010 | Versus Whiteout (The Bee to Bee Net), Kunsthaus Hamburg (DE) come into sight, Port Gallery T, Osaka (JP) |
| 2009 | The Bee to Bee Net, Künstlerhaus Sootbörn, Hamburg (DE) Twinism. 30-year partnership Hamburg/Osaka, Kunsthaus Hamburg/AD&A Gallery, Osaka (DE/JP) StipendiatenArt, Johann-Friedrich-Danneil-Museum, Salzwedel (DE) |
| 2008 | The Bee to Bee Net meets hulahoop, Gallery hulahoop, Hongkong (CN) Einlandung, Mecklenburgisches Künstlerhaus Schloss Plüschow (DE) Wir nennen es Hamburg, Kunstverein Hamburg (DE) |
| 2007 | Lebe wohl. Suizidalität, Kunst und Gesellschaft, Kunsthaus Hamburg (DE) |
| 2006 | Migration Addict, Sculpture squer, Singapore (SG) Joint the dots, Ben Kaufmann Gallery, Berlin (DE) Plattform#3, Kunstverein Hannover (DE) |
| 2005 | Wintergarden, Raboisen, Hamburg (DE) Migration Addict, Warehouse, Shanghai (CN) |
| 2003 | Sweet Tune, Hotel Stadt Altona, Hamburg (DE) |
| 2000 | KROM, Setagaya Museum Gallery, Tokyo (JP) |
| 1998 | World Wide Network Art, Asahi Super Dry Hall, Tokyo (JP) |
Art Projects
| 2022 | Das war mal eine ganz tolle Idee. Ebene +14: Oase der Kunst, Online Video Projekt https://oase-der-kunst.nahokawabe.net |
| 2020 | Camera Isolata, Online Art Project, https://camera-isolata.nahokawabe.net |
Festivals / Video Screenings / Art Fairs
| 2023 | Asia Fukuoka Art Fair (JP), curated booth Crossroads Kyushu |
| 2022 | ART WEEK TOKYO (JP) Video Screening Working, Crawling curated by Adam Szymczyk (JP) ARNKEPHTCKFCR, Hamburg (DE) Paper Position, Berlin (DE) |
| 2020 | STREET POETRY, 48h Neukölln, Berlin (DE) |
| 2018 | VOLTA 14, Basel (CH) |
| 2017 | Smart Illumination 2017, Zou no hana Park, Yokohama, (JP) |
| 2015 | Performance, Artville/Dockvillefestival, Hamburg (DE) Video Screening, Transit. Über Medialität und Bewegung, curated by Elke Kania, Venedig (IT) |
| 2013 | Video Screening, Schwanken und Verschwinden curated by Ludwig Seyfarth, Via Pietro Garzoni 5, Venedig (IT) Video Screening, MEDIA MATTERS curated by Elke Kania, Museum Folkwang, Essen (DE) |
| 2011 | Online-Performance-Session, POW!, FOLD Gallery, London (GB) INDEX 11, Hamburg (DE) |
| 2010 | Kongress für Anders, medibüro, Michaelis-Krankenhaus, Hamburg (DE) |
| 2007 | loop pool, Lounge for shortfilms, Oberhausen (DE) INDEX 07, Hamburg (DE) |
| 2005 | Berliner Kunstsalon (The Bee to Bee Net), Berlin (DE) Juan Media Festival, Inchon (KR) |
| 2004 | Stand der Dinge, Metropolis Kino, Hamburg (DE) |
| 2003 | International Short Film Festival, Hamburg (DE) |
| 2000 | Mukojima EXPO, Tokyo (JP) |
Lectures
| 2022 | Joshibi University of Art and Design (JP) |
| 2019 | Guangzhou Fine art Academy (CN) |
| 2017 | Drei Fragen, drei Orte: Gemeinschaft, Katholische Akademie Hamburg (DE) |
Curatorial Works
| 2019 | Aufenthaltswahrscheinlichkeiten, 30 years twin cities Hamburg/Osaka, in cooperation with Goethe-Institut Osaka Kyoto |
| 2016 | LIFESTYLES. Kunst aus Fukuoka, Westwerk, Hamburg (DE) |
| 2014 | Subreale Welten. Photography from Hamburg, Port Gallery T, Osaka (JP) |
| 2009 | Twinism. 20 years twin cities Hamburg/Osaka |
| 2000 | KROM, Setagaya Museum Gallery, Tokyo (JP) |
Public Collections
Fukuoka Art Museum (JP)
Boxes Museum, Guangzhou (CN)
Hamburger Kunsthalle (DE)
Sparkassen-Kulturstiftung Stormarn (DE)
Sichuan University (CN)
Brodtmann/Berenberg Bank (DE)