Ryosuke Kumakura
Born in 1981, Niigata, Japan
Lives and works in Rockport, ME
Education
2008-2011 National Academy School of Fine Arts (New York, NY)
2000-2004 Tama Art University (Tokyo, Japan), BFA
Solo / Two Person Exhibitions
2024 towels, socks, cats, windows, Maine College of Art & Design, Portland, ME
2023 Habituation, Capsule, Shanghai, China
2020 Hold, PATRON gallery, Chicago, IL
2017 Belonging, PATRON gallery, Chicago, IL
2017 Andrej Dúbravský and Ryosuke Kumakura, Rozsnyo Mining Museum, Rožňava, Slovakia
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024 Ten Thousand Sprats to Apprehend a Whale, Pascal Hall, Rockport, ME
2024 When We Become Us², Capsule, Venice, Italy
2023 Even a Cat Can Look at the Queen, Mrs.Gallery, Queens, NY
2019 Remnants of Things Left Behind, Band of Vices, Los Angeles, CA
2019 Small Painting, Corbett v. Dempsey, Chicago, IL
2018 underSTOOD, Rockelmann &, Berlin, Germany
2016 Home Away From Home: Tama Art University, New York Club 12th Annual Exhibition, Tenri Gallery, New York, NY
2016 Tama Art University Alumni and Friends, Fort Lee Public Library, NJ
2014 Exchange Rate: Arts in Bushwick, Brooklyn Fireproof, Brooklyn, NY
2014 Small Works, Main Street Arts, Clifton Spring, NY
2012 Home Away From Home: Tama Art University New York Club 8th Annual Exhibition, Tenri Gallery, New York, NY
2012 2012 National Juried Exhibition, First Street Gallery, New York, NY
2012 Sweet, Studio Place Arts, Barre, VT
2011 Home Away From Home: Tama Art University New York Club 7th Annual Exhibition, Hammond Museum, North Salem, NY
2011 Art Rescue Team for Japan, Williamsburg Art and Historical Canter, NEw York, NY
2011 Gathering Hope: Charity Exhibition for Japan, The Japanese American Association of New York, New York, NY
2011 We are One, Gallery 61 (New York Institute of Technology)
2011 Charity Exhibition for Earthquake and Tsunami Victims in Japan, National Academy School of Fine Arts
2011 Home Away From Home 6th: Emaki for Tomorrow, NYCoo Gallery, New York, NY
2010 National Academy School of Fine Arts Annual Juried Exhibition, National Academy Museum, New York, NY
2009 Home Away From Home: Tama Art University New York Club 5th Annual Exhibition, NYCoo Gallery
2009 TriBeCa Open Art Studios Tour, Toshiko Nishikawa Studio, New York, NY
2009 National Academy School of Fine Arts Annual Juried Exhibition, National Academy Museum, New York, NY
2008 Art, Me and World, Williamsburg Art and Historical Center
2007 Home Away From Home: Tama Art University New York Club 4th Annual Exhibition, Miwa Alex Salon, NY
Awards and Grants
2010 The Valerie Delacorte Scholarship
2010 2nd Prize in Drawing, National Academy School of Fine Arts Annual Juried Exhibition
2009 2nd Prize in Drawing, National Academy School of Fine Arts Annual Juried Exhibition
2009 The Lucrezia Bori Foundation Scholarship