Toru Kuwakubo

Japanese | 1978

Toru Kuwakubo is a Japanese Asian Modern & Contemporary painter who was born in 1978. Numerous key galleries and museums such as Nunu Fine Art, Taipei have featured Toru Kuwakubo's work in the past.Toru Kuwakubo's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 1,592 USD to 12,902 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 2009 the record price for this artist at auction is 12,902 USD for Blazing Painting, sold at Christie's Hong Kong in 2015. Toru Kuwakubo has been featured in articles for Observer, Art Review and The Japan Times. The most recent article is Toru Kuwakubo sees the Sea by Night and Day at the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation written for Culture24 in September 2012.

At Auction

Notable Lots

Attendant and Color of Fortunes - Toru Kuwakubo

Attendant and Color of Fortunes ,2008

By Toru Kuwakubo

+82%

above mid-estimate

A Woman with a Shell - Veil - Toru Kuwakubo

A Woman with a Shell - Veil ,2007

By Toru Kuwakubo

Flowers Floating in the Sea - Toru Kuwakubo

Flowers Floating in the Sea ,2005

By Toru Kuwakubo

+22%

above mid-estimate

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Recent Auction Results

Attendant and Color of Fortunes ,2008

By Toru Kuwakubo

+129%

above mid-estimate

SBI Art Auction

Ohne Titel, 2006 ,2006

By Toru Kuwakubo

Artcurial Beurret Bailly Widmer, Basel

Dull Coloured Sea and people who dig a hole - Toru Kuwakubo

Dull Coloured Sea and people who dig a hole ,2005

By Toru Kuwakubo

-64%

below mid-estimate

Art-Rite Auction House

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Past Exhibitions

Toru Kuwakubo: Travel / Voyage / Journey / Trip to Remote Islands

Nunu Fine Art, Taipei

Taipei | Taiwan

Jan 08,2022 - Feb 27,2022

Toru Kuwakubo: Sea' Sand' Sun' and Sculptures

Nunu Fine Art, Taipei

Taipei | Taiwan

Mar 24,2018 - May 13,2018

Toru Kuwakubo: A Calendar for Painters Without Time Sense 1. 3. 4. 5. 7. 8”

Tomio Koyama Gallery, Roppongi

Minato-ku | Tokyo | Japan

Jan 20,2018 - Feb 17,2018

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Articles

10 Opening Exhibitions to Watch

MutualArt 17/07/2013

In this article we bring you a selection of 10 opening exhibitions around the world. Our selection includes an exhibition focusing on the effects of the hurricane Sandy in New York, an artist who protests against urban societies through art, a project gathering different...

Toru Kuwakubo sees the Sea by Night and Day at the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation

Culture24 14/09/2012

Kuwakubo’s exhibition at the Daiwa Foundation explores the idea of the sea as the origin of life, an unusual choice for an artist working in post-Tsunami Japan.

fordProject Will Host Japanese ‘Reflections’ This September

Observer 09/08/2011

This September, fordProject will host a group exhibition showcasing three young Japanese artists, representatives of what the gallery

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Coverage

“ ..Known for his unique texture to present the subtle transformation of light, Kuwakubo has often been viewed as an executer of impressionism... ”
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Nunu Fine Art