Current
We Like Us
Chris Killip, Jim Mangan, Katsumi Watanabe and Karlheinz Weinberger, Frank Rock n`RollApril 12 - May 24, 2025 Nonaka-Hill Kyoto is pleased to present We Like Us , an exhibition running from April 12 to May 24, featuring the works of four photographers—Chris Killip, Jim Mangan, Katsumi Watanabe and Karlheinz Weinberger —alongside a found private photo-album titled Frank in Rock’n’Roll. Across communities, there’s a familiar instinct to guard... Read more
KEY HIRAGA
The Elegant Life of Mr. H April 12 - May 31, 2025 Key Hiraga: Elegant Extremity Julian Myers-Szupinska Tumble down the rabbit-hole of Key Hiraga’s work in the late-60s and early-70s and find yourself in a comical world of swollen extremities and orifices: boobs, dicks, noses, and tongues, licking, waggling, penetrating, and pimpled. This is a mute floating world where sex, lurid... Read more
Past
SAWAKO GODA
February 15 - April 5, 2025 Nonaka-Hill is proud to announce the representation of Sawako Goda (b. 1940 - d. 2016), a complex artist celebrated by the Japanese avant-garde during her remarkable 50 year career, yet virtually unknown in the United States. An expansive selection of her paintings, sketches and ephemera will be on exhibition at... Read moreTAKESHI HONDA • TOMOKO OBANA
January 25 - April 3, 2025 Nonaka-Hill Kyoto is pleased to present Takeshi Honda’s charcoal drawings alongside Tomoko Obana’s sculptural arrangements of wood-fired ceramics. Both artists have built studio repositories from which to select and develop their artworks; Honda photographically records his long walks in the mountain from which he painstakingly copies dense forest images, while... Read moreJIRO NAGASE
November 23, 2024 - January 31, 2025 Nonaka Hill Los Angeles is pleased to present a solo exhibition of new work by Jiro Nagase. The exhibition will run from November 23 to January 25th, 2024. An opening reception for the artist will take place on November 23 from 6 to 8 pm. A performance by the artist,... Read moreULALA IMAI
ARCADIAOctober 30 - December 21, 2024 Opening reception: Wednesday, October 30, 16:00 - 20:00 Nonaka-Hill, Kyoto For immediate release Nonaka-Hill is proud to present ARCADIA , an exhibition of new paintings by Ulala Imai, to inaugurate our new gallery space located in the Gion district of Kyoto, Japan. For her second solo exhibition with Nonaka-Hill, Ulala... Read moreMIHO DOHI
September 28 - November 16, 2024 Nonaka-Hill is pleased to announce the gallery’s second exhibition of works by Japanese artist Miho Dohi. The exhibition is on view from September 28 until November 9, 2024. An opening reception will be held on Saturday, September 28th from 5 to 9pm. Miho Dohi’s art is wonderful. In her small... Read moreKYOKO IDETSU
What can an ideology do for me?July 27 - September 21, 2024 Press: Meer , August 24, 2024 Nonaka-Hill is pleased to present Kyoko Idetsu’s first Los Angeles solo exhibition What can an Ideology do for me? , opening Saturday, July 27 from 6 – 8pm. The artist will be present. The paintings of Kyoko Idetsu emerge from daily life, which is... Read moreKENTARO KAWABATA / BRUCE NAUMAN
May 30 - July 20, 2024 “If you can manipulate clay and end up with art, you can manipulate yourself in it as well.” Bruce Nauman Nonaka-Hill presents a two-person exhibition of Kentaro Kawabata, a remarkable Japanese porcelain sculptor, alongside Bruce Nauman who, having built a diverse oeuvre in multi-media, is often cited as one of... Read moreMasaomi Yasunaga: Empty Vessel
@ Gallery 85.4 TokyoMay 11 - June 16, 2024 Press: Bijutsutecho , May 27, 2024 Richesse , May 15, 2024 Nonaka-Hill Los Angeles is pleased to announce a solo presentation of new sculpture by artist Masaomi Yasunaga at Gallery 85.4 Tokyo, May 11 – June 16, 2024. Since ancient times, humans have built homes and lived there, stored various... Read morean arena
In collaboration with Barbati Gallery, VeniceApril 17 - June 20, 2024 Nonaka-Hill is pleased to announce the opening of an arena , a group exhibition presented in collaboration with Barbati Gallery, Venice Italy. an arena opens Wednesday, April 17, 2024 from 6 – 8 pm and continues through June 1, 2024. an arena assembles diverse practices in ceramic, porcelain, glass, sculpture,... Read moreSHINJIRO OKAMOTO
TALKATIVEMarch 19 - May 11, 2024 Opening reception: Tuesday, March 19, 6-8pm 720 N Highland Avenue Los Angeles “Provoking laughter is a demanding, serious, even sacred, task.” *1 - Hashi Hidebumi, curator, Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura Nonaka-Hill is pleased to present Shinjiro Okamoto “Talkative”, an artist expressly acknowledged in Japan for his post-war art and... Read moreSAORI (MADOKORO) AKUTAGAWA
CENTENARIAFebruary 24 - May 11, 2024 Opening reception: Saturday, February 24, 2024, 4 – 8pm Venue: 6917 Melrose Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90038 Nonaka-Hill is pleased to present Saori (Madokoro) Akutagawa (1924 – 1966), a Centennial celebration of the artist’s birth, marking her first solo exhibition in the United States, spanning an extensive and multi-faceted career... Read moreKeita Matsunaga
Accumulation FlowJanuary 20 - March 9, 2024 Nonaka-Hill is pleased to present, Accumulation Flow , Keita Matsunaga’s second solo exhibition in Los Angeles. The exhibition opens January 20th and will be on view through March 9, 2024. An opening reception will be held for the artist on Saturday, January 20, from 5-8 pm. Keita Matsunaga has long... Read moreNONAKA-HILL ♥ TATAMI ANTIQUES
A holiday sale of unique objects from JapanDecember 2, 2023 - January 31, 2024 Rodney and Taka Nonaka-Hill are pleased to introduce our esteemed and longtime friend, Dai Okumura from Tatami Antiques of Japan. Tatami is an online marketplace offering diverse “Contemporary Antiques” selected by member dealers who each have a keen eye for object quality. We’re always eager to see the next @tatami_antiques... Read moreTAKASHI HOMMA
REVOLUTION No.9 / Camera Obscura Studies November 11, 2023 - January 11, 2024 Nonaka-Hill is pleased to present TAKASHI HOMMA: REVOLUTION No.9 / Camera Obscura Studies , the Japanese artist’s second solo exhibition with the gallery. The artist will stage a musical performance at the opening on November 11th , 6 – 8pm. The exhibition is on view through January 11, 2024. The... Read moreSanya Kantarovsky
TO PRISON – with selections from Tatsumi Hijikata The Last Butoh, Photographs by Yasuo KurodaSeptember 30 - November 4, 2023 “I, who caught a cold by looking at a stone and became anxious on seeing a landscape with no one in it, grew up thinking myself maimed. One day a man stood next to my father; a tree cracked and my father fell. Clutching a stone, I resisted; my father... Read moreTATSUMI HIJIKATA THE LAST BUTOH
Photographs by Yasuo KurodaSeptember 30 - November 18, 2023 Nonaka-Hill is delighted to present The Last Butoh , an exhibition of photographs by Yasuo Kuroda featuring Tatsumi Hijikata and company in his final performances. As with Hijikata’s previous photographic collaborations , Kuroda’s work confronted the inherent problems of representing ankoku butoh— its invisible but immanent qualities that hover between... Read moreKiyomizu Rokubey VIII
CERAMIC SIGHTJuly 22 - September 16, 2023 Nonaka-Hill is pleased to present CERAMIC SIGHT, the first overseas exhibition of sculptures by Kyoto, Japan based, Kiyomizu Rokubey VIII. Born as Masahiro Kiyomizu in 1954, the artist is the eighth-generation head of the Kiyomizu Rokubey family ceramics kiln, founded in Kyoto in 1771. The legendary kiln has been central... Read moreMegumi Shinozaki
Now/ThenJuly 22 - September 16, 2023 6917 Melrose Avenue Los Angeles CA 90038 Nonaka-Hill is pleased to present Now/Then, an exhibition of flower-based creations by Tokyo, Japan based artist, Megumi Shinozaki. Working from her background as a florist in her home city of Tokyo, Megumi Shinzoaki has expanded her practice to include paper sculpture and grand... Read moreKenzi Shiokava
June 3 - July 15, 2023 Nonaka-Hill is honored to announce the representation of the estate of Kenzi Shiokava (1938-2021) with exhibitions opening at both Los Angeles galleries. For over 50 years, Shiokava lovingly transformed found materials into syncretic sculptures that spoke to the heart of transcontinental experience. This is reflected in his multicultural origin story,... Read moreKokuta Suda
Okukō 憶劫April 15 - May 27, 2023 Nonaka-Hill is pleased to present Kokuta Suda : Okukō , the first American solo gallery exhibition for the artist. Suda (須田 剋太, 1906-1990) was a pioneer for merging abstraction and calligraphy, for his raw spontaneity with various media; and for maximizing their tactile potentials with embossing, impasto, and even affixed... Read moreMasaomi Yasunaga
石拾いからの発見 / discoveries from picking up stonesApril 8 - May 20, 2023 Press: Artillery , April 13, 2023 Nonaka-Hill is pleased to present recent sculptures by Japanese artist Masaomi Yasunaga in his third exhibition with the gallery. 石拾いからの発見 / discoveries from picking up stones , includes nearly seventy recent works and introduces the Mosaic Vessels series wherein compositions of handmade tiles are... Read moreKazuo Kadonaga
February 11 - April 8, 2023 Nonaka-Hill is delighted to present sculptures by Kazuo Kadonaga, his second solo exhibition with the gallery. Spanning five decades, he has been singularly known for conjuring the otherwise invisible properties of wood, silk, glass, and paper. His meticulous approach limits the traces of his hand as much as possible, deferring... Read moreSHUZO AZUCHI GULLIVER
‘Synogenesis’February 4 - March 25, 2023 Nonaka-Hill Gallery is delighted to present SHUZO AZUCHI GULLIVER ‘Synogenesis’, which marks Azuchi’s first West Coast solo exhibition, encompassing multimedia works spanning from 50 years of the artist's dynamic career. In 1963, after finding a book on the works of Marcel Duchamp, written entirely in French -Shuzo Azuchi was inspired... Read moreKoichi Enomoto: Against the day
December 10, 2022 - January 21, 2023 Nonaka-Hill is delighted to present Against the day , paintings by Koichi Enomoto and his first solo exhibition outside of Japan. Enomoto's paintings are distinguished by their maximal compositions that hold no space, literally and figuratively, between reality and fantasy, nature and technology, the pop-cultural and the personal. As an... Read moreShigeru Hasegawa
paintingOctober 29 - December 10, 2022 Nonaka-Hill Melrose 6917 Melrose Avenue Los Angeles CA 90038 Open hours: 12PM-7PM To paint a picture is to confront one’s self thoroughly. –– Shigeru Hasegawa At our Melrose Avenue gallery, Nonaka-Hill is delighted to present painting , selected work by Shigeru Hasegawa (Japan, b. 1963), marking his first solo exhibition... Read moreTatsuo Ikeda / Michael E. Smith
October 29 - December 3, 2022 This exhibition will be open only from 5PM-9PM for optimal viewing. Nonaka-Hill Highland 720 N Highland Avenue Los Angeles CA 90038 Tatsuo Ikeda and Michael E. Smith, born nearly half a century apart, each emerged out of major “post” periods in their respective countries. The former, a post-war Japan, the... Read moreZenzaburo Kojima
This very greenSeptember 17 - October 22, 2022 This very green , an exhibition of paintings by Zenzaburo Kojima (1893-1961) marks the artist’s first solo exhibition outside of his native Japan and inaugurates Nonaka-Hill, Melrose, located at 6917 Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles. Kojima's wholly unique genre paintings are historic within the development of Western-style painting in Japan known... Read moreHiroshi Sugito
the garden with Zenzaburo KojimaSeptember 17 - October 22, 2022 Nonaka-Hill is pleased to present “the garden” , an exhibition of recent paintings by Hiroshi Sugito (b. 1970). The presentation marks the artist’s first solo exhibition with Nonaka-Hill and his ninth solo exhibition in Los Angeles. For the occasion, the artist has incorporated Japanese garden paintings by legendary artist, Zenzaburo... Read moreTomoko Obana and Toru Otani
July 23 - August 27, 2022 Tomoko Obana and Toru Otani do not know each-other, however their artistic procedures are neighborly, relishing delight in cartographic compositions, found forms and in rich color; earthy to Victorian from the hands of Obana, and from Old World towards Fauve in the hands of Otani. For her vitrine sculptures, Tomoko... Read moreTomohisa Obana
To see the rainbow at night, I must make it myself.May 26 - July 15, 2022 Press: Contemporary Art Dialy , July 12, 2022 Nonaka-Hill is honored to present To see the rainbow at night, I must make it myself, a solo exhibition by Tomohisa Obana. The sculpture exhibition, which incorporates installation and performance, marks the ceramics-based artist’s first solo show outside of his native Japan,... Read moreDaisuke Fukunaga
Beautiful WorkApril 7 - May 14, 2022 Press: ARTE FUSE , May 16, 2022 Contemporary Art Daily , May 12, 2022 Contemporary Art Review Los Angeles (Carla) , May 11, 2022 Hyperallergic , May 9, 2022 What’s on Los Angeles , May 5, 22022 Nonaka-Hill is pleased to present Beautiful Work , an exhibition of paintings by... Read morenot titled not Untitled
February 12 - March 26, 2022 Participating Artists: Christian Alborz Oldham, Simone Berry, Mel Bochner, Kazuo Kadonaga, Tadaaki Kuwayama, Davora Lindner, Keita Matsunaga, Jiro Nagase, Rakuko Naito, Tomohisa Obana, Tomoko Obana, Helen Sharp, Michele Stuart, Kunié Sugiura, Jiro Takamatsu and Masaomi Yasunaga “We imprint and are imprints of all that came before” - Michelle Stuart 1962,... Read moreKentaro Kawabata
凸凹 BumpyNovember 19, 2021 - January 29, 2022 Press: Artillery , January 20, 2022 Larchmont Buzz , January 10, 2022 Nonaka-Hill is pleased to present 凸凹 Bumpy , our second solo exhibition of Japanese porcelain artist Kentaro Kawabata. Working in porcelain sculpture, Kentaro Kawabata creates forms ranging from grand scale to diminutive, sometimes graceful and exquisite, other times... Read moreNatsuyasumi
In the Beginning Was LoveJuly 28 - September 11, 2021 Press: Art Viewer , August 23, 2021 Hyperallergic , August 10, 2021 Nonaka-Hill is honored to present Natsuyasumi: In the Beginning Was Love. A group exhibition with the ideals of Summer Vacation as it’s muse. Presenting works by eleven contemporary artists working in Japan, the dense variety of images may... Read moreTakashi Homma
mushrooms from the forestJune 5 - July 17, 2021 Press: Art Viewer , June 28, 2021 Nonaka-Hill is honored to present Takashi Homma: mushrooms from the forest , the first Los Angeles solo exhibition of works by the Japanese artist. The exhibition of thirtythree photographs is on view from June 5th to July 17th, 2021. For this occasion, Homma... Read moreBusy Work at Home
April 10 - May 29, 2021 Press: Hyperallergic : May 25, 2021 Art Viewer : May 9, 2021 Busy Work at Home A group show from a mid-pandemic point of view; a sentimental journey for multitaskers and “A Celebration of Specialness”. includes work by: BLESS, David Byrne, Aki Goto, Alice Hutchins, Studio of Maki Kinnosuke, Adelle... Read moreUlala Imai
AMAZINGFebruary 6 - April 3, 2021 Press: Hyperallergic , March 27, 2021 Contemporary Art Review Los Angeles (Carla ) : March 17, 2021 Contemporary Art Daily : March 15, 2021 artillery , March 10, 2021 Special Ops , March 3, 2021 Art Viewer , February 22, 2021 Nonaka Hill is pleased to present AMAZING, a selection... Read moreMatsubayashi Hosai XVI & Trevor Shimizu
November 14, 2020 - January 30, 2021 Press: artillery , January 6, 2021 Nonaka-Hill is pleased to present a two-artist exhibition, Hosai Matsubayashi XVI and Trevor Shimizu. The exhibition brings tea ceremony ceramics produced by Matsubayashi at his Asahi-yaki (Asahi Pottery) kiln in Uji, Kyoto, Japan together with landscape and nature paintings by Shimizu, produced recently in... Read moreMegumi Shinozaki
PAPER EDENNovember 14 - December 23, 2020 Born 1981, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan Founder of Edenworks, Tokyo, 2009 to present Lives & works in Tokyo Exploring the wide-ranging potentials of flowers and plants, Shinozaki often combines natural elements with diverse items with her highly original sensibility to realize creations in various engagements such as store decorations and window... Read moreSterling Ruby and Masaomi Yasunaga
September 19 - October 31, 2020 Press: Ceramic Now , October 8, 2020 Art Viewer , October 5, 2020 HYPEBEAST September 21, 2020 Air Mail , September 28, 2020 Nonaka-Hill is pleased to present Sterling Ruby and Masaomi Yasunaga , bringing together two of the most innovative makers in ceramics today. The exhibition finds parallels between... Read moreKaz Oshiro
96375July 11 - September 5, 2020 Press: Los Angeles Times , September 16, 2020 ArtnowLA , September 11, 2020 What's on Los Angeles , August 27, 2020 KCRW , August 25, 2020 Tique , August 22, 2020 Contemporary Art Dialy , July 26th, 2020 Art Viewer , July 22, 2020 Nonaka-Hill is pleased to present “Kaz... Read moreSofu Teshigahara
February 8 - April 11, 2020 Press: Contemporary Art Daily , March 28, 2020 Art Viewer , March 24, 2020 KCRW , February 25, 2020 Nonaka-Hill is pleased to present a solo exhibition of works by Sofu Teshigahara (1900-1979). The artist’s first exhibition in Los Angeles introduces a selection of rarely seen metal sculptures and calligraphic... Read moreKeita Matsunaga
December 7, 2019 - January 25, 2020 Press: Los Angeles Times , January 15, 2020 Art Viewer , January 14, 2020 Nonaka-Hill is pleased to present new ceramic works by Japanese artist Keita Matsunaga in his first solo exhibition in the United States. The exhibition is on view through January 25th, 2020. Born in 1986, Keita Matsunaga... Read moreA show about an architectural monograph
The Work of Kisho Kurokawa Capsule, Metabolism, Spaceframe, MetamorphoseDecember 7, 2019 - January 25, 2020 Press: Art Viewer , January 14, 2020 A show about an architectural monograph: The Work of Kisho Kurokawa subtitled: Capsule, Metabolism, Spaceframe, Metamorphose published by: Bijutsu Shuppan-Sha, LTD in the year: 1970 designed by: Kiyoshi Awazu with photographs by: Tomio Ohashi and several other photographers and contributors * including a... Read moreTatsumi Hijikata
October 12 - November 30, 2019 Press: Hyperallergic , November 30, 2019 Art Viewer , November 19, 2019 Contemporary Art Review Los Angeles , November 13, 2019 Los Angeles Times , October 31, 2019 AUTRE , October 18, 2019 Tatsumi Hijikata was the founder of Ankoku Butoh (literally meaning, dance of darkness ), widely known and... Read moreEikoh Hosoe
Collaborations with Tatsumi HijikataOctober 12 - November 30, 2019 Press: Hyperallergic , November 30, 2019 Art Viewer , November 19, 2019 Contemporary Art Review Los Angeles , November 13, 2019 Los Angeles Times , October 31, 2019 AUTRE , October 18, 2019 The celebrated photographer, Eikoh Hosoe (1933) was a long-time friend and collaborator of Tatsumi Hijikata, having first... Read moreYutaka Matsuzawa
Co-curated by Alan Longino and Reiko Tomii Originated by Yale Union, Portland, OregonSeptember 7 - October 5, 2019 Press: ArtAsiaPacific , Issue 116 Nov/Dec, 2019 Nonaka-Hill is pleased to host an exhibition by Yutaka Matsuzawa (b. 1922; d. 2006, Shimo Suwa, Japan). Known as one of the leading Conceptual artists in Japan, Matsuzawa has been included in some of the most significant exhibitions in recent decades, such as... Read moreYutaka Matsuzawa through the lens of Mitsutoshi Hanaga
September 7 - October 5, 2019 Nonaka-Hill have organized Yutaka Matsuzawa through the lens of Mitsutoshi Hanaga , a small presentation of the photographer who documented the avant-garde in 1960s Japan, underground and youth culture, and such social issues as pollution and political activism. The firsts for both of them on the West Coast, these exhibitions... Read moreTakuro Tamayama & Tiger Tateishi
July 27 - August 31, 2019 Press: ARTFORUM , November 19, 2019 Art Viewer , August 21, 2019 AUTRE , August 1, 2019 ArtsuZe , July 31, 2019 Nonaka-Hill is pleased to present a two-artist exhibition, Takuro Tamayama and Tiger Tateishi . The show features a new installation, video and sculpture works by Takuro Tamayama, brought... Read moreKunié Sugiura
June 1 - July 20, 2019 Kunié Sugiura (Born 1942, Nagoya, Japan. Lives and works in New York, NY) In a practice spanning over fifty years, Kunié Sugiura has negotiated between painting and photography, discovering and expanding through continual experimentation. At Nonaka-Hill, the artist’s first solo exhibition in Los Angeles, Sugiura presents hand-painted photo-canvases from her... Read moreMasaomi Yasunaga
June 1 - July 20, 2019 Press: Art Viewer , July 9, 2019 Los Angeles Times , July 5, 2019 Masaomi Yasunaga (Born 1982, Osaka Japan. Living and working in Iga, Mie Prefecture, Japan) In a gesture which has little precedence, Masaomi Yasunaga removed clay from his ceramic forms, and builds his sculptures using glaze as... Read moreMiho Dohi
April 13 - May 25, 2019 Press: Contemporary Art Daily , May 24, 2019 Los Angeles Times , May 18, 2019 Art Viewer , April 24, 2019 Bijutsu Techo , April 27, 2019 Los Angeles Review of Books , May 8, 2019 Miho Dohi manipulates familiar basic materials, including fabric, yarn, papier-mâché, and wood, along with... Read moreWataru Tominaga
April 13 - May 25, 2019 Press: Contemporary Art Daily , May 24, 2019 Bijutsu Techo , April 27, 2019 A fashion and textile designer, also trained in fine art, Wataru Tominaga builds his distinctive textiles atop readymade fabrics which have universal, genderless motifs; paisleys, florals, plaids and ginghams. The artist manipulates these materials through twisting,... Read moreNaotaka Hiro
April 13 - May 25, 2019 Press: Contemporary Art Daily , May 24, 2019 Bijutsu Techo , April 27, 2019 Naotaka Hiro’s practice is rooted in the unknown, exploring the body – specifically his own – in an attempt to better understand our physical form. His artworks cannot be defined by their finished appearance, but are... Read moreParergon: Japanese Art of the 1980s and 1990s
Curated by Mika Yoshitake in conjunction with Blum & Poe, Los AngelesFebruary 17 - April 6, 2019 Press: Art & Object , April 2, 2019 Nonaka-Hill, Los Angeles February 17–April 6, 2019; Public opening: Sunday, February 17, 3-6pm Blum & Poe, Los Angeles Part I: February 14-March 23, 2019; Public opening: Thursday, February 14, 6-8pm Part II: April 6-May 19, 2019; Public opening: Saturday, April 6, 6-8pm... Read moreTadaaki Kuwayama
January 12 - February 16, 2019 Press: artnet news , February 12, 2019 Art Viewer , February 14, 2019 Contemporary Art Review Los Angeles (Carla) , February 6, 2019 Nonaka-Hill is pleased to announce a solo exhibition by New York based artist, Tadaaki Kuwayama. The exhibition will be his first on the West Coast. Ideas, thoughts,... Read moreToshio Matsumoto
November 17 - December 22, 2018 Nonaka-Hill is pleased to present a solo exhibition of works by Toshio Matsumoto from November 17 – December 22, 2018. Matsumoto Toshio (born 1932) is a Japanese film director and video artist. After graduating from the University of Tokyo, where he majored in aesthetics, Matsumoto began working at Shinriken Films,... Read moreKentaro Kawabata
September 22 - November 10, 2018 Press: Art Viewer , Novermber, 2018 Nonaka-Hill is pleased to present a solo exhibition of Japanese artist Kentaro Kawabata. The exhibition of thirteen works, all produced in porcelain, are from four ongoing series. Six works titled “Knot Face” are large platter forms constructed with concentric ropes of soft porcelain, coiled... Read moreKansuke Yamamoto
September 22 - November 10, 2018 Nonaka-Hill is pleased to present a solo exhibition of works by Kansuke Yamamoto from September 22 to November 10, 2018. Kansuke Yamamoto, a Surrealist poet and photographer, was born in Nagoya in 1914 and died there in 1987. Yamamoto’s father, Goro Yamamoto, was a photographer working in the Pictorialist style... Read moreKazuo Kadonaga
Wood / Paper / Bamboo / GlassJuly 21 - September 8, 2018 Press: ARTFORUM , August 20, 2018 Los Angeles Times , August 21, 2018 RAFU SHIMPO , July 20, 2018 Nonaka-Hill is pleased to present sculpture by Kazuo Kadonaga, produced in the materials wood, paper, bamboo and glass, between the years 1977 & 1999. Kadonaga, who descends from a forestry family,... Read moreKimiyo Mishima
PaintingsMay 18 - July 14, 2018 Press: KCRW , June 14, 2018 Nonaka-Hill is pleased to present the first Los Angeles solo exhibition of paintings by Kimiyo Mishima, a contemporary Japanese artist. Born in Osaka in 1932, Mishima was a child during WWII, and started painting in her teens as the war ended. Mishima recalls emerging... Read moreShomei Tomatsu
PlasticsMay 18 - July 14, 2018 Press: Contemporary Art Daily , June 26, 2018 KCRW , June 14, 2018 Nonaka-Hill is pleased to present the first Los Angeles solo exhibition of photographs by Shomei Tomatsu. Born in Nagoya in 1930, Tomatsu was a teenager during WWII. Ignoring the air-raid sirens, Tomatsu positioned a mirror so that... Read more
