• Koka Kola (Hasegawa Kanji Koka Kola 2019 Private collection Installation view of Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art Visionaries: Making Another Perspective Photo: Koroda Takeru )/2019
Kanji Hasegawa

長谷川寛示

  • ART FAIR - MEET YOUR ARTISTS
Born in 1990. Resides in Mie Prefecture.
After graduating from the Department of Sculpture at the Faculty of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts, in 2016 he graduated from the Graduate School of Fine Arts, majoring in Sculpture.
In the same year, he completed his training at Eiheiji Temple, the head temple of the Soto sect, and became a monk. He will return to secular life in 2024.
Major solo exhibitions include "decay, remains" (2023, KANA KAWANISHI ALL, Tokyo).
The group exhibition "Leaping Creators: Art and Design Looking to the Future of Humanity and Nature"
"Equilibrium World: Japanese Art, Technology" (2023, Kyocera Museum of Art, Kyoto),
From the Postwar Period to Today (2023, Okura Shukokan Museum of Art, Tokyo), "Temporas
KUROOBIANACONDA #4 (2022, Sokyo Lisbon Gallery, Portugal), and more.

Born in 1990, currently living in Mie Prefecture. Graduated from Tokyo.
University of the Arts (Department of Sculpture, Faculty of Fine Arts), in 2016,
Hasegawa earned a masters in sculpture at the same university's Graduate School
of Fine Arts. In the same year, he joined Eiheiji, the head temple of the Soto Zen
sect, to train as a Buddhist monk. He returned to secular life in 2024.
Major solo exhibitions include Decay, remains (2023, Kana Kawanishi Gallery,
Tokyo), and group exhibitions, Kuroobianaconda Temporas #4 (2022, Sokyo
Lisbon Gallery, Lisbon), Visions: Making Another Perspective (2023, Kyoto City
KYOCERA Museum of Art), WORLDS IN BALANCE: ART IN JAPAN FROM THE
POSTWAR TO THE PRESENT (2023, Okura Museum of Art, Tokyo)

Hiroshi Hasegawa_CV

Credit: photo by Ryuhei Yokoyama