1978
Born in Osaka, Japan
Currently
Lives and works in New York, USA
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2010
“project N 43,” Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, Tokyo
2009
“Homeland 2020,” Take Ninagawa, Tokyo
“Kung Fu Forest,” LaMontagne Gallery, Boston
2008
“Outdoor Club,” Paul Bright, Toronto
“Fancy Pants,” V1 Gallery, Copenhagen
“Kimagure Float,” Take Ninagawa, Tokyo
2007
“Fuzzy Love,” Galleri Loyal, Stockholm
“Momentum 7,” Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston
“Big Break,” Perugi Artecontemporanea, Padova, Italy
“Tiger Punch,” Clementine Gallery, NYC
2003
“Misaki Kawai,” Kenny Schachter Contemporary, NYC
Selected Group Exhibitions
2010
“Mutant Pop,” Loyal, Malmö
“Not Quite Open For Business,” The Hole, New York
“Album,” V1 Gallery, Copenhagen
2009
“Wild Feature 2” curated by Brian Belott, Galerie Zürcher, Paris
“I Believe: Japanese Contepmporary Art,” The Museum of Modern Art, Toyama
“Visions of the Frontier,” Institute Valenciá d’Art Modern, Valencia
“Wild Feature” curated by Brian Belott, Galerie Zürcher, NYC
“flight of fancy,” Kenny Schachter / ROVE, London
2008
“Last Secound First - Narrative Art for the New Century” curated by Jordin Isip, ISB Gallery, Providence
“Mail Order Monsters,” Max Wigram Gallery, London
“Just It (Just Be),” Galleri Opdahl, Stavanger, Norway
“Return to Sender,” KRETS, Malmö, Sweden
“I Won’t Grow Up,” CHEIM & READ, NYC
“Everything Else,” Franklin Parrasch Gallery, NYC
“Wet’N Wild,” KIM LIGHT/ LIGHTBOX, LA
“Object Salon” curated by Bob Nickas, Kathy Grayson, Pascal Spengemann, Brooke Geahan and
Thomas Beale, Honey Space, NYC
“KUNST GRUPPE,” WERKSTÄTTE, NYC
“Kawai Misaki & Tao Soju,” Gallery JChen, Taipei
2007
“Making a Home: Japanese Contemporary Artists in New York,” Japan Society, NYC
“Red Hot: Asian Art Today from the Chaney Family Collection” Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
“Homegrown” curated by Renee Riccardo, David Krut Projects, NYC
“Not only A but also B” curated by Atsuko Ninagawa, Transformer Gallery, Washington DC
“Paper Trails - New Adventures in Drawing,” V1 Gallery, Copenhagen
“I Love Tourism” organized by Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Galleria di Piazza San Marco, Venice
“Five Painters,” Galleri Lyal, Stockholm
2006
“Guy Ben-Ner & Misaki Kawai,” TAKEFLOOR 404&502, Tokyo
“Unwrapping the Wing” curated by Devon Dikeou, Invisible Museum, Denver
“BORO-BORO DORO-DORO,” Watari Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo
“Art Parade” organized by Deitch Project, NYC
“A Thousand Things” curated by 2K by Gingham, MU Museum, Holland
“Collage Party,” ZieherSmith Gallery, NYC
“Waves” curated by marsea goldberg, Mollusk Surf Shop, San Francisco
“It's a Beautiful Day” curated by Paul Laster and Renee Riccardo, Ise Cultural Foundation, NYC
“Don't Abandon the Ship” curated by Eddie Martinez, Allston Skirt Gallery, Boston
“The Studio Visit,” EXIT ART, NYC
“Mars Investigation Laboratry,” Kantor / Feuer Window, NYC
2005
“Live Through This” organized by Deitch Projects, Miami Design Direct, Miami
“Tiger Drip,” Galleri Loyal, Stockholm
“Hanging by a Thread curated” curated by Nina Arias and Jose Diaz, the Moore Space, Miami
“No Bones About It,” New Image Art Gallery, Los Angeles
“MOVE #13” curated by Rich Jacobs, Clementine Gallery, NYC
“Greater New York 2005,” P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, NYC
“The New Image Art Show,” RVCA, Los Angeles
2004
“FIVE ARTIST SHOW,” Kenny Schachter ROVE, London
“Trunk of Humours,” Deitch Projects, NYC
“KURU KURU JET,” Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco
“MAJORITY WHIP,” White Box, NYC
2003
“Special Projects Fall 2003,” P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, NYC
“SUN PARK,” Inman Gallery, Houston
“BABY YOU CAN'T DRIVE MY CAR” curated by Kenny Schachter, Cooper Classics, NYC
“ART BAND” curated by Kenny Schachter, Capitale, NYC
“FUNNY CRY HAPPY,” New Image Art, Los Angeles
2002
“AIR SHOW,” Kenny Schachter Contemporay, NYC
“TENSIONISM,” Kenny Schachter/Rove, NYC
