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KOICHIRO AZUMA
Born in Tokyo in 1998. Artist. Ph.D. (Fine Arts). Completed the Doctoral Program in the Graduate School of Fine Arts at Tokyo University of the Arts. In 2023, established Azuma Kobo Co. Ltd. (a metal processing factory).From 2025, serves as an Assistant Professor in Tsukuba Institute for Advanced Research (TIAR) and Institute of Art and Design, University of Tsukuba. He creates primarily kinetic three-dimensional artworks by combining junk items such as bicycles collected from local residents with metal.
AWARD
- 2024.12
- Tokyo University of the Arts Nomura Art Award (Top of the Doctoral Program)
- 2024.12
- TOKYO GEIDAI ART FES 2024 President’s Award (Grand Prize)
- 2022.02
- Salon de Printemps Award (Top of the Master’s Program)
- 2021.05
- TOKYO GEIDAI ART FES 2021 Excellence Award Winner
- 2021.01
- Selected for the 24th Taro Okamoto Award for Contemporary Art
- 2021.01
- Selected for the Japan Arts Foundation Scholarship
- 2018.05
- Miyata Ryohei Scholarship Award
EXHIBITION
- 2025.06
- Tamagawa Takashimaya S.C. Special Exhibition: Koichiro Azuma, “JI-REN-SHA -Eight Wheels-” [Tamagawa Takashimaya]
- 2024.11
- Art × Nakano: Ward Office Encounters with Art, “Re:Bicycle NAKANO” [Nakano City Office]
- 2024.09
- KIAF SEOUL 2024 [Seoul, South Korea]
- 2024.07
- Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale 2024 [Tokamachi, Niigata]
- 2024.05
- Taipei Dangdai 2024 [Taiwan]
- 2024.04
- Arts Festival for the Next 100 Years: Uchiboso Art Festival [Sodegaura, Chiba]
- 2024.02
- UNMANNED: Art Festival of Unmanned Stations [Nukuri, Shimada, Shizuoka]
- 2023.12
- Ieum Jieum Exhibition [ACC, Gwangju, South Korea]
- 2023.12
- 2023 Luoshanfeng Art Festival [Pingtung Art Museum, Taiwan]
- 2023.11
- Shizuoka Art Vision [Entrance, Takumishuku, Sunpu]
- 2023.10
- Koichiro Azuma Solo Exhibition “MY PLAN” [Kuma Foundation Gallery]
- 2023.09
- KIAF SEOUL 2023 [Seoul, South Korea]
- 2023.06
- Koichiro Azuma Solo Exhibition “HANMA” [Art Front Gallery]
- 2023.04
- Koichiro Azuma Solo Exhibition “Big Hammer Tire Project” [Gallery Inae, Sawara, Katori, Chiba]
- 2022.12
- FUTURE SCAPE PROJECT 2022 [Zou-no-Hana Terrace, Yokohama]
- 2022.09
- Roppongi Art Night 2022 [Roppongi Nishi Park]
- 2022.09
- KIAF SEOUL 2022 [Seoul, South Korea]
- 2022.08
- Star and Sea Art Festival [Hitachi, Ibaraki]
- 2022.06
- SCUOLA GINZA SIX [Mihara Terrace, GINZA SIX]
- 2022.04
- Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale 2022 [Tokamachi, Niigata]
- 2021.02
- The 24th Taro Okamoto Award for Contemporary Art Exhibition [Taro Okamoto Museum of Art, Kawasaki]
- 2020.09
- LUMINE Meets Art AWARD 2019-2020 [NEWoMan Art Wall, Lumine Shinjuku]
- 2020.03
- Spring Art Exhibition [Tsutaya Ginza Atrium, GINZA SIX 6F]
- 2019.10
- CAF Award 2019 [Daikanyama Hillside Forum]
- 2018.11
- COMITE COLBERT AWARD 2018 [The University Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts]
PUBLIC COLLECTION
- 2026
- Kyoei Steel Ltd. (Ibaraki)
- 2024
- Sodegaura Park (Chiba)
- 2024
- Kojiya Hachiman Wetland (Chiba)
- 2024
- Nukuri, Shimada, Shizuoka
- 2024
- Shichiwa Disaster Prevention Center (Niigata)
- 2023
- Kan Hai Art Museum, Pingtung (Taiwan)
- 2021
- Matsudai “Noubutai” Field Museum (Niigata)
Grant-in-Aid
- 2026
- A Study of Co-Creative Art Based on a Japan–U.S. Comparison and Qualitative Analysis of The Umbrellas Project