Education

  • Tama Art University, Tokyo, Japan - Doctor of Philosophy – Fine arts, 2014 - 2017

  • Tama Art University, Tokyo, Japan - Master of Design – Illustration, 2012 - 2014

  • Musashino Art University, Tokyo, Japan - Illustration research, 2011 - 2012

  • ESPM, São Paulo, Brasil - Social communication baccalaureate, 1999 - 2002

Solo Exhibitions

  • 2017 Inheritance is Accidental, Gallery Nomad, Berlin, Germany

  • 2016 Contemplative Meals, Gallery Nomad, Berlin, Germany

Duo Exhibitions

  • 2023 Komorebi, Kaori Nagata & Rafael Hayashi, Casa Meio, São Paulo, Brasil

  • 2022 Sopro e Ventania, Kaori Nagata & Rafael Hayashi, Casa Meio, São Paulo, Brasil

  • 2016 Jonathan Whiston & Kaori Nagata, Fujiya Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

  • 2016 MY duo 2016, Jonathan Whiston & Kaori Nagata, Shonandai MY Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

Collective Exhibitions & Art Fairs

  • 2023 Original Minis, Espaço Sylarte, São Paulo, Brasil

  • 2021 Mercado Meio, Casa Meio, São Paulo, Brasil

  • 2019 Atelier Aberto, Atelier 358, São Paulo, Brasil

  • 2019 Pixel Show, São Paulo, Brasil

  • 2012 Illustration Message Poster, Takashi Akiyama Poster Museum, Niigata, Japan

  • 2012 Expected Artists, Shonandai MY Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

  • 2013 Young Art Taipei, Shonandai Gallery Booth, Taipei, Taiwan

  • 2013 Illustration Message Poster, Tama Art University, Tokyo, Japan

  • 2013 Japan Earthquake Project, Tokyo Polytechnic University, Tokyo, Japan

  • 2014 Tokyo Book Jacket Illustration Competition, Yamawaki Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

  • 2014 Graduation Exhibition - Illustration Studies, Gallery5610, Tokyo, Japan

  • 2014 Japan Earthquake Project, Tokyo Polytechnic University, Tokyo, Japan

  • 2015 ACT ART COM Part 1, Art Complex Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

  • 2015 The Japan Book Design Award Exhibition, Akiyama Takashi Poster Museum, Niigata, Japan

  • 2015 ACT ART COM Part 2, Art Complex Center of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

  • 2015 Tama Art University 80th Anniversary Doctoral Program Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan

  • 2015 Winterkunstkabinett Vol. II, Gallery Nomad, Berlin, Germany

  • 2016 Open Campus Tama Art University, Tama Art University, Tokyo, Japan

  • 2016 Collective Exhibition, Gallery Nomad, Berlin, Germany 

  • 2016 Foreign Artists Who Studied in Japan 2nd Exhibition, Space NIO Nikkei Inc., Tokyo, Japan

  • 2016 The Japan Book Design Award Exhibition, Akiyama Takashi Poster Museum, Niigata, Japan

  • 2017 Tama Art University Doctoral Program Graduation Exhibition 2017, Tokyo, Japan

  • 2017 Mostra r i z o m a, Secretaria Municipal de Cultura, Pelotas, Brasil

  • 2017 49 Contemporary Artists, Enter Art Foundation, Berlin, Germany 

  • 2017 ARTMUC 2017, Praterinsel, Munich, Germany

  • 2018 Feira Sub, Campinas, Brasil

  • 2019 Paper Day 6, Universidade do Papel - São Paulo, Brasil

  • 2019 Feira Fora da Curva, Centro Cultural São Paulo - São Paulo, Brasil

  • 2019 Paper Night 1 & 2, São Paulo, Brasil