Kota Ezawa

♂ *1969 / Germany

Solo exhibitions

The Crime of Art (Hollywood Edition)

Christopher Grimes Projects, Santa Monica (US)
6 Jan 2018 – 10 Mar 2018
The Crime of Art

Galerie Anita Beckers, Frankfurt (Main) (DE)
24 Nov 2016 – 28 Jan 2017
Thirteen Stolen Works of Art and a Videotape

Murray Guy, New York (US)
30 Oct 2015 – 19 Dec 2015
The Aesthetics of Silence

Haines Gallery, San Francisco (US)
6 Nov 2014 – 20 Dec 2014
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Haines Gallery, San Francisco (US)
5 Jan 2012 – 18 Feb 2012
Odessa Staircase Redux

Haines Gallery, San Francisco (US)
22 Oct 2009 – 24 Dec 2009
Last year at Marienbad

Galerie Anita Beckers, Frankfurt (Main) (DE)
24 Apr 2009 – 27 Jun 2009
Brawl

Der Rock brennt

14-1 Galerie, Stuttgart (DE)
5 May 2009 – 11 Jun 2009
The History of Photography Remix

Haines Gallery, San Francisco (US)
5 Jan 2006 – 11 Feb 2006
MATRIX 154

The Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford (US)
3 Nov 2005 – 5 Feb 2006
Project Room II: KOTA EZAWA: ON PHOTOGRAPHY

Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica (US)
5 Mar 2005 – 14 May 2005

Group

Fraenkenstein

Created by Jeffrey Fraenkel & Jordan Stein

Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco (US)
30 May 2024 – 10 Aug 2024

with Diane Arbus, Bruce Conner, Nan Goldin, Katy Grannan, Martine Gutierrez, Whitney Hubbs, Peter Hujar, George Kuchar, Christian Marclay, Wardell Milan, Richard Misrach, B. Ingrid Olson …
2019 SF CAMERAWORK BENEFIT AUCTION

SF Camerawork, San Francisco (US)
7 Sep 2019 – 20 Sep 2019

with Ansel Adams, Johnna Arnold, Lewis Baltz, Susan A. Barnett , Ruth Bernhard, Jennifer Brandon, Tammy Rae Carland, Carl Chiarenza, Sarah Christianson, Christopher Colville, Imogen Cunningham, Scott B. Davis …
Leonard Cohen: A Crack in Everything

Jewish Museum, New York (US)
12 Apr 2019 – 8 Sep 2019

with Candice Breitz, Tacita Dean, Claude Gassian, Jon Rafman, Taryn Simon
Likenesses

Haines Gallery, San Francisco (US)
9 Jul 2019 – 31 Aug 2019

with Maurizio Anzeri, Matt Lipps, Shirin Neshat
Now Playing: Video 1999-2019

Scottsdale MoCA, Scottsdale (US)
16 Feb 2019 – 12 May 2019

with Mark Bradford, Candice Breitz, Petra Cortright, SONG Dong, Mads Lynnerup, Christian Marclay, Shirin Neshat, Aaron Rothman, Mika Rottenberg, Diana Thater
A Cure for Everything

Haines Gallery, San Francisco (US)
5 Jan 2019 – 23 Mar 2019

with Johanna Billing, John Chiara, Linda Connor, Binh Danh, David Maisel, Chris McCaw, Meghann Riepenhoff
THE STAND-INS

Haines Gallery, San Francisco (US)
7 Jul 2016 – 3 Sep 2016

with Maurizio Anzeri, Chris McCaw, Allison Smith
Bewegte Bilder

Marburger Kunstverein, Marburg (DE)
12 Jun 2015 – 30 Jul 2015

with Jonas Englert, Kate Gilmore, Philippe Grammaticopoulos, William Lamson, Clare Langan, Zhenchen Liu, Julia Oschatz, Johanna Reich, Julia Charlotte Richter, Eva Teppe, Lisa Weber, Suara Welitoff
The Plot Thickens

an exhibition and 250-page catalogue marking the gallery’s 35th anniversary

Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco (US)
20 Nov 2014 – 31 Jan 2015

with Diane Arbus, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Mel Bochner, Charles Clifford, Thomas Eakins, William Eggleston, Lee Friedlander, Nan Goldin, Katy Grannan, Helen Levitt, Sol LeWitt, Christian Marclay …
Political Fictions

Haines Gallery, San Francisco (US)
4 Sep 2014 – 1 Nov 2014

with Taha Belal, Jeanne Friscia, Alfredo Jaar, Dinh Q. Le, Todd Lavine
Convergences

Selected Photographs from the Permanent Collection

The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles (US)
8 Jul 2014 – 19 Oct 2014

with Diane Arbus, Margaret Bourke-White, Mariana Cook, Ralston Crawford, Imogen Cunningham, XING Danwen, Walker Evans, Barry Frydlender, Heinz Hajek-Halke, Gertrude Kaesebier, Sandra Kantanen, Andre Kertesz …
nonliteral

Künstlerische Positionen zum neuen Erzählen

Atelierfrankfurt E.V., Frankfurt (Main) (DE)
1 Nov 2013 – 7 Nov 2013

with Rebecca Allen, Candice Breitz, Stefan Constantinescu, Cao Guimaraes, Inbar Ben Ishay, Bjoern Melhus, Richard Mosse, Yves Netzhammer, Julia Charlotte Richter, Jack + Leigh Ruby, Julika Rudelius, Katrin Ströbel
SUPER 8

Museu de arte moderna, Rio de Janeiro (BR)
6 Apr 2013 – 2 Jun 2013

with Vasco Araujo, Marc Aschenbrenner, John Baldessari, Nate Boyce, Marco Brambilla, Marcus Coates, Dorothy Cross, Alexandre Estrela, Morgan Fisher, Graham Gussin, Desirée Arlette Holman, Jaki Irvine …
After Photoshop

Manipulated Photography in the Digital Age

Metropolitan Museum 5th Ave, New York (US)
25 Sep 2012 – 27 May 2013

with Nancy Davenport, Filip Dujardin, Tom Friedman, Beate Guetschow, Debbie Grossman, Craig Kalpakjian, Maria Marshall, Osamu James Nakagawa, Robert Polidori, Matthew Porter, Thomas Ruff, Jason Salavon
The Unphotographable

Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco (US)
1 Jan 2013 – 23 Mar 2013

with Robert Adams, Diane Arbus, Walead Beshty, Mel Bochner, Sophie Calle, Bruce Conner, Jay DeFeo, Liz Deschenes, Adam Fuss, Paul Graham, Idris Khan, Richard Learoyd …
The Sports Show

The Minneapolis Institute, Minneapolis (US)
19 Feb 2012 – 13 May 2012

with Diane Arbus, Richard Avedon, Tim Davis, Thomas Eakins, Douglas Gordon, Andreas Gursky, Robert Mapplethorpe, Gjon Mili, Martin Parr, Paul Pfeiffer, Alexander Rodchenko, Alfred Stieglitz …
HERE

34 photographers and over 700 images

Pier 24 Photography, San Francisco (US)
23 May 2011 – 16 Dec 2011

with Diane Arbus, Lewis Baltz, Ruth Bernhard, John Chiara, Robert Frank, Lee Friedlander, Jim Goldberg, Paul Graham, Katy Grannan, John Gutmann, Chauncey Hare, Anthony Hernandez …
ART VIDEO

Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami (US)
30 Nov 2011 – 4 Dec 2011

with Cory Arcangel, Yael Bartana, Pierre Bismuth, Slater Bradley, Jordi Colomer, Tim Davis, Brice Dellsperger, Tracey Emin, Dara Friedman, Amy Granat, Katy Grannan, Laurent Grasso …
serious games

Institut Mathildenhöhe, Darmstadt (DE)
27 Mar 2011 – 24 Jul 2011

with Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin, Peggy Ahwesh, David Claerbout, Harun Farocki
remise: animation

Städtische Galerie Delmenhorst, Delmenhorst (DE)
10 Dec 2010 – 23 Jan 2011

with Niklas Goldbach, Philippe Grammaticopoulos, Yves Netzhammer
The Tell-Tale Heart (Part 2)

NORR COHAN, New York (US)
24 Jun 2010 – 13 Aug 2010

with Victor Burgin, Keren Cytter, Maya Deren, Tracey Emin, Nan Goldin, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Jesper Just, Susana Mendes Silva, LI Ming, Shirin Neshat, Dash Snow
The Mechanical Bride

MOCA Contemporary Art, Toronto (CA)
1 May 2010 – 6 Jun 2010

with Dana Claxton, Jacqueline Hassink, John Armstrong & Paul Collins, David LaChapelle, Ryan McGinley, Josephine Meckseper, Matt Siber, Alec Soth, Britta Thie
Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival 2010

CONTACT Festival, Toronto (CA)
1 May 2010 – 30 May 2010

with Susan Anderson, Evan Baden, Jodi Bieber, Lucas Blalock, Dana Claxton, Douglas Coupland, Jessica Dimmock, Marina Gadonneix, Jacqueline Hassink, John Armstrong & Paul Collins, David LaChapelle, Ryan McGinley …
Dress Codes

The Third ICP Triennial of Photography and Video

ICP Center of Photography, New York (US)
2 Oct 2009 – 3 Jan 2010

with Yto Barrada, Valerie Belin, Erwin Brinkmann, Olga Chernysheva, Milagros de la Torre, Stan Douglas, CAO Fei, Jacqueline Hassink, Miyako Ishiuchi, Kimsooja, Silvia Kolbowski, Jeremy Kost …
International Video Art

mostra a cura di Anita Beckers

Centro di Cultura Contemporanea Strozzin, Firenze (IT)
18 Sep 2008 – 2 Nov 2008

with Marina Abramovic, Victor Alimpiev, Laura Belem, Guy Ben-Ner, Candice Breitz, Rae di Martino, Harun Farocki, Charlotte Ginsborg, Philippe Grammaticopoulos, Cao Guimaraes, Frank Hesse, Runa Islam …
Photography on Photography: Reflections on the Medium since 1960

Metropolitan Museum 5th Ave, New York (US)
8 Apr 2008 – 19 Oct 2008

with Vito Acconci, William Anastasi, Liz Deschenes, Roe Ethridge, Janice Guy, Robert Heinecken, Sherrie Levine, Thomas Ruff, Allen Ruppersberg, James Welling, Christopher Williams
Animation in der Videokunst

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Galerie Anita Beckers, Frankfurt (Main) (DE)
30 May 2008 – 28 Jun 2008

with Philippe Grammaticopoulos, Yves Netzhammer
Two-Fold Faction Video Show

pkm gallery, Beijing (CN)
26 Jan 2008 – 8 Mar 2008

with Jonas Dahlberg, YANG Fudong, Jesper Just, Jennifer Steinkamp
On the Scene

new Photography from three Rising Talents

Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago (US)
19 May 2007 – 3 Sep 2007

with Sarah Hobbs, Angela Strassheim
Reality Reloaded

14-1 Galerie, Stuttgart (DE)
3 Feb 2007 – 17 Mar 2007

with Mathieu Bernard-Reymond
Version animée 2006

Biennale des nouveaux médias

Centre pour l'image, Genève (CH)
18 Oct 2006 – 17 Dec 2006

with Francis Alys, Camille Henrot, Susanne Jirkuff, Avish Khebrehzadeh, Kolkoz (Benjamin Moreau/Samuel Boutruche), Hans Op de Beeck, Jenny Perlin, Pia Roenicke, Christine Rebet, Robin Rhode
The last generation

jousse entreprise, Paris (FR)
25 Feb 2006 – 22 Apr 2006

with Emilie Halpern, Laurent Montaron, Anne-Mie van Kerckhoven
the backroom

SF Camerawork, San Francisco (US)
25 Jan 2006 – 25 Feb 2006

with Walead Beshty, Jeremy Deller, Euan MacDonald, Ari Marcopoulos, Henrik Plenge Jacobsen, Raqs Media Collective
RUBY SATELLITE

UCR ARTS , Riverside (US)
28 Oct 2006 – 7 Jan 2006

with Marc Bijl, Paul Chan, Thomas Dworzak, Annika Larsson, Adam McEwen, Yoshua Okon, Mathilde ter Heijne, Nicoline van Harskamp
This Side Toward Screen

35mm slide shows and projections

Murray Guy, New York (US)
31 May 2005 – 29 Jul 2005

with Matthew Buckingham, Barbara Probst, Anita Witek
california biennial

Orange County Museum, Newport Beach (US)
12 Oct 2004 – 9 Jan 2005

with Marco Brambilla, Malerie Marder, Kori Newkirk, Shirley Shor
temporalscape

Haines Gallery, San Francisco (US)
10 Jun 2004 – 24 Jul 2004

with Linda Connor, John Divola, Andy Goldsworthy, Dennis Oppenheim, Tokihiro Sato, Susan Silton, Joel Sternfeld

Events

Paris Photo 2025 - Group show

Fraenkel Gallery, Paris (FR)
13 Nov 2025 – 16 Nov 2025

with Robert Adams, Robert Adams, Diane Arbus, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Sophie Calle, Lee Friedlander, Adam Fuss, Nan Goldin, Katy Grannan, Martine Gutierrez, Peter Hujar, Richard Learoyd …
The Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival 2022

CONTACT Festival, Toronto (CA)
1 May 2022 – 31 May 2022

with Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Farah Al Qasimi, Lara Almarcegui, Stephen Andrews, Claudia Andujar, Atong Atem, Raymond Boisjoly, Sandra Brewster, Sophie Calle, Jorian Charlton, Jorian Charlton …
LOOP Video Art Fair 2021

LOOP, Barcelona (ES)
16 Nov 2021 – 18 Nov 2021

with Marina Abramovic, AES+F, Karolina Bregula, Fatma Bucak, Patricia Dauder, Harun Farocki, Noemie Goudal, Isaac Julien, Katia Kameli, Sasha Litvintseva, Dodda Maggy, Melanie Manchot …
Whitney Biennial 2019

Whitney Museum Art, New York (US)
17 May 2019 – 22 Sep 2019

with Korakrit Arunanondchai, Meriem Bennani, Lucas Blalock, Garrett Bradley, Thirza Cuthand, John Edmonds, Brendan Fernandes, Forensic Architecture, Ellie Ga, Sofia Gallisa Muriente, Todd Gray, Barbara Hammer …
Frieze Art Fair | New York

Frieze art fair, New York (US)
2 May 2019 – 5 May 2019

with Iain Baxter, Dawoud Bey, Marcelo Brodsky, XING Danwen, Mitch Epstein, David Goldblatt, Ken Gonzales-Day, Shilpa Gupta, Martine Gutierrez, Tim Head, Anthony Hernandez, Alfredo Jaar …
Art Toronto 2018

Art Toronto, Toronto (CA)
26 Oct 2018 – 29 Oct 2018

with Annie Baillargeon, Cara Barer, Nadia Belerique, Shannon Bool, David Burdeny, Lucien Clergue, Janet Delaney, Jill Greenberg, Joshua Jensen-Nagle, Klara Kaellstroem & Thobias Faeldt, Katrin Korfmann, Mona Kuhn …
Paris Photo Los Angeles 2013

Paris Photo , Los Angeles (US)
26 Apr 2013 – 28 Apr 2013

with Gabor Oesz, Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin, David Armstrong, Jessica Backhaus, Carolle Benitah, Matthew Brandt, Elina Brotherus, Filip Dujardin, Tierney Gearon, Ori Gersht, Johan Grimonprez, Fred Herzog …
Fame as Form

SF Camerawork, San Francisco (US)
17 Feb 2006

with Bruce Conner, Andy Warhol