Installation images shot by Johnna Arnold of JKA Photography © Kohei Nawa, courtesy Pace Gallery.

Pace Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition of new sculptures and paintings by Kohei Nawa, marking his first solo exhibition in the United States and his second with the gallery. The exhibition features new physical pixelated sculptures(“PixCell”s) made out of toys, taxidermied animals, musical instruments and other everyday objects, new works in his Direction and Ether series that visualize the effects of gravity, and new works in his Villus series that cover an object’s contours and textures with “villi.” 

Kohei Nawa (b. 1975, Osaka) lives and works in Kyoto, Japan. He received a Ph.D. in Fine Art Sculpture from the Kyoto City University of Arts (2003). Notable solo exhibitions include: "L_B_S" at Ginza Maison Hermes, Tokyo, 2009; "Synthesis" at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, 2011; and "SCULPTURE GARDEN" at Kirishima Open-air Art Museum, Kagoshima, 2013. He has participated in the 6th Asia Pacific Triennial in Brisbane, Australia, 2009; the 14th Asian Art Biennale Bangladesh in Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2010 (Grand Prize winner); Aichi Triennale in Nagoya, Japan, 2013, amongst others. Nawa is currently an Associate Professor at the Kyoto University of Art and Design.