Keita Morimoto | 森本啓太 (b. 1990 Osaka, Japan)
Based in Tokyo and Toronto
Education
2012 Bachelor of Fine Arts, OCAD University, Toronto
Current Exhibitions
2025 May 20 - Oct 5 [Solo] 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa
Upcoming Exhibitions
2025 Aug 26 - Jan 10 [Solo] Kunsthal n, Copenhagen
2026 Jan [Solo] KOTARO NUKAGA, Tokyo
Solo Exhibitions
2025 To Nowhere and Back, Almine Rech, NYC Tribeca
2024 Illuminated Solitude, Tsutaya Ginza via KOTARO NUKAGA, Tokyo
2024 Fading Moments, Long Story Short, Paris
2024 WORK IN PROGRESS, anonymous collection, Tokyo
2023 as we didn't know it, Night Gallery, Los Angeles
2023 A Little Closer, KOTARO NUKAGA, Tokyo
2022 In Between Shadows, ATM Gallery, New York
2022 Contrasting Memories, Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto
2021 After Dark, KOTARO NUKAGA, Tokyo
2020 Garden of Light, Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto
2018 Light Passage, Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto
2016 Strange Guild, Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto
2014 The Nightwatchers, Museum of Contemporary Art, Toronto
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025 Independent Art Fair via Long Story Short, NYC
2025 Stories of Your Lives, Galerie Max Hetzler curated by Artuner, Berlin
2024 Studiolo, Adler Beatty curated by Kathy Huang, New York
2024 White Columns Benefit Auction, White Columns, New York
2024 Art Basel, Almine Rech, Basel
2024 36 Paintings, Harper's, East Hampton
2024 Golden Memories : OKETA COLLECTION, Spiral Garden, Tokyo
2024 Dallas Invitational, Night Gallery, Dallas
2023 Quiet Storm, Long Story Short, Paris
2023 Focal Point 2, Long Story Short, New York
2023 Revisit Sanya - Tiny Art Festival by HOU Milan, Tokyo
2023 Stories After Extinction, MtK Contemporary, Kyoto
2023 Dieci, Palazzo Coardi di Carpeneto, Artuner, Turin
2023 Descendants, K11 MUSEA, Hong Kong
2023 Midnight Hour, The Hole, New York
2022 Crossing, KOTARO NUKAGA, Tokyo
2022 Under Current, Powerlong Museum, Shanghai
2022 Art Collaboration Kyoto, KOTARO NUKAGA, Kyoto
2022 Seasons In The City, Palazzo Capris, Artuner, Turin
2022 What It Could Be, Theaster Gates Stony Island Arts Bank, Chicago
2022 Escape From New York, Another Gallery, Los Angeles
2022 Romancing Relevance, Woaw Gallery, Hong Kong
2021 The Artists Against Anti-Asian Violence Benefit Auction, Artsy, New York
2018 These things I have seen, Art Gallery of Peterborough, Peterborough
2016 RBC Annual Painting Exhibition, The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, Toronto
2015 Invisible College, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne
2014 Superhuman, Plus Gallery, Denver
Museum Collections
Shiga Museum of Art, Shiga, Japan
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, United States
Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin, Italy
Institute of Contemporary Art Miami, Miami, United States
Arts Maebashi, Gunma, Japan
Ueshima Museum Collection, Tokyo, Japan
Urban Nation Museum, Berlin, Germany
Other Collections
Oketa Collection, Tokyo, Japan
Loyalty One, Toronto, Canada
Bell Trinity Square Public Installation, Toronto, Canada
Bora Collection, Istanbul, Turkey
Stikeman Elliott, Toronto, Canada
INFOR, Toronto, Canada
Lectures
Artist Lecture, OCAD University, 2022
Artist Talk, Nicholas Metivier Gallery, 2022
Artist Talk, TIFF Bell Lightbox, 2018
Artist Lecture, Sheridan College, 2018
Artist Talk, Art Gallery of Peterborough, 2018
Residencies/Awards
2019 Vermont Studio Center Residency Program - Full Fellowship Recipient, Johnson
2019 Toronto Arts Council Visual Artists Grant, Toronto
2017 The Kingston Prize - Finalist, Kingston
2016 RBC Canadian Painting Competition - Finalist, Toronto
2012 Creative Quarterly 28 Award, New York
2012 Donna MacLean Award, Toronto
2012 Patricia Joy Alpert Memorial Award, Toronto
2011 The Other Competition, First Place, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto