Koji Kamoji (born 1935 in Tokyo) is a Japanese/Polish contemporary artist, who lives and works in

Warsaw Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officia ...

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...

Life and works

Koji Kamoji is a painter and creator installations and objects. Between 1953 and 1958 he studied at the

Musashino Art University or is a private university in Kodaira, Western Tokyo, founded in 1962 with roots going back to 1929. It is known as one of the leading art universities in Japan. History In October 1929, was founded. In December 1948, it became , and in ...

(diploma in 1958). In 1959, he moved to Poland to study at the

Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw ( pl, Akademia Sztuk Pięknych w Warszawie) is a public university of visual arts and applied arts located in the Polish capital. The Academy traces its history back to the Department of Arts founded at the Warsaw ...

(diploma in 1966). From 1967 he has been represented by

Foksal Gallery The Foksal Gallery or Galeria Foksal is a non-commercial gallery space in Warsaw, Poland established in 1966, that shows works by contemporary avant-garde artists. History The Foksal Gallery was founded in 1966 by a group of Polish art critics and ...

. Works of Koji Kamoji has been exhibited at Starmach Gallery,

Zachęta The Zachęta National Gallery of Art (Polish Polish may refer to: * Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe * Polish language * Poles Poles,, ; singular masculine: ''Polak'', singular feminine: ''Polka'' or Polish people, ...

National Gallery of Art in Warsaw,

, Centre for Contemporary Art at Ujazdowski Castle and Museum of Art in Łódź among others.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kamoji, Koji Artists from Warsaw Japanese contemporary artists Living people 1935 births Japanese expatriates in Poland