Works
The record player she left behind
2022
120 x 150 x 4 cm, Acrylic, imitation gold leaf on canvas
The cat who sleeps like a person and the bunny who sleeps like a cat
2022
150 x 120 cm, Acrylic on canvas
Mourning of the Elephants
2022
150 x 120 x 4 cm, Acrylic, imitation gold leaf on canvas
2022
“Under Current: The New Future of Japanese Contemporary Art” Powerlong Art Musuem, Shanghai
2022
“Under Current: The New Future of Japanese Contemporary Art” Powerlong Art Musuem, Shanghai
Just a human experience
2021
160 x 160 cm, Acrylic on canvas
A portrait of my mother as a fox
2021
130 x 162 cm、Acrylic, imitation gold leaf on canvas
The Cries
2021
162 x 130 cm、Acrylic, imitation gold leaf on canvas
2021
"It always comes; a solace in the cat.", installation view, MAHO KUBOTA GALLERY, Tokyo, photo: Keizo Kioku
2021
"It always comes; a solace in the cat.", installation view, MAHO KUBOTA GALLERY, Tokyo, photo: Keizo Kioku
2021
"It always comes; a solace in the cat.", installation view, MAHO KUBOTA GALLERY, Tokyo, photo: Keizo Kioku
YES! (A bag made by my mother)
2021
150 x 120 x 2cm, Acrylic on canvas
Oreo ice cream with hollyhocks
2020
40 x 30 cm, Acrylic, imitation gold leaf on wooden board
Waiting
2020
90 x 90 cm, Acrylic, imitation gold leaf on canvas
We are spiritually connected to each other (with DHL tape)
2020
150 x 120cm, Acrylic on canvas
Fishes are falling from the sky. I thought it was just a lockdown (Tony O'Malley on a donkey) (after Jakuchu)
2020
90 x 90cm, Acrylic on canvas
vegetables in Callan
2020
90 x 71 x 2 cm, Acrylic on canvas
Six Irish local birds and a baby thrush
2020
91 x 70 cm, Acrylic on canvas
Nature may come back while we eat gherkins during the quarantine
2020
Acrylic on canvas 90 x 70 x 2 cm
A frog, a cat and a custard pudding in Kyoto
2019
Acrylic on panel 41 x 31.8 x 2 cm
The mood in June
2019
Acrylic on panel 53 x 41 x 1.8 cm
Usacchi with a lady bird
2019
Acrylic on panel 73 x 53 x 2.3 cm
Tears
2017
Acrylic on board 20.2 x 15.3 cm
Usacchi falling in the water
2017
Acrylic on board 30 x 21.2 cm
2015
“I am here with you” installation view at Jack Hanley Gallery, New York
Melancholia with food
2014
Acrylic on board 53 x 42 x 2 cm
2013
“happily skipping backwards(2013-1978)” installation view at mother’s tankstation, Dublin
2013
“happily skipping backwards(2013-1978)” installation view at mother’s tankstation, Dublin
Daily care
2013
Acrylic on board 150 x 100 cm
Leave me alone coz I'm a nerd
2012
Fabric, thread and glue 220 x 160 cm
2012
Nerd Bag, Art Basel Miami
while I was thinking about it
2011
Acrylic on board 28 × 18cm
Nerd Bag
2010
Performance with the artist and his mother at Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
Nerd Bag
2010
Performance with the artist and his mother at Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
I fell asleep while I was thinking about a galaxy far away from here
2010
Acrylic, paper, cloth, wooden board 206 × 436 cm
He is a little bit upset
2010
Acrylic on board 16 x 14 cm
Polar Bear
2010
Acrylic on canvas 60 x 40 cm
Usacchi with Michael Jackson's skull
2008
Acrylic on canvas 120 x 80 cm
Do Not Kill Yourself
2007
Mixed media on paper 191 x 150 cm
Purgatory
2007
Pen, colored pencil, acrylic 150 × 427 cm
Atsushi Kaga is a Ireland based artist working mainly in painting. After having obtained his degree in Fine Art at the National College of Art and Design, he started his artist career in Dublin.
Kaga has attracted attention for his truly unique paintings which incorporates a mixture of western art history, philosophy, Celtic culture and Japanese painting.
Exhibitions
Biography