BIOGRAPHY

1974      born , TOKYO ,JAPAN




SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2023 modern art---Misako&Rosen,tokyo japan

2023 minimalism---nadiff gallery,tokyo japan

2023 mission possible---scooters for peace,tokyo japan 


2020 abstraction--- Misako&Rosen,tokyo,japan

2018 ken kagami Retrospective---PARCO MUSEUM ,Tokyo Japan
http://www.parco-art.com/web/museum/exhibition.php?id=1310

2016   DOG---  Misako&Rosen,Tokyo,Japan
http://misakoandrosen.jp/en/exhibitions/16/01/

2014      Bronze works 2013-2014 ---Misako&Rosen,Tokyo,Japan
http://misakoandrosen.jp/en/exhibitions/14/02/


2013       SPICY---nadiff Gallery,Tokyo,japanhttp://www.nadiff.com/gallery/kagamiken.html

2009  TOYS ASS --- Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo, Japan http://www.takaishiigallery.com/en/archives/2230/

2008  SNOOPEE --- The Journal Gallery, NY, U.S.A.2008 

2006  HELLOWIEN --- Krinzinger Projekte, Vienna, Austria

2005  PENIS --- Gallery Sora, Tokyo, Japan  http://www.takaishiigallery.com/gallerysora/en/exhibitions/2005_november_december/

2003  MILK MAN --- Taka Ishii Gallery(viewing room), Tokyo,Japan



GROUP&TWO PERSONS EXHIBITIONS

2023  singa long : supoment zurigo--- zurich ,switzerland

2023  AN INTRODUCTION TO THE WORLD OF C&K  
           COBRA&  kenkagami---gattopardo, LA USA 


2022 letters,lights,travels on the street (bokura ga tabi ni deru riyuu)---NO WHERE,NY USA 


2021 SWEET HOME---Racheal Uffner gallery( organized by
kathryn brennan& title by cobra),NY USA 


2021 SWEET HOME--- CPM Baltimore (organized by kathryn brennan & title by cobra),state of maryland USA 

2021 gallery sharing intiative open circle small world 
          --- fragment gallery,moscow 
                    https://fragmentgallery.com/

2021 feeling funny---humour in contemporary art (curated by

2020  abstraction! by misako&rosen---CADAN YURAKUCHO,Tokyo Japan 


2020 CADAN SHOWCASE NO2 summer time blues 2020---CADAN YURAKUCHO ,Tokyo japan 

2020 Ken Kagami & COBRA “Romantic Comedy”---MISAKO&ROSEN
tokyo japan https://misakoandrosen.jp/en/

2020 Trevor Shimizu and Ken Kagami
“Masterpieces”
Curated by and with an accompanying text by Emily Watlington
---ANTHONY GREANEY https://anthonygreaney.xyz/

2019 GOLDIE’S GALLERY--- GALERIE CHRISTINE MAYER München https://www.galeriechristinemayer.de/

2019 Le ciel, l’eau, les dauphins, la vierge, les flics, le sang des nobles, l’ONU, l’Europe, les casques bleus, Facebook, Twitter ---FORDE,Geneva,Switzerland
http://www.forde.ch/

2018 SCHMALTZ---GUIMARAES,VIENNA ,AUSTRIA https://www.guimaraes.info/schmaltz.html

2018~2019 Currency---What do you value? The New Bootleggers Installation---516ARTS,New Mexico
http://www.516arts.org/index.php

2018~2019 Good Grief, Charlie Brown!
Celebrating Snoopy and the enduring Power of Peanuts--- SOMERSET HOUSE,London
 

2018 Munster Sculputure Project in Sagamihara---  Tokyo ,japan
https://munster-sagamihara.jimdofree.com/

2018 Did you close your eyes to make this painting?(ken kagami,miki mochizuka,nathan hylden,pia camil& sangree)---BWSMX  MRXICO CITY
http://bws.mx/event/did-you-close-your-eyes-to-make-this-painting/

2018 ken kagami&trevor shimizu ---MENDES WOOD DM   SAO PAULO BRAZIL
        http://www.mendeswooddm.com/en/exhibition/171

2017  ken kagami&COBRA   "The Saturday Object Theater"---nadiff gallery TOKYO JAPAN
             http://www.nadiff.com/?p=7104


2017 Natsu no Tobira
Organized by Misako and Jeffrey Rosen
Yosuke Takayama, COBRA, Maki Katayama, Ken Kagami, Yuko Murata, Miho Dohi, Shunsuke Imai, Yu Nishimura---SHANE CAMPBELL GALLERY CHICAGO USA
https://www.shanecampbellgallery.com/organized-by-jeffrey-rosen-2017


2017 mom... dad... i'm getting a dog
Brook Hsu. Elizabeth Jaeger. Ken Kagami. Bailey Scieszka. Trevor Shimizu
bahamas biennale mukwonago
https://www.bahamasbiennale.com/mostre/momdadimgettingadog


2017 sayonara jupiter
Curated by Misako & Rosen together with XYZ Collective
---356mission road  LA USA
http://356mission.tumblr.com/post/158714685170/sayonara-jupiter-curated-by-misako-rosen


2017 CONDO  hosted: misako&rosen,tokyo(showing ken kagami&motoyuki daifu) and jan kaps,cologne(showing violet dennison&gene beery)--- union pacific. london UK
http://unionpacific.co.uk/condo/#



2016 Puppies Puppies  with works by D’Ette Nogle and Ken Kagami---
Galerie Balice Hertling.paris france
https://www.balicehertling.com/2016/puppies/


2016 YOUR MEMORIES ARE OUR FUTURE ---ACRUSH.ZURICH.swiss (manifesta11 parallel events zurich 2016)
http://acrush.com/projects.html

2016 ROMEO INAUGURAL EXHIBITION---ROMEO.NY.usa http://romeonyc.com/

2016 PDFW---slow culture . LA.usa  http://www.slowculture.com/

2016 Lionel messi --- bahamas biennnale.detroit.usa  http://www.bahamasbiennale.com/#!lionel-messi/ocude

2016  The saturday object theater COBRA in collaboration with ken kagami
--- The Steak House DOSKOI.tokyo http://xyzcollective.org/doskoi/

2016  1974 --- CLEAR EDITION GALLERY.tokyo

2015 The saturday object theater COBRA in collaboration with ken kagami --- The Green Gallery .milwaukee.usa  http://www.thegreengallery.biz/
       

2015 The Nothing That Is – a drawing show in 5 parts--- CAM Raleigh .raleigh.usa http://camraleigh.org/

2015 Comic Relief--- LEVI.DELVAL . Brussels http://www.levydelval.com/

2015 What Pipeline presents  puppies puppies and green --- What pipe line .detroit.usa http://whatpipeline.com/

2015 comedie concrète---Misako&Rosen.tokyo.japan
http://www.misakoandrosen.com/en/exhibitions/15/02/

2014  Man & Play--- Brennan & Griffin .new york .usa http://www.brennangriffin.com/

2014 THE RIDING EARTH BOY 40 ---mission comics and gallery.san francisco .usa http://missioncomicsandartgallery.tumblr.com/

2013      GLOBAL PHOTO COLLABORATIONS by VICE JAPAN ---@ DIESEL ART GALLERY、Tokyo japan
               (COLLABORATION with MOTOYUKI DAIFU)   http://www.diesel.co.jp/art/en/global-photo-collaborations/


2013  「現在絵画展示即売会」---@TETOKA,Tokyo japan

2013    WHY NOT LIVE FOR ART? 2---  @ TOKYO OPERA CITY ART GALLERY   http://www.operacity.jp/ag/index.php

2013 THE FUTURE IS STUPID (ken kagami&scott reeder)---THE GREEN GALLERY,Milwaukee,USA http://www.thegreengallery.biz/the-future-is-stupid

2013   「19516 kilometers from Milwaukee or 12126 miles」Curated by Green Gallery and MISAKO & ROSEN --- Misako&Rosen,Tokyo,Japan

2013   D.F.DOUBLE UNIVERSE. A D.F.W SHOW--- FAMILY BOOK STORE, Back Room Gallery ,Los angeles,U.S.A

2012  ARTS LE HAVRE 2012 (D.F.W)---Musée Maritime et Portuair,.Le Havre,France
                                                                   http://www.juxtapoz.com/Graffiti/dfw-biennale-du-havre  


2012 BACK IN 4MINUTES---FeinKunst Kruger,Hamburg,Germanyhttp://www.feinkunst-krueger.de/

2012   NOT AUTHORITY BUT ART ---HILLSIDE FORUM,Tokyo,Japanhttp://d-art-street.org/

2012    HOT(ken kagami&trevor shimizu)---Misako&Rosen,Tokyo,Japan
      http://misakoandrosen.jp/en/exhibitions/12/05/                                

2011  MUmmy I'm SCARRRED!!!---Tamai HOSPITAL,Tokyo,Japan
                                                            

2011      HAPPY MIND -MY PLEASURE---Misako&Rosen,Tokyo,Japan
                                                         http://www.misakoandrosen.com/en/exhibitions/11/03/

2008  FUTURE TEXTILES --- Broel Museum, Belgium

2008  NEW MILLENNIUM --- Lismore Regional Gallery, Australia

2008  DEATH BY BASEL --- Frederic Snitzer Gallery, miami, U.S.A.
                                                      http://www.lulu.com/product/paperback/death-by-basel/4286695

2007  4AXY FROM THE COLLECTION OF DR.DICK QUAN --- Asia-Australia Arts Centre, Sydney, Australia

2007  MADLOVE --- Arken Museum for Modern Art, Denmark 
                                           http://www.arken.dk/content/us/art/exhibitions/past_exhibitions/2007

2006  HELLO KITTY SECRETHOUSE --- Hitec, Hong Kong

2005  HIDE AND SEEK --- Hong Kong Arts Center, Hong Kong

2005  BABY SHOWER --- Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark 
                                                       http://www.nicolaiwallner.com/exhibitions/Babyshower2005/babyshower.html

2004  10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION --- Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo,




SELECTED PERFORMANCE

2016  A free one-on-one intimate portrait session with artist Ken Kagami for all interested exhibition visitors---CODE ART FAIR  copenhagen

2015      A free one-on-one intimate portrait session with artist Ken Kagami for all interested exhibition visitors.--- Frieze London 

2013       SEXY ART SCHOOL--- club nutz (@The green gallery)

2011      VILLA TOKYO(A free one-on-one intimate portrait session with artist Ken Kagami for all interested exhibition visitors.) http://villaraster.com/

2011      HAPPY MIND-MY PLEASURE(A free one-on-one intimate portrait session with artist Ken Kagami for all interested exhibition visitors.)---Misako&Rosen, Tokyo,Japan

2007  KEN KAGAMI & DEERHOOF --- Nada, Miami, U.S.A.