Kensuke Koike

Japanese contemporary visual artist

Kensuke Koike (小池健輔)

Born|  (1980-06-28) June 28, 1980 (age 45)

Nagoya, Japan

Nationality| Japanese

Kensuke Koike (小池健輔, Koike Kensuke) (born June 28, 1980, in Nagoya, Japan)[1][2] is a contemporary visual artist. Koike currently resides in Venice, Italy. He is a graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts, Venice (2004)[3] and the Università Iuav di Venezia Faculty of Arts & Design (2007). He is best known for his collages.[4][5]

In 2016, he began a series in collaboration with French photography curator Thomas Sauvin titled No More, No Less.[4] Using images selected by Sauvin, Koike shifts and swaps sections of the images without taking anything away, hence the title of the series.[6][7][2]

Initially using his own photographs, Koike began using archival images and photographs found a flea markets. He chose to do this as it requires more thought to be put into the cutting process as there are no other copies of the image being used.[7]

## Solo exhibitions

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2009

* "Aliens' Lounge", Virgil de Voldere Gallery, New York City, United States
* "There's still much to do", Perugi Artecontemporanea gallery, Padua, Italy

2006

* "Stretching for dummies", Perugi Artecontemporanea gallery, Padua, Italy

## References

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1. ^ "Biography".[permanent dead link]
2. ^ a b "Kensuke Koike and Thomas Sauvin: No More, No Less". GUP Magazine. 2021-09-20. Retrieved 2022-07-16.
3. ^ "Kensuke Koike, Alchemist of Distorted Photographs". Pen Magazine International. 2019-05-30. Retrieved 2022-07-16.
4. ^ a b Mallonee, Laura. "These Surreal Portraits Are Like Mathematical Puzzles". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved 2022-07-16.
5. ^ "Re-Composed, by Kensuke Koike - Overview". Print Sales Gallery | The Photographers' Gallery. Retrieved 2022-07-16.
6. ^ "Kensuke Koike, Collaborations, and Beijing Silvermine". phmuseum.com. Retrieved 2022-07-16.
7. ^ a b LensCulture, Kensuke Koike |. "Nothing Added, Nothing Removed - Interview by Cat Lachowskyj". LensCulture. Retrieved 2022-07-16.

## External links

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* Kensuke Koike's official website

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* ISNI
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* United States

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