Ena NAGAO
1980 Born in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
2006 Completed graduate studies at Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts, Okinawa, Japan
Currently Associate Professor at Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts
＜Solo Exhibitions＞
2023 “Ena Nagao Exhibition: I just wanna play.”, Gallery YUSAI, Nara
2022 “Ena NAGAO – I like music.”, gallery UG Bakurocho, Tokyo
2021 “Who are you? – Ena NAGAO Solo Exhibition”, PIAO PIAO GALLERY, Taiwan
2020 “sol musette – Renewal Open Exhibition”, GALERIE SOL, Tokyo
“OKIGEI Satellite Mini Gallery vol.3 – Ena Nagao Sculpture Exhibition”, Okinawa Prefectural Library, Okinawa
“Ena Nagao Solo Exhibition”, PIAO PIAO GALLERY, Taiwan
2019 “Today is a very good day to sleep.”, Gallery YUSAI, Nara
“Today is a very good day to sleep.”, PIAO PIAO GALLERY, Taiwan
2017 “What a Peaceful World”, PIAO PIAO GALLERY, Taiwan
“A Form That Is Everywhere”, MU higashi-shinsaibashi gallery, Osaka
2016 “A Form That Is Everywhere”, GALERIE SOL, Tokyo
2015 “The Green Mass”, HISHIO – Centre for Cultural Exchange, Okayama
2014 “The Green Mass”, Galerie Ashiya Schule, Hyogo
“The Green Mass”, GALERIE SOL, Tokyo
“A Form That Is Everywhere”, Gallery MARONIE, Kyoto
2013 “Ena Nagao Sculpture Exhibition”, Gallery KARU, Fukushima
2012 “The Viewpoint to a New Generation 2012”, GALERIE SOL, Tokyo
“Ena Nagao Sculpture Exhibition”, MU higashi-shinsaibashi gallery, Osaka
2011 “About Life”, Aurum Glory Art Space, Taiwan
2009 “Ena Nagao Sculpture Exhibition”, CAMP TALGANIE, Okinawa
“Ena Nagao Sculpture Exhibition”, GALERIE SOL, Tokyo
2008 “Ena Nagao Sculpture Exhibition”, Gallery MARONIE, Kyoto
＜Selected Group Exhibitions＞
2025 “The Exhibition of Minimum-Sculpture-”, GALERIE SOL, Tokyo
2024 “ART CENTRAL”, Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong
“Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts – Sculpture Department Faculty Exhibition 2024”, OPUASS (Sculpture Studio, Sakiyama Campus, Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts), Okinawa
“Sculpture Department Faculty and Staff Exhibition 2024”, Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts, Tozai Campus, University Library & Art Archive, Exhibition Room 2, Okinawa
“The 5th Art Festival”, Department Store Ryubo, Okinawa
“Tenohira Exhibition”, gallery UG Osaka Umeda, Osaka
“The 30th Anniversary Exhibition of Oya Woodcarving Folk Art”, Art Stage, Hankyu Umeda Main Store 9F, Osaka
2023 “ONE ART Taipei 2023”, Hotel Metropolitan Premier Taipei, Taiwan
“ART CENTRAL”, Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong
“THE WOOD SCULPTURE”, TERRADA ART COMPLEX II, Tokyo
“Exchange Exhibition of Asian Art Universities in Okinawa – Sculpture 5–7–5 2023”, Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts Library & Art Archive / Urasoe Art Museum, Okinawa
“Anatomy – Nihonga, Sculpture, and Lacquer Arts of the Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts”, Kobe Hankyu Main Building 9F Event Hall, Hyogo
2022 “Representation of Asian Sculpture vol.3 – Asian Sculpture Today – Vietnam”, Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts, Okinawa
“ART CENTRAL”, Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong
“The World of Woodcarving Folk Art OHYA”, Hankyu Umeda Main Store Art Gallery, Osaka
“ART TAIPEI 2022”, Taipei World Trade Center Exhibition Hall, Taiwan
“10th Anniversary Exhibition – Pillar – The Masters Who Supported BIG LABO’s 10 Years”, Oya Art Village BIG LABO, Hyogo
“Colors of the Future”, Atrium, Park Hotel Tokyo, Tokyo
2021 “BISHOKUKAI”, Gallery Nakamura, Kyoto
“2021 HAIKU-Sculpture”, National Taiwan University of Arts, Taiwan
2020 “ANTEROOM NAHA _ Phase 2020”, GALLERY9.5, HOTEL ANTEROOM NAHA, Okinawa
“BISHOKUKAI”, Gallery Nakamura, Kyoto
“Folk Art OHYA – The World of Woodcarving –”, Hankyu Umeda Art Gallery, Osaka
“KONSHINTEN”, gallery UG Bakurocho, Tokyo
2019 “ART TAIPEI 2019”, Taipei World Trade Center, Taiwan
“Haiku-Image Sculptures”, Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts, Okinawa
2018 “Close to Us”, Gallery H, Tokyo
“Inner Distance – Taiwan × Japan Artists Exchange Exhibition”, GALERIE PIERRE, Taiwan
“ART TAIPEI 2018”, Taipei World Trade Center, Taiwan
“The World of Woodcarving Folk Art OHYA – 25th Anniversary Exhibition”, Hankyu Umeda Gallery, Osaka
2017 “M SCULPTURE 2017”, GALERIE SOL, Tokyo
“ULTRA GIRLS COLLECTION”, GALLERY9.5, HOTEL ANTEROOM KYOTO, Kyoto
“Love for Jumby Tree”, Gallery KARU, Fukushima
“ARTIST’S FAIR KYOTO”, The Museum of Kyoto, Kyoto
2016 “3dimensions → 2dimensions #6”, GALERIE SOL, Tokyo
2015 “3dimensions → 2dimensions #5”, GALERIE SOL, Tokyo
“10th Daikokuya Contemporary Art Publicly Sponsored Exhibition”, Itamuro Onsen, Tochigi
“The Exhibition of Minimum”, GALERIE SOL, Tokyo
2014 “The 17th Taro Okamoto Award Exhibition”, The Taro Okamoto Museum of Art, Kawasaki
“Young Art Taipei 2014”, Regent Taipei, Taiwan
“Gallerism in Tenmabashi – Riverside Art Cruising 2014”, Keihan CITY MALL, Osaka
“Daily/Un-Daily”, GALERIE PIERRE, Taiwan
“Wood Carving – Now – Art”, Oya Art Village BIG LABO, Hyogo
2013 “3dimensions → 2dimensions #3”, GALERIE SOL, Tokyo
“Very Fun Park 2013 – The Contemporary Art Exhibition in Taipei West Division”, Taipei, Taiwan
“Okanoya Hotel Project 2013”, Okayama
“Era of Light Shower – 25 Spirits”, MU higashi-shinsaibashi gallery, Osaka
“The Image Corridor”, SAKuRA Gallery, Tokyo
2012 “BIG LABO Exhibition!”, Oya Art Village BIG LABO, Hyogo
“Creation Forum – The Mirror Image of Culture – The Life Scratch of Artists in Okinawa × Taiwan”, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan
“The Exhibition of 3D Works”, Gallery Artislong, Kyoto
“BIG LABO Exhibition! 2”, Oya Art Village BIG LABO, Hyogo
“The Boundary”, SAKuRA Gallery, Tokyo
2011 “The Whereabouts of Memory – Asia Contemporary Sculpture Exhibition”, Aurum Glory Art Space, Taiwan
“Revolution Art 2011 TAIPEI”, Taipei World Trade Center, Taiwan
“Young Art Taipei”, Sunworld Dynasty Hotel, Taiwan
“Very Fun Park 2011 – The Contemporary Art Exhibition in Taipei West Division”, Taipei, Taiwan
“Breathing – The Sculpture That Breathes”, SAKuRA Gallery, Tokyo
“Living Arts Project”, Okayama
2010 “M SCULPTURE”, GALERIE SOL, Tokyo
“Statements from Galleries – Focusing on a New Generation in Tokyo 2010”, GALLERY NATSUKA b.p, Tokyo
“Taiwan & Japan International Exchange Exhibition of Wood Sculpture”, Sanyi Wood Carving Museum, Taiwan
“Existence”, SAKuRA Gallery, Tokyo
2009 “Revolution Art 2009 TAIPEI”, Taipei World Trade Center, Taiwan
“Sculpture Exhibition of Aki–Saijo–Kamoki”, Hiroshima
“Katsuyama Summer Art”, Okayama
2008 “Life #3”, GALERIE SOL, Tokyo
“Listening to the Cozy Sound of Rain – Taiwan × Okinawa Exchange Exhibition”, CAMP TALGANIE, Okinawa
“YUKKANU-HI-Art 2008”, Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts, Okinawa
“2008 One Year Gallery Art Fair”, One Year Gallery, Taiwan
“Door of the Encounter – Taiwan × Okinawa Exchange Exhibition of Contemporary Art”, Art Site of Chiayi Railway Warehouse, Taiwan
“THAI–JAPAN Contemporary Arts Exhibition”, Chiang Mai University, Thailand
2007 “When the Wind in April Flows – Taiwan × Okinawa Exchange Exhibition”, CAMP TALGANIE, Okinawa
“Taiwan × Japan Exchange Exhibition of Art”, Sincewell Gallery, Taiwan
“Haiku-Image Sculptures”, Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts, Okinawa
2006 “Maquette Exhibition”, GALERIE SOL, Tokyo
2005 “The Six Reasons We Go on Trips – Student Exchange Exhibition”, Kao Yuan University, Taiwan
“Sculpture Festival in Kanazawa – EN”, Kanazawa
＜Awards＞
2011 “The 26th National Cultural Festival in Kyoto 2011 Art Exhibition” – Governor of Kyoto Prefecture Prize
2007 “The 14th Folk Art OHYA” – Grand Prix
2005 “Kyo-Ten at Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art” – Matsuda Prize
＜Public Collection＞
“The Boy on a Certain Day”, Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts, Okinawa, 2011
“In Front of a Television”, Wood Sculpture Museum, Hyogo, 2007
“My Roots”, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan, 2005
＜Public Art / Restoration Projects＞
2023–2025 “Shurijo Castle Restoration Fund Project – Design and Technical Supervision for the Wood Carving Restoration of the Seiden Hall”
Role: Design and Drawing Production / Senior Technical Expert
Commissioned by Okinawa Prefectural Government (Reiwa 5–6 Fiscal Years)
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