1949
Born in Toyko, Japan
1972
Graduated from Keio University, Japan
1973
Moved to Europe
1974-1976
Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, Germany
1976-1980
Graduated from Art Academy Düsseldorf, Germany
Lives and works in Neuss, Germany
Solo Exhibitions
2023
Works, Museum DKM, Duisburg, Germany (25.5.-26.11.2023)
Galerie Friedrich Müller, Frankfurt, Germany
2019
Herman Gerisch Stiftung, Neumünster, Germany
Friedrich Müller, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
2018
Nishikawa Katsuhito, Art Office Ozasa, Kyoto, Japan
2017
Piero 24 Colors, Martin Bohn, Cologne, Germany
Concept space, Shibukawa, Gunma, Japan
Friedrich Müller, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
2016
Friedrich Müller, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
2012
Traces, Arte, Strasbourg, France
2010
Iconography, Shigeru Yokota Inc., Tokyo, Japan
2009
Neige de Silence, Musee des Beaux-Arts, Angers, France
Friedrich Müller, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
2008
Friedrich Müller, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
2007
fragmentum, Philippe Casini, Paris, France
Farbe als Schatten, Krefelder Kunstverein, Krefeld, Germany
2006
Inner Courtyard of Sintra, Philippe Casini, Paris, France
Mazzocchio, Kulturforum Alte Post, Neuss, Germany
Nocturne, Friedrich Müller, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Boundary, Shigeru Yokota Inc., Tokyo, Japan
2005
Chemins de lumiere, Philippe Casini, Paris, France
Nature, Philippe Casini, Paris, France
Friedrich Müller, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Herbert Gerisch Stiftung, Neumünster, Germany
Ombra della luce, Philippe Casini, Paris, France
Color as shadow, Kunstraum Falkensein Elke Dröscher, Hamburg, Germany
Kawamura Memorial Museum of Art, Chiba, Japan
2002
Color as shadow, Shigeru Yokota Inc., Tokyo, Japan
2001
Centre Buropeen d’Actions Artistiques contemporaines, Strasbourg, France
Color as shadow, Philippe Casini, Paris, France
Kulturforum Franziskanerkloster, Kempen, Germany
1999
A day of life, Philippe Casini, Paris, France
1998
Katsuhito Nishikawa Arbeiten 1990-1997, Museum Schloss Moyland, Bedburg-Hau, Germany
1997
Konchiya, Philippe Casini, Paris, France
1996
Physalis, Shigeru Yokota Inc., Tokyo, Japan
1995
Schatten weißer Räume, Heidelberger Kunstverein, Heidelberg, Germany
1994
La mort, Allgemeines Krankenhaus, Vienna, Austria
Passage, Jochen Krüper, Art Cologne, Cologne, Germany
1993
Shigeru Yokota Inc., Tokyo, Japan
Schatten weißer Räume, Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg, Germany
MAI Furniture, Axis Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1992
Museo Comunale Galleria d’Arte Contemporanea, Rimini, Italy
Durhammer Galerie, Frankfurt, am Main, Germany
House of Season, M+R Fricke, Düsseldorf, Germany
Cours Interieures de Sintra, Carre des Arts, Paris, France
Haus der Jahreszeit, Philippe Casini, Paris, France
1991
Inner Courtyard of Sintra, Shigeru Yokota Inc., Tokyo, Japan
Galerie Heimeshoff Jochen Krüper, Essen, Germany
1990
Möbel, M+R Fricke, Düsseldorf, Germany
1989
Philippe Casini, Paris, France
J. Friedrich, Dortmund, Germany
Gallery Shimada, Yamaguchi, Japan
Karin Bolz, Cologne, Germany
Kunstraum Falkenstein Elke Dröscher, Hamburg, Germany
Denise van de Velde, Aalst, Belgium
1988
Gatodo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Padiglione d’Arte Contemporanea, Milan, Italy
1987
M+R Fricke, Düsseldorf, Germany
1985
Philippe Casini, Paris, France
M+R Fricke, Düsseldorf, Germany
Annette Gmeiner, Kirchzarten, Germany
Gallery Shimada, Yamaguchi, Japan
1983
Schmitz & Becker, Duisburg, Germany
1982
Galerie Schmela, Düsseldorf, Germany
Städtische Kellergalerie, Düsseldorf, Germany
1981
Kunstforum der Städtischen Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich, Germany
Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023
Blickachsen 13, Bad Homburg v. d. Höhe, Germany (14.5.-1.10.2023)
2017
Erwin Heerich+Katsuhito Nishikawa, Shigeru Yokota Inc., Tokyo, Japan
Open Eyes-Open Mind VI, Concept space, Shibukawa, Japan
Kunstprojekte Daniela & Cora Hölzl, driendl architects, Vienna, Austria
2015
Simple Forms, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
2014
Intuition+Abstraktion, Cora & Daniela Hölzl, Düsseldorf
2010
Ideen Sitzen–50Jahre Stuhldesign, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Raum der Stille, Shi Fang Fine Art, Düsseldorf
2008
125 Jahre Kunstverein, Krefelder Kunstverein, Krefeld, Germany
Clear Surface, Kunstruimte, Groningen, the Netherlands
Raumortlabor Hombroich, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
Global Books, Cite du Livre & Mejanes Library, Aix en Provence, France
2007
Global Books, Bibliotheque Carnegie, Mediatheque Jean Falala, Reims, France
II Velo, 11 Filatoio, Caraglio, Cuneo, Italy
2006
Busan Biennale 2006, Busan, Korea
8X2, with Yuko Shiraishi, Gesellschaft für Kunst und Gestaltung, Bonn, Germany
Galerie Friedrich Müller, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
2005
Raumortlabor, Stiftung Insel Homborich, Neuss, Germany
Form and Farbe, Friedrich Müller, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Spaceplacelab, AIA Center for Architecture, New York, USA
2004
Lumiere naturelle, Centre Pomel, Issoire, France
Quand j’en trouve, j’en mets à la carte, Philippe Casini, Paris, France
Spaceplacelab, 9. International Architecture Exhibition, Venice, Italy
Raum/Nest, with Emi Fukuzawa, Tokyo Publishing House, Tokyo, Japan
2003
Messagers de nos solitudes, Philippe Casini, Paris, France
2002
Territoires inoccupes, Frac Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France
Rives, parcours en plein air, Douai, France
2001
L’impurete, Philippe Casini, Paris, France
2000
Die Natur der Dinge, NRW-Foram Kultur und Wirtschaft, Düsseldorf, Germany
Han-Architekturmodelle+Katsuhito Nishikawa, Kunstraum Falkenstein Elke Dröscher, Hamburg, Germany
1999
spore, Universita degli studi Cassino, Cassino, Italy Les Champs de la sculpture II, Avenue des Champs-Elysees, Paris, France
Kulturraeume Skulptur seit 1970, Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum Duisburg, Duisburg, Germany
1998
White and Black, Meguro Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan
L ’autre le meme, Philippe Casini, Paris, France
1997
Hombroich Architecture, Deutsches Architektur Museum, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
RIBA Architecture Centre, London, United Kingdom
Un silence, Philippe Casini, Paris, France
Skulptur im Licht der Fotografie, Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg, Germany
Stad(t)t-Art, Künstlerzeche Unser Fritz 2/3, Herne, Germany
Photographie+Skulptur, Kunstraum Fleetinsel Elke Dröscher, Hamburg, Germany
1996
Homborich Architecture, 6. International Exhibition of Architecture, Venice, Itlay
Möbel, Ulrich Fiedler, Cologne, Germany
Radierung, Griffelkunst, Hamburg, Germany
1995
Zeichnung, M+R Fricke, Düsseldorf, Germany
1994
Shatkon, with Erwin Heerich, Shigeru Yokota Inc., Tokyo, Japan
1993
Spirale, with Erwin Heerich and A.D. Christian, Aussellungsgesellschaft für zeitgenössische Kunst Zollverein, Essen, Germany
Oro d’autore. Basilica Inferiore di San Francesco, Arezzo, Italy
Sculpture Triennale Korea, Walker Hill Art Center, Seoul, Korea
1992
Mobiles, M+R Fricke, Düsseldorf, Germany
Das Ei des Columbus, Rathaus Fellbach, Fellbach, Germany
1991
Interrelations & Migration, The Queens Museum of Art, New York, USA
XXI Bienal Internacional de Sao Paulo, San Paulo, Brazil
Des Usages ä la Couleur, Ecole Regional des Beaux-Arts, Rennes, France
1990
Blau Farbe der Ferne, Heidelberger Kunstverein, Heidelberg, Germany
Japanische Kunst der achtziger Jahre, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn
Museum moderner Kunst, Vienna, Austria
Bregenzer Festspiele, Bregenz, Austria
1989
Heerich Nishikawa Christian, Shigeru Yokota Inc., Tokyo, Japan
4. Triennale Kleinplastik, Fellbach, Germany
Color and/or Monochrome, The National Museum of Modern Art Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
The National Museum of Modern Art Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
On Kawara/Again and Against, ICA Nagoya, Nagoya, Japan
Julius / Nishikawa, Japanisches Kulturinstitut, Cologne, Germany
1988
Farbe+Raum, Kunstraum Falkenstein Elke Dröscher, Hamburg, Germany
Aperto 88, La Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy
1987
Bundesgartenschau, Düsseldorf, Germany
Synopsis, Cora Hölzl, Düsseldorf, Germany
1986
Christian Nishikawa Sauer, Gatodo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Das andre Land, Schloss Charlottenburg, Berlin, Germany
1985
Abstract Sculpture and Drawings, Gallery Shimada, Yamaguchi, Japan
1984
Auberger Nishikawa Sauer, De Zaak, Groningen, the Netherlands
1983
Natur Zeichen Raum, Skulpturenpark Seestern, Düsseldorf, Germany
1982
(0211), Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
1981
Junger Westen 81,Kunsthalle Recklinghausen, Recklinghausen, Germany
1979
Perspektive 2, Kunstverein Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
Plastische Versuche, Rheinisches Landesmuseum, Bonn, Germany
1977
Klasse Heerich, Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
Projects
2002-
Raumortlabor/spaceplacelab, Stiftung Insel Hombroich, Neuss, Germany
2011-2013
Moon of Nagano, Nagano, Japan
2009-2012
Spiritual wall with certain surface, Tokyo, Japan
2010
NF Furniture, Martin Bohn editionformform, Cologne, Germany
2003-2007
Field Institute Hombroich, Raketenstation Hombroich, Neuss, Germany
2002-2007
Klostergarten Hombroich, Raketenstation Hombroich, Neuss, Germany
1999-2006
Physalis Partitura, Hopital Claude Huriez, Centre Hospitalier Regional Universitaire de Lille, Lille, France
2005-2006
Sea of Busan, Busan, Korea
2004-2005
Klee / Floating Clover, Herbert Gerisch Stiftung, Neumünster, Germany
1998-2003
TANIT, Tokyo, Japan
2000-2001
Aqua, Parc de Wesserling, Alsace, France
1999-2001
Field Institute Hombroich, in collaboration with Yuko Shiraishi and Tadashi Kawamata, Raketenstation Hombroich, Neuss, Germany
Physalis hanging, Casse de Depots et Consignations, Paris, France
Musée de la Charteuse, Douai, France
1998-2001
Physalis Magnolia, Kirishima Open-Air Museum, Kagoshima, Japan
1996-2001
Tilapia, Raketenstation Hombroich, Neuss, Germany
1994-2001
Kreisbank / Circle Bench, Kempen, Germany
1999-2000
Placement-replacement, Wilhelm Werhahn KG, Neuss, Germany
1998-1999
Tafelrunde, Raketenstation Hombroich, Neuss, Germany
1997-1998
Crescent Staircase, Obayashi Corporation 1 lead Office, Tokyo, Japan
1996-1998
Physalis in the Water, Hakata Riverain, Fukuoka, Japan
1996-1997
Spiegelung, Yunus I, Ministry of Transport, Kashiwa, Japan
1994-1995
Wachturm/Kompass/Kaleidoskop, in collaboration with Oliver Kruse, Raketenstation Hombroich, Neuss, Germany
one-man house, in collaboration with Oliver Kruse, Raketenstation Hombroich, Neuss, Germany
1993-1994
Yunus II, Shinjuku Hand Tower, Tokyo, Japan
Yunus III, Fachhochschule Niederrhein, Mönchengladbach, Germany
Nest, in collaboration with Emi Fukuzawa, Mai Societe Anonyme, Tokyo, Japan
RS Studio, in collaboration with Oliver Kruse, Raketenstation Hombroich, Neuss, Germany
Trikona, in collaboration with Erwin Heerich, Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg, Germany
1991-1994
Plaza/Open Space, Yokohama Kanazawa High Tech Center, Yokohama, Japan
1992-1993
Lotus, Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg, Germany
1991-1993
Spirale, in collaboration with Abraham David Christian and Erwin Heerich, Ausstellungsgesellschaft für zeitgenössische Kunst Zollverein, Essen, Germany
1992
Vase, The privilege golf club, Narita, Japan
1991
Minerva, Polizeidienstgebäude, Marl, Germany
1989
No, Fukuyama sculpture project, Fukuyama, Japan
1987
Der Wald, Südpark, Düsseldorf, Germany
1981
Vogelhaltestelle, Skulpturenpark Seestern, Düsseldorf, Germany
Selected Collections
The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan
Kawamura Memorial DIC Museum of Art, Chiba, Japan
Kirishima Open-Air-Museum, Kagoshima, Japan
The Josef & Anni Albers Foundation, Connecticut, USA
Musee des Beaux-Arts d’Angers, Angers, France
Fonds regional d’art contemporain Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France
Le Fonds municipal d’art contemporain, Collection de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
Fonds national d’art contemporain, Paris, France
Musee de la Chartreuse, Douai, France
Parc de Wesserling, Alsace, France
Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich, Germany
Museum Insel Hombroich, Neuss, Germany
Wilhelm-Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg, Germany
Herbert Gerisch Stiftung, Neumünster, Germany
Museum DKM, Duisburg, Germany
Stiftung Nantesbuch, Germany