is a Japanese artist. He lives and works in

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, though his artwork has been exhibited Seoul, Florence, Valencia, Luxembourg. Kimura is represented in Tokyo and Nagoya by Kenji Taki Gallery.

Artwork

Kimura is a sculptor creates works by wood carving and oil paint modeling. He picks up the motifs of his works from daily moments of humor and unexpected intimacy.

Background and education

Mitsunori Kimura was born in Shizuoka, Japan in 1983. Kimura received his B.F.A. (2005) and an M.F.A. (2007) from the Nagoya Zokei University of Arts and Design. In 2013, Kimura had been selected to participating in Asia-Pacific Fellowship Program at National Art Studio, Changdong �
National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul.

Solo exhibitions

* LOVE (2019, Kenji Taki Gallery, Tokyo, Japan) * There is No Ape Here (2018, Do a Front, Yamaguchi, Japan) * Wonderful Days (2017, Kenji Taki Gallery, Tokyo, Japan) * We Mammals (2016, Kenji Taki Gallery, Nagoya, Japan) * Wonderful Man (2015, Gallery Kiche, Seoul, Korea) * Above the horizon (2014, Kenji Taki Gallery, Nagoya, Japan) * Double Story (2013, Kenji Taki Gallery, Tokyo, Japan) * Mitsunori Kimura (2011, Kenji Taki Gallery, Tokyo, Japan) * Mitsunori Kimura – the cat's sleeping pattern (2013, curated by Fumiko Nakamura, Social Kitchen, Kyoto, Japan) * The Man Absorbing Oil (2010, Kenji Taki Gallery, Nagoya, Japan)

Selected group exhibitions

*Aichi Art Chronicle 1919-2019 (2019,

Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art is the main venue for the performing arts in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. The center consists of: *Aichi Prefectural Museum *Aichi Prefectural Arts Theater **Main Hall **Concert Hall *Aichi Prefectural Arts Promotion Service *Aichi Prefectu ...

, Nagoya, Japan) *trans_2018-2019 AiR Overseas Dispatch Program (2019
Akiyoshidai International Art Village
Yamaguchi, Japan) *Before Form (2018
Gallery Kiche
Seoul, Korea) *Festival GCC (2018
Gyeonggi Creation Center
Ansan, Korea) *Rendez-vous, Biennale de Lyon 2017 (2017
Institut d'art contemporain
Villeurbanne, France) *Black, Color - Mitsunori Kimura an
Ru Yi Tan
(2017, Art Lab Aichi, Nagoya, Japan) *6th Exhibition AGAIN-st Peaceful Sculpture (2017
NADiff Gallery
Tokyo, Japan) *Enokojima Art Days 2017 Other Ways (2017, Enoco, Osaka, Japan) *Navigation & Trajectory (2015
Aomori Contemporary Art Centre
Aomori, Japan) *Tails (2014, Gallery Kiche, Seoul, Korea)

(2014, Koganecho Area, Yokohama, Japan) *Convocatoria Internacional annual de jovenes artistas – XV Edición (2013, Luis Adelantado Valencia, Valencia, Spain) * Seoul Seoul Seoul (2013, National Art Studio, Changdong – National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea, Seoul, Korea)
il dio delle piccole cose
(The god of small things) (2009, curated by Pier Luigi Tazzi, Casa Masaccio / centro per l’arte contemporanea, San Giovanni Valdarno, Italy) * City_net Asia 2007 (curated by Masahiko Haito, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea)

References

External links

Convocatoria Internacional anual de jovenes artistas – XV Edición

Mitsunori Kimura – Rokko Meets Art 2012, Kobe

Mitsunori Kimura – website

Mitsunori Kimura – works
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