Hirose Nana & Nagatani Kazuma

Hirose was born in Osaka Prefecture in 1980, and Nagatani in Hyogo Prefecture in 1982. Since 2007, they have been based in Germany and Japan. Both completed the Meisterschüler program at the University of the Arts Bremen in 2014. Their practice takes everyday things as its subject, reconsidering the place where they are and the world they see. Each of the objects in this exhibition is a precise scale reduction of the artists’ living space, and the materials used are drawn from their personal lives. For many people, the home is the place where they spend the greatest amount of time. It is both the foundation of our lives and a temporary place of residence that can easily change.

Selected solo exhibitions include “Why don’t cats wear shoes?” (Künstlerhaus Göttingen, Germany, 2019), “Out of the Ordinary” (Ulm Art Foundation, Germany, 2019), and “Resonances of DiStances” (Kunstverein Leverkusen, Germany, 2021). Selected group exhibitions include “Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale” (Niigata, 2018), “Stasis Field 2020→2021” (TOKAS Hongo, Tokyo, 2021), “Collecting? Connecting?” (WHAT MUSEUM, Tokyo, 2024), and “AFK Resonance Exhibition” (Tofuku-ji Temple, Kyoto, 2026).