Time sweeps everything away like waves, never allowing anything to remain in the same place. We merely burn our lives, drifting amidst the waves. (Kamamoto Koji)

A quiet resignation lies within Kamamoto's work, viewing life as something that drifts. The figure of a person bobbing up and down on the water's surface, with no certainty of where they will end up, seems like a reflection of ourselves, unable to resist fate.

The “uneasy aura” concealed within the brass's luster, the elusive anxiety and ambiguous presence lurking just beyond the everyday—this heavy yet delicate atmosphere awakens the nostalgia slumbering deep within our hearts, touching forgotten memories.

Three-dimensional forms and paintings crafted from metal. Moving between these two realms, the artist continues to explore philosophical themes like the Western “memento mori” (remember death) and the Eastern concept of impermanence.

1978 Born in Nara Prefecture

2001 Graduated from Osaka University of Arts, Department of Crafts, Metal Crafts Course

2003 Completed Graduate School of Art Production, Osaka University of Arts

Major Solo Exhibitions

2000 Gallery Maronie (’04, ’06, ’13 / Kyoto)

2004 Gallery Haku  (Osaka)

2008 Gallery Haneusagi (Kyoto)

2011 Lobby Gallery, Hyogo Prefectural Ashiya City Yasunari Kawabata Memorial Museum (Hyogo)

2014 Gallery Yuragi ('17 / Kyoto)

2016 “Distorted Scenery” (Note Gallery / Osaka) 

2018 “Presence” (Note Gallery / Osaka)

2021 GALLERY Wks (Osaka)

2022 “Each hill” (Note Gallery / Osaka)

2023 “Viva Nostalgia” (Note Gallery / Osaka)

2025 Kojima Kamamoto Solo Exhibition “Fragmentary Records” (yiri arts / Taipei)

Major Group Exhibitions

2012 Chikurinji Art Exhibition (Godaizan Chikurinji Temple / Kochi)

2015 Hanaraato “Buoy” (Ikoma Hozanji Temple / Former Wakudate Residence) 

2018 Rokko Meets Art (Rokko Alpine Botanical Garden)

2020 Tonooto (Tonoo no Sato Kaikan / Kizugawa City, Kyoto Prefecture)

2022 “Amagasaki Art Stroll ~ Produced By Rokko Meets Art: Art Walk”

ART OSAKA 2022 Expanded Section (Creative Center Osaka / Former Namura Shipbuilding Osaka Factory Site / '23) 

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