Choku KIMURA
木村 直
Choku KIMURA
Artist
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2025 Osaka's Hansen's Disease Sanatoriums — Human Rights Library, Tokyo
2025 Osaka's Hansen's Disease Sanatoriums — Chidori Bunka Hall, Osaka
2022 Michishirube 2016–2020: Records and Succession of National Leprosy Sanatoriums — 72Gallery, Tokyo
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025 Gunma Biennale for Young Artists — The Museum of Modern Art, Gunma
2023 Dialogue: Encountering Matsuoka Hoyouen — Hirosaki University Museum, Aomori
2023 Creative Thinking 1: A Modern Touch — Tokyo Zokei University Art Museum, Tokyo
2023 Outside the White Cube joins Dörfler Nr.2 — Dörfler Nr.2, Germany
Awards & Grants
2025 Selected Artist, Gunma Biennale for Young Artists
2025 Grant, Osaka Chishima Foundation for Creative Osaka
2024 Tokyo Zokei University Alumni Association Study Abroad Scholarship
2022 Grand Prize, 9th 500m Museum Award
2021 Grand Prize, T3 PHOTO FESTIVAL STUDENT PROJECT
Curatorial Projects
2026 Oku Komyoen Collection I: In the Wind and Sea — SANTA Gallery, Okayama
2023 Dialogue: Encountering Matsuoka Hoyouen — Hirosaki University Museum, Aomori
2023 Chikyu-ha: Approaching the Human Gaze — Tokyo Zokei University mime, Tokyo
Talks
2025 Talk Event — Human Rights Library, Tokyo / Online
2024 Talk Event — Hirosaki University, Aomori
2023 Parent and Child Symposium: Passing on the Hansen's Disease Issue to the Next Generation — Online
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