BIOGRAPHY

Kineta Kunimatsu

PROFILE

Born in Hokkaido in 1977. After graduating from Department of Sculpture at Tama Art University, he started to work mostly in Tobiu Art Community in Shiraoi-cho, Hokkaido since 2002. In recent years, his sculptures, paintings, and installations are focused on the subjects of various outlines (boundaries,) which exist in the landscape, such as horizon on land and at sea, and range of mountains. He also continues his field work mainly in the area, called Ayoro, as a part of activities of Ayoro Laboratory. Director of Tobiu Art Community.


RESUME

1977

Born in Hokkaido, Japan

2001

B.F.A., Department of Sculpture. Tama Art University, Japan

2002

Started to work at Tobiu Art Community

2010

M.F.A., Hokkaido University of Education Graduate School of Education (Master’s Course) Subjects Education Fine Arts Education, Japan


SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2025

"Kunimatsu Kineta: Breathing in Ripples" at Towada Art Center, Aomori, Japan

2024

"Kineta Kunimatsu Exhibition TERRA" at t.gallery, Tokyo, Japan

2024

"Kineta Kunimatsu Exhibition in Shiraoi" at brew gallery, Shiraoi, Japan

2022

"Kineta Kunimatsu Exhibition Towards the Light," at t.gallery, Tokyo, Japan

2021

"Kineta Kunimatsu Exhibition" at t.gallery, Tokyo, Japan

2019

"Kineta Kunimatsu Exhibition" at t.gallery, Tokyo, Japan

2022

"Kineta Kunimatsu Exhibition Marking the Land" at Tobiu Art Community, Shiraoi, Japan

2017

"Kineta Kunimatsu Exhibition" at t.gallery, Tokyo, Japan

2017

"Echigo-Tsumari Art Field NORTHERN HORIZON" at Matsudai Nohbutai Gallery, Tokamachi, Japan

2016

"AFTERIMAGE OF TIME" at Hokkaido Arts Foundation Art Space, Sapporo, Japan

2016

"TIMESCAPE" at GRANVISTA GALLERY SAPPORO, Sapporo, Japan

2015

"Kineta Kunimatsu Exhibition" at The 24th DOGIN Cultural Foundation Art Encouragement Award" Lilac Gallery, Sapporo, Japan

2014

"FLEXFORM × Kineta Kunimatsu Art Exhibition" at FLEXFORM TOKYO, Tokyo, Japan

2014

“Kineta Kunimatsu Exhibition” at t.gallery, Tokyo, Japan

2014

"Scenery stare in Tobiu" at Tobiu Art Community, Shiraoi, Japan

2014

"BEYOND THE HORIZON" at Gallery SOU, Sapporo, Japan

2014

"material" at SPIRAL GARDEN, Tokyo, Japan

2012

"KINETA KUNIMATSU EXHIBITION 2002-2012" at Tobiu Art Community, Shiraoi, Japan

2012

"Kineta Kunimatsu Exhibition" at STV Kita Ni Jo Building, Sapporo, Japan

2011

"HORIZON PART Ⅳ" at Sarou Houmura Gallery, Sapporo, Japan

2010

"HORIZON PART Ⅲ" at Kohbundo Gallery, Obihiro, Japan

2010

"HORIZON PART Ⅱ" at Rokkatei Fukuzumi Branch, Sapporo, Japan

2009

"HORIZON" at Gallery SOU, Sapporo, Japan

2008

"RAINY DAYS" at Gallery Benten 17, Hong Kong

2006

"ALLURE" at Cafe Esquisse, Sapporo, Japan

2006

"Kineta Kunimatsu Exhibition" at SOSO, Sapporo, Japan

2004

"Something In The Water" at Cafe Esquisse, Sapporo, Japan

2004

"Kineta Kunimatsu Exhibition" at Continental Gallery, Sapporo, Japan


GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2025

"Reflections - A Distant Light" at Sapporo Art Museum, Sapporo, Japan

2025

"* folding cosmos UNESCO Garden of Peace" at UNESCO, Paris, France

2025

"ART for EXPO 2025" at Yumeshima, Osaka, Japan 

2025

"Beauty in remains and transience | Duo Show" at AIFA, Verbier, Switzerland

2024

"YUKIYAMA NOBORU -雪山登-" at KIYOE GALLERY NISEKO, Niseko, Japan

2024

"Whispers in the holeness" at Yutaka Kikutake Gallery Kyobashi, Tokyo, Japan

2024

"Contemporary Art around your life Ⅱ -Kei-" at Zuihoin, Daitokuji Temple, Kyoto, Japan 

2024

"* folding cosmos NEW YORK" at The Noguchi Museum, New York, United States of America

2024

"A Personal View of Japanese Contemporary Art: Takahashi Ryutaro Collection" at MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART TOKYO,Tokyo, Japan

2024

"Sapporo International Art Festival 2024" at Future Theater (Higashi 1-chome Theater), Sapporo, Japan

2023

"THE SNOWFLAKES" at Tomakomai City Museum, Tomakomai, Japan

2023

"TOKYO ART BOOK FAIR 2023" at MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART TOKYO, Tokyo, Japan

2023

"Contemporary Art around your life" at Zuihoin, Daitokuji Temple, Kyoto, Japan

2023

"lab in the forest vol.5" at Tobiu Art Community, Shiraoi, Japan *Ayoro Laboratory

2023

"TOBIU ART FESTIVAL 2023" at Tobiu Art Community, Shiraoi, Japan

2022

"Snowflakes #4 jam" at Tobiu Art Community, Shiraoi, Japan *THE SNOWFLAKES

2022

"lab in the forest vol.4" at Tobiu Art Community, Shiraoi, Japan *Ayoro Laboratory

2022

"TOBIU ART FESTIVAL 2022" at Tobiu Art Community, Shiraoi, Japan

2022

"Art and Peace: Let Us Begin Again from Zero o’Clock" at Ulsan Art Museum, Ulsan, Korea *THE SNOWFLAKES

2021

"YAMBARU ART FESTIVAL 2021-2022" at Ogimi Village Former Shioya Elementary School, Ogimi *THE SNOWFLAKES

2021

"In Commemoration of the 70th Anniversary of The Hokkaido Bank and the 30th Anniversary of Dogin Cultural Foundation Dogin Art and Culture Encouragement Award Winners' Exhibition" at Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Sapporo, Japan

2021

"lab in the forest vol.3" at Tobiu Art Community, Shiraoi, Japan *Ayoro Laboratory

2021

"TOBIU ART FESTIVAL 2021" at Tobiu Art Community, Shiraoi, Japan

2021

"Door to contemporary art" at Nihombashi Mitsukoshi Main Store, Tokyo, Japan

2020

"lab in the forest vol.2" at Tobiu Art Community, Shiraoi, Japan *Ayoro Laboratory

2020

"TOBIU ART FESTIVAL 2020" at Tobiu Art Community, Shiraoi, Japan

2019

"lab in the forest" at Tobiu Art Community, Shiraoi, Japan *Ayoro Laboratory

2019

"TOBIU ART FESTIVAL 2019" at Tobiu Art Community, Shiraoi, Japan

2019

"SHINANO Primitive Sense Art Festival 2019 - The birthplace of water" at City university Machiminami elementary school, Omachi, Japan

2019

"* folding cosmos | Maison Louis Carré"  at Maison Louis Carré, Bazoches-sur-Guyonne, France

2019

"Nameless landscape" at Sapporo Cultural Arts Community Center SCARTS Court, SCARTS Studio, Sapporo, Japan

2018

"YAMBARU ART FESTIVAL 2018-2019" at Ogimi Village Former Shioya Elementary School, Ogimi *Tobiu Art Community

2018

"Ayoro Landscape" at THE NORTH FACE STANDARD FUTAKOTAMAGAWA, Tokyo, Japan *Ayoro Laboratory

2018

"Niseko Summer Art Festival 2018" at KIYOE GALLERY NISEKO, Kutchan, Japan

2018

"Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale 2018" at Echigo-Tsumari Region (Tokamachi city/Tsunan town, Niigata Prefecture), Tokamachi, Japan

2018

"* folding cosmos Villa « Le Lac » Le Corbusier" at Le Lac, Corseaux, Switzerland

2018

"TOBIU ART FESTIVAL 10th anniversary project 「Exhibition of artists gathering in Tobiu」 -Charity exhibition for school building repairs-" at TO OV cafe/gallery, Sapporo, Japan

2017

"* folding cosmos BARCELONA | Mies van der Rohe Pavilion." at Mies van der Rohe Pavilion, Barcelona, Spain

2017

"scene of memory" at Gallery Monma, Sapporo, Japan

2017

"TOBIU ART FESTIVAL 2017" at Tobiu Art Community, Shiraoi, Japan

2017

"Sapporo International Art Festival 2017" at Miyanomori Art Museum, Sapporo, Japan *Ayoro Laboratory

2017

"GALLERY SOU 10th anniversary exhibition「Red +」" at GALLERY SOU, Sapporo, Japan

2017

"FDA ASAHIKAWA 2017" at ASAHIKAWA DESIGN CENTER, Asahikawa, Japan

2017

"VOCA 2017 THE VISION OF CONTEMPORARY ART 2017" at The Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo, Japan

2016

"* folding cosmos TOKYO" at Keio University Mita Campus 「Noguchi Room」, Tokyo, Japan

2016

"Ayoro Parallel World" at Tobiu Art Community, Shiraoi, Japan *Ayoro Laboratory

2016

"TOBIU ART FESTIVAL 2016" at Tobiu Art Community, Shiraoi, Japan

2016

"Together some thing that you are together" at Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Sapporo, Japan

2016

"500-m Underground Walkway Gallery vol.18 My Collection" at Sapporo Odori 500-m Underground Walkway Gallery, Sapporo, Japan

2015

"PS Kitafushiko Open Studio" at Kitafushiko ART STUDIO, Memuro, Japan

2015

"* folding cosmos HIROSHIMA" at Oriental Design Gallery, Hiroshima, Japan

2015

"TOBIU ART FESTIVAL 2015" at Tobiu Art Community, Shiraoi, Japan

2015

"* folding cosmos VILLA SAVOYE" at Villa Savoye, Poissy, France

2015

"* folding cosmos HELSINKI" at Annantalo Arts Center, Helsinki, Finland

2014

"Object Matters:Modern representation of Japan over the concepts and material" at gallery VOICE, Tajimi, Japan

2014

"Ezotic Caravan - From the far north of Japan -" at TOKYO METROPOLITAN ART MUSEUM, Tokyo, Japan

2014

"Children and adults of art exhibition, Let's play in wood and stone" at Tomakomai city museum, Tomakomai, Japan

2014

"TOBIU ART FESTIVAL 2014" at Tobiu Art Community, Shiraoi, Japan

2014

""Trees talk" Exhibition" at Gallery Monma & ANNEX, Sapporo, Japan

2014

"* folding cosmos 2014 - 2015 | plus KITAHAMA Alley" at Kitahama alley, Takamatsu, Japan

2014

"Pulse of the North -North Line-" at Sapporo Odori 500-m Underground Walkway Gallery, Sapporo, Japan

2014

"Grand Opening & Charity Exhibition 「HOPE」 at Kita:Kara gallery, Sapporo, Japan

2014

"Contemporary Art in Obihiro" at OBIHIRO CITIZEN'S HALL Obihiro, Japan

2013

"* folding cosmos 2013 TAKAMATSU" at Kagawa Prefectural Cultural Hall, Takamatsu, Japan

2013

"Sapporo art exhibition AQUA-LINE" at Sapporo Art Park, Sapporo, Japan

2013

"* folding cosmos 2013" at D. T. Suzuki Museum, Kanazawa, Japan

2013

"Asuka, Kineta Kunimatsu Exhibition" at DAIMARU SAPPORO 8F Art gallery, Sapporo, Japan

2013

"* folding cosmos 2013" at Moerenuma Park, Sapporo, Japan

2013

"TOBIU ART FESTIVAL 2013" at Tobiu Art Community, Shiraoi, Japan

2013

"* folding cosmos 2013" at Staatliche Museen zu Berlin | Museen Dahlem, Berlin, Germany

2013

"Department of Design, Faculty of Fine Arts, DOHTO UNIVERSITY's Teaching staff Exhibition" at Kitahiroshima city Arts Hall Gallery, Kitahiroshima, Japan

2013

"ACROSS" at MORIHICO Plantation, Sapporo, Japan

2013

"PARC 1 [ Biotope ]" at Sapporo Underground Pedestrian Space | Kita Ichi Jo event space, Sapporo, Japan

2013

"New Point vol.10" at Daido Gallery, Sapporo, Japan

2012

"Mori no Geijutsusai 2012" at Jouzankei Tsuruga Resort Spa Mori no Uta, Sapporo, Japan

2012

"TOBIU ART FESTIVAL 2012" at Tobiu Art Community, Shiraoi, Japan

2012

"New Point vol.9" at Daido Gallery, Sapporo, Japan

2011

"Mori no Geijutsusai" at Jouzankei Tsuruga Resort Spa Mori no Uta, Sapporo, Japan

2011

"TOBIU ART FESTIVAL 2011" at Tobiu Art Community, Shiraoi, Japan

2011

"Tarumae arty 2011" at Gallery LEO, Tomakomai, Japan

2011

"Noboru, Asuka, Kineta Kunimatsu Exhibition -Three Genarations" at CAMPANA ROKKATEI "Kamigami no Asobu Niwa", Furano, Japan

2011

"New Point vol.8" at Daido Gallery, Sapporo, Japan

2010

"Shiryokan Wo ART Suru" at Sapporo City Cultural Archives Office, Sapporo, Japan

2010

"SAPPORO ART STAGE 2010 500m-Museum" at the concourse between the Odori Station and Bus Center Mae Station, Sapporo, Japan

2010

"BUDDHISM×CONTEMPORARY ART 0 ZERO" at Sending place of culture UNIVAS, Sapporo, Japan

2010

"kasumi kasuminimum" at MORUE, Muroran, Japan

2010

"KITANO MATCH BOX ART" at HIARATA AT STUDIO, Tomakomai, Japan

2010

"TOBIU ART FESTIVAL 2010" at Tobiu Art Community, Shiraoi, Japan

2010

"RISING SUN ROCK FESTIVAL 2010 in EZO" at Tarukawa warf of Ishikari bay new port, Otaru, Japan

2010

"Living with art" at Gallery Monma, Sapporo, Japan

2010

“Tokeidai Wo ART Suru." at Tokeidai, Sapporo, Japan

2010

"HOKKAIDO THREE-DEMENSIONAL ART '10" at Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Hongo Shin Memorial Museum of Sculpture, Sapporo, Japan

2010

"I want to buy an artwork for me 50,000 '10" at CAI02, Sapporo, Japan

2010

"New Point vol.7" at Daido Gallery, Sapporo, Japan

2009

"Shiryokan Wo ART Suru" at Sapporo City Cultural Archives Office, Sapporo, Japan

2009

"Dream of the Chair" at Continental Gallery, Sapporo, Japan

2009

"My Chairs Vol.3 Chair Exhibition by 16 Creators -Feel materials-" at Gallery SOU, Sapporo, Japan

2009

"TOBIU ART FESTIVAL" at Tobiu Art Community, Shiraoi, Japan

2009

"Rokka File" at Rokka Bunko, Sapporo, Japan

2009

"Tarumae arty 2009" at Studio LEO, Tomakomai, Japan

2009

"MAGICAL CAMP 2009" at SAPPORO TEINE-HIGHLAND, Sapporo, Japan

2009

"the IMAGIKAL vol.002" at CAI02, Sapporo, Japan

2009

"the IMAGIKAL vol.001.5" at MORROW ZONE, Sapporo, Japan

2009

"Essence of the Snow Country" at M50 building No.18, Shanghai, China

2009

"kasumi 2009" at Citizen's of museums in Muroran, Muroran, Japan

2009

"Sculptor make furniture lacquered contemporary Japanese lacquer Exhibition" at Kitafushiko ART STUDIO, Memuro, Japan

2009

"the IMAGIKAL vol.001" at CAI02, Sapporo, Japan

2009

"ARU" at CAI02, Sapporo, Japan

2009

"New Point vol.6" at Daido Gallery, Sapporo, Japan

2008

"WONDERLAND. art for all" at Gallery Benten 17, Hong Kong

2008

"REWIND" at Gallery Benten 17, Hong Kong

2008

"Ladder Exhibition" at Kitahiroshima City Art Culture Center, Kitahiroshima, Japan

2008

"PLEASURE OF MONDAY -P.O.M-" at DOG HOUSE & LIBIDO, Sapporo, Japan

2008

"ART BOX 2008" at Sapporo Artpark open-air stage, Sapporo, Japan

2008

"Extra Tarumae arty" at Tomakomai City Cultural Exchange Center, Tomakomai, Japan

2008

"kasumi" at Gallery Tapio, Sapporo, Japan

2008

"Hong Kong ArtWalk 2008" at Gallery Benten 17, Hong Kong

2008

"New Point vol.5" at Daido Gallery, Sapporo, Japan

2007

"kasumi 2007" at wanishi STUDIO, Muroran, Japan

2007

"Dala Space Gallery Opening Exhibition" at Dala Space, Otaru, Japan

2007

"Rokka File" at Rokka Bunko, Sapporo, Japan

2007

"TOBIU meets OKI" at Tobiu Art Community, Shiraoi, Japan

2007

"Tarumae arty 2007" at Studio LEO, Tomakomai, Japan

2007

"New Point vol.4" at Daido Gallery, Sapporo, Japan

2006

"TANTRA Autumn Camp 2006" at Tobiu Art Community, Shiraoi, Japan

2006

"kasumi" at Nippon Steel Gym, Muroran, Japan

2006

"Tarumae arty 2006" at Studio LEO, Tomakomai, Japan

2006

"RISING SUN ROCK FESTIVAL 2006 in EZO" at Tarukawa warf of Ishikari bay new port, Otaru, Japan

2006

"The Kansubaru Exhibition vol.2" at Gallery DORAL, Sapporo, Japan

2006

"New Point vol.3" at Daido Gallery, Sapporo, Japan

2005

"I want to buy an artwork for me -50,000" at CAI, Sapporo, Japan

2005

"Institute of Environmental Art and Design 6th" at Sapporo Media Park Spica, Sapporo, Japan

2005

"TOBIU 20th anniversary Exhibition" at Shiraoi community center, Shiraoi, Japan

2005

"Tarumae arty 2005" at Cafe Minatoya and more, Tomakomai, Japan

2005

"Northern Art and Craft Exhibition" at Continental Gallery, Sapporo, Japan

2005

"New Point vol.2" at Daido Gallery, Sapporo, Japan

2004

"I want to buy an artwork for me -50,000" at CAI, Sapporo, Japan

2004

"Iron Festival vol.1" at Muroran City Citizen Hall, Muroran, Japan

2004

"Sculpture Exhibition X" at Continental Gallery, Sapporo, Japan

2004

"New Point" at Daido Gallery, Sapporo, Japan

1999

"extracurricular" at Gallery Space 21, Tokyo, Japan


ART FAIRS

2025

"ART FAIR TOKYO 2025" at Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo, Japan

2024

"ART FAIR TOKYO 2024" at Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo, Japan

2023

"ART FAIR TOKYO 2023" at Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo, Japan

2022

"ART FAIR TOKYO 2022" at Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo, Japan

2021

"ART FAIR TOKYO 2021" at Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo, Japan

2019

"—‘RIN’— NIHOMBASHI MITSUKOSHI ART FAIR 2019" at Nihombashi Mitsukoshi Main Store, Tokyo, Japan

2019

"ART FAIR TOKYO 2019" at Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo, Japan

2018

"Selected Art Fair 2018 「SHU SHU SHU SHOW」" at Spiral Garden, Tokyo, Japan

2018

"—‘RIN’— NIHOMBASHI MITSUKOSHI ART FAIR 2018" at Nihombashi Mitsukoshi Main Store, Tokyo, Japan

2018

"ART FAIR TOKYO 2018" at Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo, Japan

2017

"spiral take art collection 2017 「SHU SHU SHU SHOW」" at Spiral Garden, Tokyo, Japan

2017

"ART FAIR TOKYO 2017" at Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo, Japan

2016

"ART FAIR TOKYO 2016" at Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo, Japan

2015

"ART FAIR TOKYO 2015" at Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo, Japan

2013

"The Art Fairs: Plus-Ultra 2013" at Spiral Garden, Tokyo, Japan


LIVES

2009

"yorma presents FUTROOZ" at PRECIOUS HALL, Sapporo, Japan

2009

"SOLITON ARTWALK PROJECT" at Intersection of National Highway [Route] 18 and Sousei River, Sapporo, Japan

2009

"RISING SUN ROCK FESTIVAL 2009 in EZO" at Tarukawa warf of Ishikari bay new port, Otaru, Japan

2009

"HOKKAIDO HAIR DESIGN 100" at Fillmore North, Sapporo, Japan

2008

"kasumi cascade" at Muroran Hamamachi Arcade, Muroran, Japan

2008

"LIVE CREATION in SOUND" at Gallery Benten 17, Hong Kong

2007

"RISING SUN ROCK FESTIVAL 2007 in EZO" at Tarukawa warf of Ishikari bay new port, Otaru, Japan

2006

"MUSIC & SCULPTURE" at donk-ron, Sapporo, Japan


SYMPOSIUMS, LECTURES

2023

"Arctic Community of Practice Talk Session 「Arctic Researchers+Youth・Artists」" at National Institute of Polar Research, Tokyo, Japan *Speaker

2020

"Global Art Practice, Graduate School of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts 「GAP Practice I」" at Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo, Japan *Guest Lecturer

2019

"Tama Art University Faculty of Art and Design Department of Information Design 「社会創造論」" at Tama Art University, Tokyo, Japan *Guest Lecturer

2018

"Introduction to Art Project" at Arts Council Tokyo ROOM 302, Tokyo, Japan *Lecturer

2014

"Tarokichigura Design Conference 2014" at Tarokichigura, Takikawa, Japan *Presenter

2014

"Creative Counseling" at Sapporo Grand Hotel East building 3F GINSEN, Sapporo, Japan *Counselor

2013

"First Round of Sapporo International Art Festival 2014 Pre-Festival Event / Learning about the History of Art and Culture in Sapporo 10 public talk sessions on the history of art and culture in Sapporo" at Eastern side of Kita 2-jo Square, Sapporo Ekimae-dori Underground Walkway, Sapporo, Japan *Panelist

2012

"Art and Community" at lecture Hall of Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Sapporo, Japan *Panelist


INTERVIEWS

2014

"Artists meet you" ASAHIBEER MSNAT

2010

"Creator Pick Up" Inter-x-cross Creative Center

2009

"PEOPLE" ONLINE MAGAZINE SHIFT


COLUMN

2013

"Column #21" ASAHI ART FESTIVAL


PUBLICATION

2024

"Breath in This Land" Kyuryudo Art Publishing CO.,LTD.

2023

"KINETA KUNIMATSU Mark the Land" Iceberg Inc.

2016

"KINETA KUNIMATSU | HORIZONTAL DEPTH" pub


PRIZE

2023

"Sapporo Culture Prize for Encouragement" City of Sapporo

2015

"Fiscal 2014, The 24th DOGIN Cultural Foundation Art Encouragement Award" Dogin Cultural Foundation Public Interest Incorporated Foundation


COLLECTIONS

Fondation Le Corbusier, Villa « Le Lac » Le Corbusier, Corseaux, Switzerland

Maison Louis Carre, Bazoches-sur-Guyonne, France

Takahashi Ryutaro Collection, Tokyo, Japan

Obayashi Collection, Tokyo, Japan

Mori Building Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan

SAPPORO SOSEI SQUARE, Sapporo, Japan

Osaka International Airport, Toyonaka, Japan

New Chitose Airport SAKURA LOUNGE, Chitose, Japan

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