The Jean Pigozzi Collection Of Contemporary Japanese Art

Universal Appeal - 2011
45.7 x 45.7 x 6.4 cm cm
Acrylic on canvas
Kenji Hirata

b. 1968, Nagasaki, Japan
Lives and works in Brooklyn, New York
Solo Exhibitions:
2009
Joshua Liner Gallery, New York, NY, The Way Out is the Way In
2006
Contemporary Art International, Hamburg, Germany, Crystallized Zeit Art Gallery, Hamburg, Germany, Crystallized 2
2005
Arcus Projects, Tsukuba, Japan, Token 0.02 Reed Space, New York, NY, Indivisible x 4
2004
Levi Strauss Jeans & Co. Gallery, New York, NY, Group of Gods I&I 2000 Bob, New York, NY, New Works
Group Exhibitions:
2010
Union Gallery, New York, NY, Art for Tibet II
Joshua Liner Gallery, New York, NY, BARNSTORMERS
Anonymous Gallery, New York, NY, N AP BOULE: A Benefit for Haiti
Gallery HANAHOU, New York, NY, 20/10 vision
2009
Joshua Liner Gallery, New York, NY, Summer Group Exhibition
Art in General NYC, New York, NY, 50x50 Art for Tibet
Fifty24SF, San Francisco, CA, Reverberations
2008
Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami, FL, 8x08 Print Show
Irvine Contemporary, Washington, DC, MANIFEST HOPE
Anonymous Gallery , New York, NY, The Piece Process
Joshua Liner Gallery, New York, NY, Locked & Loaded
2007
Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami, FL, F.A.M.E collective
Lineage Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, Independent Residents
Onishi Gallery, New York, NY, land[e]scape; curated by Eric C. Shiner
Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston Salem, North Carolina, SITEings ( with Sol LeWitt, Mark Dean Veca, Elana Hertzog, and others; curated by David Brown )
M127, New York, NY, Project to Surface ( with David Diao, Leah Raintree, Kaws, Tomokazu Matsuyama, and Ben Krone; curated by Richard Chang and Alexandra Chang )
2006
Berlin Art Fair, Berlin, Germany, Berliner Kunst Salon ( selected by Edmund Piper )
2005
Atlantic ArtWalk, Brooklyn, NY, Indivisible x 4 The Movie
White Box, Chelsea, NY, Serendip
( Silent Art Auction Benefiting Tsunami Relief in Sri Lanka )
Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati, Ohio,Ten
Supreme Trading, Brooklyn, NY, Tropic of Cancer
Supreme Trading, Brooklyn, NY, The Shift Exhibition
2004
Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston Salem, North Carolina, 360 Supreme Trading Annex, Brooklyn NY, Better Tomorrow; curated by Lisa Shimamura
Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, Beautiful Losers
Cipriani 42nd Street, New York, NY, First Annual Big Apple Fest ( curated by Renee Riccardo; Auction Conducted by Sothebys)
Transport Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, Unseen Messages
2003
Colab, Brooklyn, NY, Universal Appeal
( with Chris Mendoza; curated by Lisa Shimamura )
Asian American Art Center, New York, NY, Dream So Much 02
Lump Gallery, Raleigh, North Carolina, Hive Mind Sound System
Pierogi Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, Wall of Fame
Hennes & Mauritz Gallery, New York, NY, Billboards
2002
The Annex, Art Basel, Miami, FL, Chance by Choice
Albion Hotel, Miami, FL, Extensions of the Spectacle
2001
Smack Melon, Brooklyn, NY, No Condition is Permanent