Koji Nakano Exhibition
Koji Nakano

He is quiet and does not speak much. He listens intensely and it is not easy to explain what he is like, Koji Nakano.

Sometimes he already has answer within him or sometimes he finds the answer slightly after that. And he accepts this slight difference.

His calm expression has severe criticism on himself. His charm may come from this severity. When he faces his work, his expression changes at once. And the atmosphere of the place, too.

I like this tension of him when he is facing something, for I wish to share what he is searching. And I wish to see his work which comes from this severe searching.

- Halhiko Suemori (b. Tokyo 1977). Suemori has worked as a creative director for radio, television, advertising and corporate products. After the Great East Japan Earthquake, Suemori served as secretary of the "3.11 Ehon Project Iwate" initiative to deliver picture books to affected children. In recent years, he has expanded his activities to planning and producing art exhibitions including: Chieko Suemori and the people of the Funakoshi family (2023) at the Ichihara Lakeside Museum; Katsura Funakoshi: The Day I Go To The Forest (2024) at The Hakone Open-Air Museum.

Koji Nakano (b. 1977, Lives and works in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan). Recent exhibitions include Koji Nakano Exhibition (2023) at XYZ collective, Tokyo, Japan; Koji Nakano + Yuki Takahashi (2021) at Lavender Opener Chair, Tokyo, Japan; Onsen Confidential - The Final!! (2024) at XYZ collective, Tokyo, Japan.