EUGENE STUDIO / Eugene Kangawa
Studio / Atelier iii
Since 2020
“EUGENE STUDIO / Eugene Kangawa’s largest studio/atelier is tucked away ina location with scenic waters, surrounded by low mountains.
It is about an hour’s drive from central Tokyo.”

EUGENE STUDIO /Eugene Kangawa
Studio/Atelier iii
WebsiteLight and shadow inside me, 2022
Gelatin silver print (photogram)

Drawing series: Yellow ﬂower ﬁeld drawing, 2021
Oil, gouache, grease pencil on brass
305 × 600 cm

Light and shadow inside me, 2022
Gelatin silver print (photogram)

EUGENE STUDIO Studio/Atelier iii

EUGENE STUDIO Studio/Atelier iii

Important

About Studio iii

Located in an area of rich nature, known for its forestry and organic vegetables.
The artist himself designed this studio in a renovated woodworking warehouse where doors wereonce made. Many of the tiles and lighting used in past exhibitions, or other materials such as surplus
wood, have been reused as they are. Almost all the doors, handles, and walls are made in the studio
except for a few parts, such as lighting.

Addresses are to remain conﬁdential. The following are approximatedirections. The studio director will contact you for further details andinformation on the vicinity.

EUGENE STUDIO Studio/Atelier iii, 2021
*May 2021. Some are already in private collections. Works on display will be changed.

By car

1 hour 10 minutes from Tokyo Station.
1 hour 15 minutes from Roppongi.
Approximately 1 hour 20 minutes from Tennozu.
Approximately 40 minutes from Miyoshi, Saitama.
By train

1 hour 45 minutes from Tokyo Station.
*Studios located within Tokyo are a diﬀerent address.
Contact

If you are interested in visiting, please contact the studio director here.
E-mail: info@the-eugene-studio.com

Light and shadow inside me, 2022
Gelatin silver print (photogram)

The space of approximately 7,500 square feet contains a variety of rooms,
created according to the characteristics and techniques associated withthe artwork. A skylight room with natural light. A room with LED lights of thesame color temperature often used in museums. A tall space, with acorridor of just over 1,100 inches. Other spaces include production rooms,
installations, darkrooms, and temporary storage.

EUGENE STUDIO Studio/Atelier iii

Works planned for the collection, works from the artist’s collection, andunpublished works are sometimes installed. There are also test pieces andDIY furniture.

Light and shadow inside me, 2022
Gelatin silver print (photogram)

It is primarily a place for the production of large-scale artworks,
experimentation with new works, and full-scale simulations of exhibitions
and landscape/architectural projects. In discussion with the neighboring
woodworking workshop, this is also the place where frames for artworks,
original frames, and furniture are produced.

EUGENE STUDIO / Eugene Kangawa

Left: Drawing series: Magic hour, 2021
Oil on brass, 26.4 × 35.3 cm, Private Collection
Right: Drawing #Shine (in the forest in spring), 2021
Wax oil pastel on brass, 30 × 38 cm

Eugene Kangawa ( 寒川裕人) was born in the UnitedStates in 1989 and is currently based in Japan. Knownfor his conceptual and self-reductive paintings andinstallations, his past exhibitions include EUGENESTUDIO After the Rainbow (2021-22) at the Museum ofContemporary Art Tokyo, de-sport (2020) at the 21stCentury Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa,
Shikkoku-Noh (2019) at the National Art Center, Tokyo,89+ (2014) at the Serpentine Gallery, London, etc.

Light and shadow inside me, 2022
Gelatin silver print (photogram)

EUGENE STUDIO Studio/Atelier iii

For a certain family, 2019
Canvas33.3 × 33.3 cm
Private collection
EUGENE STUDIO Studio/Atelier iii

Drawing #Double vision of a vase, 2021
Oil on brass160.4 × 240.2 cm
Private Collection

He is the youngest artist ever to have a solo exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary ArtTokyo, which has hosted solo exhibitions by some of the greatest Japanese contemporary
artists in the past, including Yayoi Kusama and Yoko Ono. By the end of the exhibition period,even by the end of the exhibition period, even under COVID-19 regulations, there werewaiting lines of up to 4,000 people per day with wait times of two to three hours to see theexhibition, which had “The Power of Imagination” at its core.
In addition, in the past, he has participated in or was invited to participate in various
research and development projects in the ﬁelds of artiﬁcial intelligence, mobility, agriculture,and biotechnology. These early activities were summarized in 2017 in the book The Age of Art
× Technology (written by Daisuke Miyatsu, Kobunsha Shinsho) as one of the four leading
Japanese artists along with Team Lab and others.

EUGENE STUDIO Studio/Atelier iii

EUGENE STUDIO Studio/Atelier iii