ATSUSHI KAGA | MAHO KUBOTA GALLERY

Works

Falling into Gorilla’s Hands

Acrylic and mixed metal leaf on canvas　150 x 120 cm

A kind beautiful gorilla in snow among bamboo shoots

2025

Acrylic and mixed metal leaf on board　41 x 31.8 x 2 cm

2025

“Just another human experience” Installation view at The Douglas Hyde Gallery of Contemporary Art, Dublin / Photo by LOUIS HAUGH

2025

“Just another human experience” Installation view at The Douglas Hyde Gallery of Contemporary Art, Dublin / Photo by LOUIS HAUGH

2025

“Just another human experience” Installation view at The Douglas Hyde Gallery of Contemporary Art, Dublin / Photo by LOUIS HAUGH

2025

“Just another human experience” Installation view at The Douglas Hyde Gallery of Contemporary Art, Dublin / Photo by LOUIS HAUGH

2025

“Just another human experience” Installation view at The Douglas Hyde Gallery of Contemporary Art, Dublin / Photo by LOUIS HAUGH

2025

“Just another human experience” Installation view at The Douglas Hyde Gallery of Contemporary Art, Dublin / Photo by LOUIS HAUGH

2025

“Just another human experience” Installation view at The Douglas Hyde Gallery of Contemporary Art, Dublin / Photo by LOUIS HAUGH

2024

"While I am touching the sleeping cat, I feel as if I know you were there" installation view at MAHO KUBOTA GALLERY

2024

"While I am touching the sleeping cat, I feel as if I know you were there" installation view at MAHO KUBOTA GALLERY

2024

"While I am touching the sleeping cat, I feel as if I know you were there" installation view at MAHO KUBOTA GALLERY

2024

"While I am touching the sleeping cat, I feel as if I know you were there" installation view at MAHO KUBOTA GALLERY

2024

"While I am touching the sleeping cat, I feel as if I know you were there" installation view at MAHO KUBOTA GALLERY

"While I am touching the sleeping cat, I feel as if I know you were there" installation view at MAHO KUBOTA GALLERY

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

Born in Tokyo in 1978. After receiving a Diploma from Coláiste Stiofáin Naofa in Cork, Ireland in 2001, and a BA in Fine Art from the National College of Art and Design in Dublin in 2005, the artist began their practice based in Dublin.
In 2018, the artist relocated their studio to Kyoto for a period of one year. In addition to the influence of 17th-century Dutch painting, which had long served as a spiritual foundation for the artist, this time in Kyoto opened up a new mode of expression. Through the eyes of painters associated with Rimpa and Ito Jakuchu, the artist began to observe the seasonal flowers blooming under the eaves of Kyoto townhouses, and the subtle changes of the seasons.
In the series begun around 2016, in which objects are arranged on tabletops, Japanese elements and the aesthetics of traditional Western still-life painting are brought together in remarkable harmony. These works have developed into a more mature body of work, combining a delicate sensitivity to the seasons with the compositional strength of Western painting. In recent years, he has also presented large-scale installations exploring the relationship between traditional Japanese architecture and painting.