Artist
Shunsuke Kano
Born 1983 in Osaka, Japan, Shunsuke Kano completed his graduate studies at Kyoto Saga University of Arts in 2010. Through his photographic illusions, Kano compels his viewers to see the complex layers that appear on surfaces. His works utilizes the aspects of overlap (layers)–the creative concept of printmaking–and camera (photographs)–the recording device. By compressing the surfaces, the order of layer placement as well as the perception of depth become blurred, creating an optical illusion.
Featured Works
CV
1983
born in Osaka
2008
Graduated from Kyoto Saga University of Arts (BFA)
2010
Graduated from Master Course at Kyoto Saga University of Arts (MFA)
Lives and works in Kyoto
[Solo Exhibitions]
2023
Combined City, Maki Fine Arts, Tokyo
In the sight of the forest, Adrift in trees, CHISO Gallery, Kyoto
2021
Gaps in the Sandwich, Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art, The Triangle
Cascades and Barriers, Maki Fine Arts, Tokyo
compression training, clinic, Tokyo
2020
Counter Program, Art- Space TARN, Nara
2018
Pink Shadow, Maki Fine Arts, Tokyo
2016
Construction Cross Section, Maki Fine Arts, Tokyo
Floating Fountain, space_inframince, Osaka
2015
Cool Breeze On The Rocks, Maki Fine Arts, Tokyo
2014
Fountain Mountain, Maki Fine Arts, Tokyo
Shiseido art egg vol.8 Shunsuke Kano “Jenga and Fountain” Shiseido Gallery, Tokyo
2013
Baumkuchen and Flat Surfaces, Maki Fine Arts, Tokyo
2011
WARP TUNNEL, Gallery PARC, Kyoto
2009
CIRCLE CHANGE, gallery Den, Osaka
[Group Exhibitions]
2022
A-LAB Exhibition vol.35 Though I cannot see my eyes with my eyes, A-LAB, Hyogo
Kameoka KIRI Art Cultivation / Shiroato Art Exhibition, Ruins of Tamba Kameyama Castle, Kyoto
lights, camera, action, Lights Gallery, Aichi
2021
Kyoto Art for Tomorrow 2021 – Selected Up-and-coming Artists’ Exhibition, The Museum of Kyoto, Kyoto
Sapporo Parallel Museum 2021, Hulic Sapporo, Hokkaido
2020
LANDING AND CULTIVATION, HOTEL ANTEROOM GALLERY9.5, Kyoto
Otowagawa river landscape 2020 , about Otowagawa River sand control dam, Kyoto
Winter Show, Maki Fine Arts, Tokyo
2019
FLYING WUNDERKUMER, toberu, Kyoto
2018
Otowagawa river landscape , about Otowagawa River sand control dam, Kyoto
Three Bodies, About 180 trillion Cells, FLAG Studio, Osaka
2017
Yuta Hayakawa, Akira Takaishi, Shunsuke Kano “Three Bodies, About 180 trillion Cells” Maki Fine Arts, Tokyo
VOCA 2017, The Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo
Copiercise of that day, MSC Gallery Doshisha Women’s College of Liberal Arts, Kyoto
2016
AKZIDENZ, AOYAMA|MEGURO, Tokyo
PAT in Kyoto, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art , Kyoto
Stove League2016, Division / VOU, Kyoto
2015
Yabunonaka, Galerie Aube, Kyoto
SHASHIN! Japanese Photography Then/Now, Sotheby’s Hong Kong Galley, Hong Kong
THE COPY TRAVELERS by THE COPY TRAVELERS, NADiff gallery, Tokyo / space_inframince, Osaka
Yuta Hayakawa x Akira Takaishi x Shunsuke Kano “Three Bodies, About 180 trillion Cells“ Sapporo Odori 500-m Underground Walkway Gallery, Hokkaido
How to draw the line, Maki Fine Arts, Tokyo
Ultra Picnic Project, Tokyo Polytechnic Universy, Nakano campus, Tokyo
2014
TOKYO 2020 BY JAPANESE PHOTOGRAPHERS #2, yellow Koner pompidiou, Paris
Kasetsu, Kyoto seika University T-101, Kyoto
Photography Will Be, Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Aichi
The Research Associate Exhibition 2014, Musashino Art university Museum, Tokyo
eeny, meeny, miny, moe | red, eN arts, Kyoto
Winter Show, Maki Fine Arts, Tokyo
2013
: No Subtitle, HAGIWARA PROJECTS, Tokyo
SPACE CADET Actual Exhibition #2, Turner Gallery, Tokyo
Light & Blindness, Maki Fine Arts, Tokyo
2012
Kageutsushi – reflection, transition, infection -, Kyoto City University of Art – Art Gallery
KANO Shunsuke, TAKAHASHI Kohei Exhibition “Puzzle & Rumination” Island Medium / JIKKA / NADiff window gallery, Tokyo
Redefining the Multiple:13 Japanese Printmakers, Ewing Gallery, UT Downtown Gallery
The 15th Exhibition of the Taro Okamoto Award for Contemporary Art, Taro Okamoto Memorial Museum, Kanagawa
SHOWCASE#1 curated by minoru shimizu, eN arts, Kyoto
Emotion Release :reprise, Gallery ARTSITE, Shiga
2011
KANO Shunsuke, TAKAHASHI Kohei Exhibition “Puzzle & Rumination” Social Kitchen / LABORATORY / Division, Kyoto
Canon:New Cosmos of Photography/Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography
2008
one room`08, campus club box at Kyoto Saga University of Arts, Kyoto
Thinking Print vol.2 -Alternative ways of Photography, Kyoto Art Center, Kyoto
Curator`s Eye 2008 -KANO works-, Gallery Maronie, Kyoto
one room 3 -LIFE CIRCLE-, former Rissei primary school, Kyoto
2007
one room, campus club box at Kyoto Saga University of Arts, Kyoto
Uchu, gallery Den 58, Osaka
2006
hangable, FUKUGAN GALLERY, Osaka
[Awards]
2011
Canon:New Cosmos of Photography 2011, Honorable Mention award
The 15th Taro Okamoto Award for Contemporary Art
[Public Collection]
Kyoto Saga University of Arts
eN arts collection
Videos
Interview – “Cascades and Barriers” June 5 – July 4, 2021
News
2023.04.14
Shunsuke Kano – Solo Show
2023.03.05
Shunsuke Kano – Gaps in the Sandwich
2023.03.02
Shunsuke Kano – compression training
Gallery Exhibitions
Shunsuke Kano “Combined City”
November 4 – December 3, 2023
Group Show – Yoshio Shirakawa | Fuminao Suenaga | Keisuke Shirota | Shunsuke Kano | Sean Micka
25 June – 24 July 2022
Shunsuke Kano “Cascades and Barriers”
June 5 – July 4, 2021
Winter Show – Alex Dodge, Shunsuke Kano, Akira Takaishi, Shinsuke Aso
January 25 – February 23, 2020