Kahori Kamiya


Born in Nagoya, Japan; lives and works in Rockland County, NY


Awards, Grants & Residencies

2024   Chanorth Residency

2024   Arts Westchester Arts Alive Grant

2024   Foundation for Contemporary Art Emergency Grant

2024   Arts Council of Rockland Grant

2023   ISCP Residency 

2022   Puffin Foundation Grant

2021   Artist Relief Grant

2021   1st Prize, ANTE mag 

2020  Artist in Residency at Carrie Able Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 

2020  Hudson Valley Museum of Contemporary Art, Winner of Face mask contest, Peekskill, NY

2013-2014 Digital Artist in Residence, Prospect Gallery, Australia

2012   Center on Contemporary Art Annual, Honorable mention

2010   ArtSlant, #3 Showcase competition, mixed-media category

2010   LACDA TOP 40 International Competition Winner

2009  Russian Art Week-International Exhibition, 3rd place in avant-garde paintings section

2005  Noriyoshi Sawamoto Art Award

2003 The Kitano Foundation Sculpture Award

Solo Exhibitions 

2024     Mother Sanctuary, Paula Bohovesky Art Gallery, Pearl River, NY

2023     Lunar Cycle, The Boiler / ELM Foundation, curated by A.E. Chapman, Brooklyn, NY

2023     Long Eclipse, Amos Eno Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 

2014      Wait for Red, otherwise sink or fly, Prospect Gallery, South Australia, Australia

2004     The Real Fighter, Gallery J2, Tokyo, Japan 

2003      Show Up! Exhibit Live, Tokyo, Japan 

2002      Wonderflower? vol.2, A&D Gallery, Tokyo, Japan 

2002      Wonderflower? vol.1, Yanaka Foundation Gallery, Tokyo 


Selected Exhibitions

2024     Identity in Context, curated by Emireth Herrera, Kunstraum, Brooklyn, NY  

2023     SPRING / BREAK Art Show, curated by Emireth Herrera, New York, NY 

2023     Hidden Treasure Gallery, The Arts Council of Rockland, West Nyack, NY (Two Person Show)

2022    Winter Group Show, Amos Eno Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2022    Help Wanted, curated by Emireth Herrera, Flux Factory, Governor's Island, NY 

2022    Project Space Show, Amos Eno Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2022    Lacuna International Contemporary Art Festival, Spain 

2022    Uplifting, Connecting, Rising, El Barrio's Artspace, NY

2022    We the People, Puffin Cultural Forum, Teaneck, NJ

2022    All Art+ Standsout : A Virtual Showcase, Van Der Plas Gallery, NY

2022    Home Room IRL, curated by ANTE Mag, Radiator Gallery, Long Island City, NY

2021     Home Room Live & in Person, curated by Audra Lambert, ChaShaMa, New York, NY

2021     Sur/Reality, Amos Eno Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2021     Voices of Woman in Art Inside and Out, 1922 Gallery, Online Exhibition

2021     Small Work Show, Amos Eno Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2021     Lacuna International Contemporary Art Festival, Spain 

2021     Immersion Site, curated by Sam Light, Carrie Able Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2021     The Vision of Care, curated by Robert  Shane, Woodstock Artists Association & Museum, NY

2020    Where'er His Silent Beams Intrude, Amos Eno Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2020    Home Room, curated by ANTE mag,  Radiator Gallery (Performance)

2020    Vor Kunst, Van Der Plas Gallery, New York, NY

2020    Babel Masks, Librarian of Babel and DAS KAPiTAL, Online & Berlin, Germany (Catalog)

2020    AD Art Show, MvVO, Westfield World Trade Center, NY 

2020    Summer Artist Residency and Group Exhibition, Carrie Able Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 

2020     I Like Your Work Summer Juried Show, curated by Bridgette Mayer, Online Exhibition

2019      Holiday Salon Show, Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2017      Film and Animation Screenings by DIY Cultures, Rich Mix London, London, UK

2017      FILMEDIO, Index Art Center, Newark, NJ

2017      Where We Are, Puffin Cultural Forum, Teaneck, NJ

2012      CoCA Annual, curated by MK Guth, Center on Contemporary Art Georgetown Gallery, Seattle, WA

2012     8th Berlin International Directors Lounge Contemporary media and film festival, Naherholung Sternchen, Berlin, Germany

2011     Dumbo Arts Festival, the Backpack Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2011     Pärnu International Film & Video Festival, Pärnu, Estonia

2011     14th Media Art Biennale WRO 2011 Alternative Now, WRO Art Center, Warsaw, Poland

2011     7th Berlin International Directors Lounge, art house meinblau, Berlin, Germany

2010    Independent Exposure 2010, curated by Bill Plympton, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX

2010    Younger Than Moses :Idle Worship, curated by TS+Projects, Benrimon Contemporary, New York, NY

2010    15th Annual International Exhibition, curated by Phong Bui, SoHo 20 chelsea Gallery, New York, NY

2010     Freedom Sparks International Film and Video Festival, Visual Voice Gallery, Montreal, Canada

2010     Extremely Shorts 13 Film Festival, Houston, TX

2010     Transitions, The Pen and Brush, curated by Bina Sarkar Ellias, New York, NY

2010     Top 40, curated by Reginald Woolery and Rex Bruce, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, LA

2009    Ukrainian Art Week International Exhibition of Contemporary Arts, curated by Next Art Foundation, Kiev, Ukraine

2009     Super Heroes / Super Villains Art Show, curated by Laura Spector, Look At This Gallery, Thailand

2009     Russian Art Week 6th International Exhibition & Competition of Contemporary Arts, curated by Fedor Filkov, Moscow Museum of National Graphic Maliy Golovin pereulok, Moscow and St.Petersburg, Russia

2009     A New Currency, organized by Dan Cameron, 55 Delency street, New York, NY

2009      Hetertopia, Visual Arts Gallery, New York, NY

2008      Publicly Personal, Westside Gallery, New York, NY

2004      11th Turugashima Art Festival, The Turugashima Art Center, Saitama

2002       18th Sculpture Scholarship Award Exhibition, The Nihon University Art Gallery, Tokyo

Publication & Media

2024     ArteFuse   Demonstrating Belonging in a Disjointed World: Identity in Context at Kunstraum, NY (Review) - ArteFuse

2023     Hyperallergic Kahori Kamiya Transmutes Grief Into Play (hyperallergic.com)

2023     Arcade Project Magazine  Light Through the Darkness — Arcade Project (arcadeprojectzine.com)

2023     Art Spiel Featured solo show Kahori Kamiya: Long Eclipse at Amos Eno – Art Spiel

2023    Two Coats of Paint, Solo Show "Kahori Kamiya's Expansive Intimacy"

2023    Transborder Art TV, Episode 46 "Art and Play" 

2022    Ever Emerging Mag "Women's day special issue" Women's day special by everemerging - Issuu

2021     WMHT Public Media TV by Art Historian and Critic Dr. Robert Shane   https://video.wmht.org/video/aha-635-ixdefo/

2021    Art Spiel Featured Artist    https://artspiel.org/kahori-kamiya-sur-reality-at-amos-eno/

2021    ANTE Mag Interview     https://antemag.com/2021/04/29/artist-kahori-kamiya-reflects/

2020  Babel Masks, Librarian of Babel Ad-Hoc Art Collective

2014   LandEscape October Special Issue, Artist Feature

2013   CoCA Anual Catalog, Center on Contemporary Art

2011    14th Media Art Biennale WRO 2011 Alternative Now Catalog, 292 pages, WRO Art Center

2009 Staley, William. Starved Magazine “A New Currency” Starved Magazine, Spring

2009 Levy, Beth Alison. “SVA Open Studio”, Art Slant New York, Spring

2004 20th Contemporary Sculpture Exhibition Catalog, The Kitano Foundation

Education

2010   MFA in Fine Art, School of Visual Arts, New York

2005   MFA in Sculpture, The Nihon University of Art, Tokyo

2003   BFA in Sculpture, The Nihon University of Art, Tokyo

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