Artist
Kazuya Nakayama worked in the ateliers of Jean-Luc Vilmouth, Guillaume Paris, Tadashi Kawamata as a guest researcher at École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris, France (until 2017). He pretends to be in Paris when he is not, puts sunset-scented perfume in the pants of all participating artists, goes to a museum with a water buffalo, floats an eggplant in the Adriatic Sea and makes a hole-in-one out of a summer orange on a 100 metre slope in the forest. Art book “The banana jam jar lid could not be opened, so mom switched to another banana jam jar and asked dad to open the lid on that one, we all ate crepe with this banana jam on it. (main title is in French)”, published by well, 2023.
BIOGRAPHY
BORN:
Chiba, Japan
EDUCATION:
2000
1995
Master of Engineering
Postgraduate Studies in Architecture and Civil Engineering
Shibaura Institute of Technology
Tokyo, Japan
Postgraduate Studies in Architecture and Civil Engineering
Shibaura Institute of Technology
Tokyo, Japan
1994
POSITIONS:
2003 -
present
present
Professor
Kyoto University of the Arts (2020–2026: Director, Global Seminar *In 2026, Global Seminar was integrated into ICA Kyoto)
Kyoto, Japan
Kyoto University of the Arts (2020–2026: Director, Global Seminar *In 2026, Global Seminar was integrated into ICA Kyoto)
Kyoto, Japan
2025 -
External examiner for degree projects
Department of Art & Design, Hang Seng University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Department of Art & Design, Hang Seng University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong
2020 -
2020 -
Workshop facilitator
Penninghen (l'école de direction artistique et d'architecture intérieure), Kyoto University of the Arts
Paris, France / Kyoto, Japan
Penninghen (l'école de direction artistique et d'architecture intérieure), Kyoto University of the Arts
Paris, France / Kyoto, Japan
2020
Guest Professor for International Faculty Development
Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien
Vienna, Austria
Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien
Vienna, Austria
2019 -
2016 - 2017
2015
2005 -
1996 - 2003
2016 - 2017
2016 - 2017
ART RESIDENCIES:
2023
2019
1999 - 2000
EXHIBITIONS:
2026
Accomplices of the End of Summer Orange - It’s not that oranges are delicious, it’s that this orange is delicious -: Instigator (Shorinkan, Kyoto University of the Arts / Kyoto, Japan)
Recalling how he invited Shuji Ariyoshi to France (Café Reflet / Niigata, Japan)
The Dead End Connection Between Germany and Austria (Passau, Germany / Ingling, Austria)
Curated by Uppermost：1-hour session | Theme: “uppers & downers” (9 March, 2026 | 6.30–7.30pm) (uppers & downers / Vienna, Austria)
People Who Talk to Plushies in Hungary Are Very Kind (Sculpture, Electronic Music and Media Art, Faculty of Music and Visual Arts, University of Pécs / Pécs, Hungary)
2025
Ricordo, è Grigio / Remember, It’s Grey (Ottica Giordano Bardelle / Lido di Venezia, Italy)
As Naked as the Day We Were Born (County Market / Springfield, Illinois, USA)
The Twenty-Fifth of July, Unfolding Still (Shorinkan, Kyoto University of the Arts / Kyoto, Japan)
Letter to Madame Rodriguez (73, Rue de l'Assomption / Paris, France)
I have a very good news to tell you. (Onboard Air France / Over Constan,ta, Romania)
The Story of the Beginning of Banana Jam (Presented within the exhibition "-POSTAL MATTER-" at hibi/ Osaka, Japan)
Glasses to Take Five Years to Wear On (HAMTIL & SÖHNE / Vienna, Austria)
Dragging Liminal a bit (Outside the Leeum Museum of Art / Seoul, South Korea)
Gabby and the Other Ladies Who Passed Us (CAFE KOCSI / Kyoto, Japan)
How to Enter the Narrow Door That Jean-Luc Vilmouth Entered (Narrow Door Cafe / Tainan, Taiwan)
2024
BricoHub (KIRI CAFE / Kameoka, Japan）
How About Whipping Up Pesto Pasta Out of Nowhere? (Community Kitchen DAIDOKORO / Kyoto, Japan)
The Journey to Confirm UMMM’s Initial Intention (Lido, Venice, Milan, Italy)
Pool Ladder Not Painted Completely White (UMMM Studio / Kyoto, Japan)
Not Mentioning It Here: 1-hour session | Theme: "one side", the theme by Mai Miyamoto (Kyoto City University of Arts / Kyoto, Japan)
At the End of Golden Week, 6 May 2024, 4 pm to 5 pm (DMM Eikaiwa / Mindanao, Philippines / Kyoto, Japan)
The wings of the nine dragons shine brightly (Victoria Harbour / Hong Kong)
At Each Office, 7 March 2024, 4 pm to 5 pm (Taoyuan International Airport / Taoyuan, Taiwan)
Nezumi to Hikari (Mouse and Light) Shine Brightly (Nezumi to Hikari / Kitakyushu, Japan)
This Is Also Wakamono No Subete, All About Young People. Three Annlee Could Be Returned Here as Well. (Botenkan, Kyoto University of the Arts / Kyoto, Japan)
2023
Espresso Leftover Aroma and Snack Scraps (Ningenkan, Kyoto University of the Arts / Kyoto, Japan)
Come Here, I Cant Go Inside (Avtobusna postaja Nova Gorica / Nova Gorica, Slovenia)
In the car, surely you said, "Or the flight would be delayed." (DIMATTEO Gelateria, Venice Marco Polo Airport, and others / Ljubljana, Slovenia / Venice, Italy)
Forget the Wallet to Go to Ljubljana (Bed & Breakfast Pr'Sknet / Šentjur, Slovenia)
Volimo UMAG ♡ (Umag Promenade / Umag, Croatia)
ART CIRCLE FALL 2023 festival, International Visual Arts Festival (Lokarjeva galerija / Aiduš✓ina, Slovenia)
It's just a small hop to Italy, so I'll head there shortly, while humming a tune! By Haša (Movia / Ceglo, Slovenia)
It's just a small hop to Italy, so I'll head there shortly, while humming a tune! By Nina (Movia / Ceglo, Slovenia)
I have already had a crepe, so I will have a scone with blueberry jam and whipped cream. After taking a relaxing time, I will take an onsen in daylight and eat udon, then head to the airport. (Ao-Hata Bookstore / Fukuoka, Japan)
The banana jam jar lid could not be opened, so mom switched to another banana jam jar and asked dad to open the lid on that one, we all ate crepe with this banana jam on it. (Published by: well)
yamock (tentative) (YAMOK (tentative) / Siquijor, Philippines)
plysound (CLUB METRO / Kyoto, Japan)
Kyoto Triennale 2023 in Tokyo (Coin lockers on the 3rd floor of the National Art Center / Tokyo, Japan)
Kyoto Triennale 2023 (Kyoto University of the Arts / Kyoto, Japan)
Could I Be Annlee Too? I Would Make This Place “No Ghost Just a Shell” as Well. (Botenkan, Kyoto University of the Arts / Kyoto, Japan)
2022
The banana jam jar lid could not be opened, so mom switched to another banana jam jar and asked dad to open the lid on that one, we all ate crepe with this banana jam on it. (La Maison des Brocanteurs de Péronne, etc. / Various locations in France, Belgium and the Netherlands)
Sudden Gathering in San Sebastián (Tabakalera International Centre for Contemporary Culture / San Sebastián, Spain)
ZUBON GA SHIMARIMASU (The Pants Are Fastened) (J&ōcirc;do-ji Guest House / Kyoto, Japan)
Because “The Woman in the Dune” Was Introduced Here, Though It Was in the Middle of Class, So... (Botenkan, Kyoto University of the Arts / Kyoto, Japan)
Sudden Gathering in San Sebastián (Tabakalera International Centre for Contemporary Culture / San Sebastián, Spain)
ZUBON GA SHIMARIMASU (The Pants Are Fastened) (J&ōcirc;do-ji Guest House / Kyoto, Japan)
Because “The Woman in the Dune” Was Introduced Here, Though It Was in the Middle of Class, So... (Botenkan, Kyoto University of the Arts / Kyoto, Japan)
2021
Kazuya Nakayama Exhibition -What do you think about an exhibition that uses a photograph?- 〜New Recruitment of a Gallerist〜 (KIKA gallery / Kyoto, Japan)
Meanwhile, KUA x Penninghen: Supervised by (Galerie Écho 119 / Paris, France)
Meanwhile, KUA x Penninghen: Supervised by (Galerie Écho 119 / Paris, France)
2020
Two Kazuya Nakayama (It's hard to understand the meaning of the professor's artwork. 30 minutes with contemporary artist Prof. Kazuya Nakayama! Evening on-campus broadcast_Kyoto University of the Arts_Kihara Radio / Youtube)
The Person I Would Like to Ask Questions Most Now, Though (ZOOM)
The guest who did not leave (Hotel De France / Vienna, Austria)
The Person I Would Like to Ask Questions Most Now, Though (ZOOM)
The guest who did not leave (Hotel De France / Vienna, Austria)
mountain, river / consideration in the foreign voyage / france (Le Pont des Arts / Paris, France)
mountain, river / consideration in the foreign voyage / england (The Wallace Collection / London, England)
2018
mountain, river / consideration in the foreign voyage / england (Greeks and Lycians Room / London, England)
mountain, river / consideration in the foreign voyage / czech republic (Zlatá Ulicka / Prague, Czech Republic)
14㎡ (La Librairie Hon Book / Paris, France)
mountain, river / consideration in the foreign voyage / france (La place devant le carrousel du Louvre, Fontaine De Theatre Francais / Paris, France)
mountain, river / consideration in the foreign voyage / germany (The Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum für Gegenwart – Berlin / Berlin, Germany)
mountain, river / consideration in the foreign voyage / germany (Hotel Kiez Pension Berlin / Berlin, Germany)
Kazuya Nakayama Exhibition -It may have been summer vacation these days- (Gallery TOMO / Kyoto, Japan)
mountain, river / consideration in the foreign voyage / australia (Dominik Mersch Gallery / Sydney, Australia)
mountain, river / consideration in the foreign voyage / australia (Cowper Wharf / Sydney, Australia)
2017
mountain, river / consideration in the foreign voyage / germany (Kaiserteich / Düsseldorf, Germany)
mountain, river / consideration in the foreign voyage / germany (Parkplatz Burger King, Hotel Europa / Münster, Germany)
mountain, river / consideration in the foreign voyage / germany (Staatspark Karlsaue / Kassel, Germany)
mountain, river / consideration in the foreign voyage / germany (Kassel Hauptbahnhof / Kassel, Germany)
Expression of genes Exhibition(Galerie Aube, Kyoto University of art and design / Kyoto, Japan)
mountain, river / consideration in the foreign voyage / hong kong (LANDMARK Hong Kong / Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong)
Sous le ciel de Paris (Pont de Bercy / Paris, France)
Exposition de Saint-Lazare (Cour de Rome / Paris, France)
Demie de Trouville-sur-Mer (Grande Plage / Trouville-sur-Mer, France)
Exposition du Jeu de Paume (Jardin des Tuileries / Paris, France)
mountain, river / consideration in the foreign voyage / belgium (outside of D+T Project Gallery / Brussels, Belgium)
mountain, river / consideration in the foreign voyage / the netherlands (Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten Amsterdam / Amsterdam, the Netherlands)
mountain, river / consideration in the foreign voyage / the netherlands (Botteskerkpark / Amsterdam, the Netherlands)
mountain, river / consideration in the foreign voyage / england (Hyde Park / London, England)
mountain, river / consideration in the foreign voyage / spain (Camp Nou / Barcelona, Spain)
mountain, river / consideration in the foreign voyage / malta (Herbert Ganado Gardens / Valletta, Malta)
mountain, river / consideration in the foreign voyage / france (Villa Savoye / Poissy, France)
Preparation Movement for an Certain Stroke, Exhibition "mountain, river" -The Wire in Clignancour- (Chez Rodriguez / Paris, France)
marcher le long de la crête de la montagne 2 / france (École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris / Paris, France)
mountain, river / consideration in the foreign life / france (Chez Rodriguez / Paris, France)
marcher le long de la crête de la montagne 1 / france (Around Alma - Marceau Station / Paris, France)
2015
mountain, river / consideration in the foreign voyage / the USA (Cruise Terminal / Brooklyn, USA)
mountain, river / consideration in the foreign voyage / the USA (Flushing Meadows Corona Park / Queens, USA)
mountain, river / consideration in the foreign voyage /the USA (Hudson New York / New York, USA)
Un Garcon Monger (PARASOPHIA COUNTDOWN Workshop within "Cafe Little Boy / Jean-Luc Vilmouth" / Kyoto, Japan)
Is This Because There Is My Elbow? (Ningenkan, Kyoto University of Art and Design / Kyoto, Japan)
2014
Bulged Octopus (Ningenkan, Kyoto University of Art and Design / Kyoto, Japan)
mountain, river / consideration in the foreign voyage / the USA (Renaissance Providence Hotel / Rhode Island, USA)
mountain, river / consideration in the foreign voyage / the USA (Paramount Hotel, Around Times Square, Stella Dallas / New York, USA)
2013
Preparation Movement for an Certain Stroke, Exhibition "mountain, river" -Last customer on October 31st (Halloween) - (Sukehori / Kyoto, Japan)
mountain, river / consideration in the foreign voyage / germany (Around Duisburg Station / Duisburg, Germany)
mountain, river / consideration in the foreign voyage / italia (San Zaccaria Coast / Venice, Italy)
Preparation Movement for an Certain Stroke, Exhibition "mountain, river" -Those who get drunk- (Cafe Bibliotic Hello! / Kyoto, Japan)
The Former Kyoto Prefectural Office's Spring Festival 2013 Musée Acta -Kyoto Prefectural Museum of Art- (The Former Kyoto Prefectural Office / Kyoto, Japan)
Preparation Movement for an Certain Stroke, Exhibition "mountain, river" -The way of life when get intoxicated by a ship- (Tokai University Sapporo Campus / Sapporo, Japan)
2012
Preparation Movement for an Certain Stroke, Exhibition "mountain, river" -Goods to prepare for departure- (within the Exhibition of VOICE GALLERY pfs/w / Kyoto, Japan)
"Glasses" Named Kazuya Nakayama & Information Fruit Basket Design (Chuo Art Institute / Mito, Japan)
2011
Kazuya Nakayama Exhibition -Kick the Can ~Sapporo Tokeidai gallery version~- (Sapporo Tokeidai Gallery Exhibition "North-Khaos 2011" within "imusayurih / Yasuko Hatakeyama" / Sapporo, Japan)
Uryu-Yama Mountain, Spring Face Crowd (Galerie Aube, Kyoto University of art and design / Kyoto, Japan)
2010
Not Air Marshmallow, But Air Potato Chips (Gallery Camellia within Exhibition "Veins in Archive"、Gallery NOAH within Exhibition "Spire (itadaki)" / Tokyo, Japan)
Instead of Him, I Came to Give a Birthday Present (Tokai University School of Arts and Technology Asahikawa Campus / Asahikawa, Japan)
JOHDE Surprise 2010!!!!!!! (Botenkan, Kyoto University of Art and Design / Kyoto, Japan)
Mistook the East and West (Yakushiyama Art Institute / Kyoto, Japan)
Kazuya Nakayama Exhibition -Rotated 90 Degrees Clockwise- (Gallery Iteza / Kyoto, Japan)
Mr. Lee Does Not (Taraku / Busan, South Korea)
2009
pronounce (lab.tribe / Kyoto, Japan)
Yamasaki's T-shirt (The Great Wall of China -Badaling Great Wall / Beijing, China)
I Was in without Saying (Art Univ Blog Summit, Musashino Art University Building No.1 / Tokyo, Japan)
Information Fruit Basket Design (Kyoto City Dohda Senior High School of Arts / Kyoto, Japan)
Road to the MOVIE STAR (Chih-Kwang Senior Vocational Business & Technology High School, Dacheng High School, Chiao Tai High School, Holy Savior High School, Mingdao High School, Ta-Ming Senior High School / Taipei, Taichung, Taiwan)
Lunch Screening / I Came to Deliver the Video Camera (Geijyutsukan, Kyoto University of Art and Design / Kyoto, Japan)
2008
Kazuya Nakayama Exhibition -There Should Not Have Been Work ～The Galleryhanger～- (Vision's / Tokyo, Japan)
Uryu-Yama Mountain, Spring Face Crowd (Galerie Aube, Kyoto University of art and design / Kyoto, Japan)
TRANSIT 2008 "ART 4" (The Miller Gallery, Carnegie Mellon University / Pittsburgh, USA)
garden AGORA 2007 "VIDEO-MANIFOLD" (Komaba Agora Theater / Tokyo, Japan)
2006
Erase signs Piano, piano: 87 quiet lessons. At a brick warehouse. (Chikko Red Brick Warehouse / Osaka, Japan)
Yahata Contemporary Art Exhibition 5th Anniversary Archive Exhibition (Kitakyushu City Gallery 130 / Kitakyushu, Japan)
2005
Yokohama Triennale 2005 -"gansomaeda FLEA CIRCUS Yoko-Tri Flea Markets"- (Yokohama Yamashita Wharf No. 3, No. 4 Shed / Yokohama, Japan)
HOSOMI TO CONTEMPORARY 003 -Tricol'art- (Hosomi Museum / Kyoto, Japan)
Rakumachi Rakuya '05 (ANEWAL Gallery, Uronza, Distributing machiya、Tsuchiya House / Kyoto, Japan)
The Road Not Taken (prinz / Kyoto, Japan)