Takeshi Kanemura
Born in Okinawa, Japan
Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA
Education
MFA Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
MA California State University San Bernardino, San Bernardino, CA
BA University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA
Solo Exhibitions
2019 October 73836: SEVEN, Shigeo Fukuda Design Museum, Tungfang Design University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2013 February Reflexions, East Gallery, Claremont Graduate University, CA
2011 May Invisible Layers, Robert and Frances Fullerton Museum of Art, Dutton Family Gallery, California State University San Bernardino, San Bernardino, CA
Group Exhibitions
2022 March SPRING regenerate, S.E.A, Los Angeles
2021 November Portraits of Appreciation: Doctors Portrait Show, Neutra Museum Gallery of Contemporary art, Los Angeles, CA
2021 November I Gave Love, S.E.A. + Kylin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2020 August LELA International Art Festival in Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefectural Art Museum, Nagasaki, Japan
2019 December Small Works in Flux!, Flux, Long Beach, CA
October CA 101 2019, Redondo Beach, CA
April Echoing in Between, 182 Artspace, Tainan, Taiwan
2018 September 50/50 Fifty/Fifty; The Magic of Collaboration,
The Progress Gallery, Pomona, CA
August LELA International Art Festival in Nagasaki,
Nagasaki Prefectural Art Museum, Nagasaki, Japan
2017 October LELA International Art Festival in Armenia,
Artists Union of Armenia Fine Art Gallery, Yerevan,
Republic of Armenia
August LELA International Art Festival in Nagasaki,
Nagasaki Prefectural Art Museum, Nagasaki, Japan
LELA International Art Festival in Yokohama,
Yokohama Civic Gallery Azamino, Yokohama, Japan
March Parallels: Medicine=Art, Crafton Hills College, Yucaipa, CA
February Salon de California, Gallery Western, Los Angeles, CA
2016 August LELA Summer ART Festival, Park View Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
February-March
In Between Sun and Moon (Installation/Performance)
2 Person Show with Snezana Saraswati Petrovic
Groundspace Project Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Performances
2021 November SHOMEI, 2220 Arts, Los Angeles, CA
June Kodama 21, Wonzimer Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2020 October Kodama, FOCA, Los Angeles, CA
February Ahca Nu Neen Chi Ami, BBB Studio 210, San Francisco, CA
Ahca Nu Neen Chi Ami, SPRING/BREAK Art Show Los Angeles, Skylight ROW DTLA, CA
2019 December Ahca Nu Neen Chi Ami, CA Fine Arts Exhibition, Santa Ana, CA
November Tribute to Tatsumi Hijikata: Ailing Dancer, Japan Foundation Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
September Womb as Cosmos, Orange County Center of Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA
April Sora no Hazama-Tainan, 182 Artspace, Tainan, Taiwan
Monster-Monster, Tungfang Design University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2018 October Transparent Gravity Kaohsiung, Tungfang Design University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
September Transparent Gravity, The Progress Gallery, Pomona, CA
Transasians, Highways Performance Space, Santa Monica, CA
2017 November Sora No Hazama, Hazama-City, Tokyo, Japan
October Melt in Your Mouth, Tungfang Design University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Melt in Your Mouth, at the Public Urban Multi-Sensory Presentations, The Ice House, Long Beach, CA
March SANKAKU, Crafton Hills College PAC Theater, Yucaipa, CA
2016 August Eclipse, Park View Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
March Crafton Hills College presents Workshops, Crafton Hills College PAC Theater, Yucaipa, CA
February-March
In Between Sun and Moon (Installation/Performance)
New Moon, Eclipse, Misty Moon, Full Moon,
Groundspace Project Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
January Transceiver, Barbara and Art Culver Center Of Arts, Riverside, CA
Visiting Artist Lecture
2018 October Tungfang Design University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Lichih Senior High School, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2017 October Tungfang Design University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2017 March Crafton Hills College, Yucaipa, CA
2014 November Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts, Okinawa, Japan
2014 September Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
2014 May Crafton Hills College, Yucaipa, CA
Private Collections
2021 June Long Beach, California, USA
2016 July San Diego, California, USA
2015 December Los Angeles, California, USA
April Ashiya (Okuike), Hyogo, Japan
2014 December Los Angeles, California, USA
2013 September Los Angeles, California, USA
2012 May New York, New York, USA
February Ashiya, Hyogo, Japan
2011 December San Diego, California, USA
2004 May Medical Mall, Mitsui and Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan
Grants
2012 Albert B. Friedman Grant
2011-2013 Claremont Graduate Fellowship