| KAORU USUKUBO | |
| 1981 | Born in Tochigi, Japan |
| 2004 | BFA, Painting, Tokyo Zokei University |
| 2007 | MFA, Painting, Tokyo University of the Arts |
| 2010 | Doctoral Degree (PHD) in Oil Painting, Tokyo University of the Arts |
| Kaoru Usukubo lives and works in Tokyo, Japan | |
| SOLO SHOWS (SELECTION) | |
| 2020 | Enlil and Enki, LOOCK, Berlin, Germany (with Daisuke Ohba) |
| 2018 | An experiment based on an accidental, taimatz, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2017 | the Constellations, taimatz, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2012 | Crystal Voyage, Kunstverein Friedrichshafen, Germany |
| 2011 | Crystal Moments, Loock Galerie, Berlin, Germany |
| 2010 | Part and the whole, Wohnmaschine, Berlin, Germany |
| 2008 | NEXT 2008, Art Fair/Solo Exhibition at TARO NASU booth, Chicago, USA |
| UP logist, Wohnmaschine, Berlin, Germany | |
| 2007 | Wandering Season, Taro Nasu, Tokyo, Japan |
| GROUP SHOWS (SELECTION) | |
| 2019 | WOMAN – Copper and willow, MA2 Gallery, Tokyo, Japan |
| U40, Obayashi collection, Tokyo, Japan | |
| 2017 | KAKEGAWA CHAENNALE, Kakegawa Castle, Kakegawa, Japan |
| Portrait expression, The Sato Museum of Art, Tokyo | |
| 2016 | Kaoru Usukubo Hannes Beckmann (1909 - 1977),LOOCK Galerie, Berlin |
| 2015 | CSP3, Kuwasawa art and desing in Tokyo |
| 2013 | MINIMAL/POSTO MINIMAL The contemporary Japanese Art from 1970s, Utsunomiya Museum of Art,Utsunomiya |
| 2012 | The 21th Annual Scholarship Recipients Art Exhibition, Special participant, The Sato Museum of Art, Tokyo |
| The 9th formative artist exhibition,Tokyo ZOKEI University Museum, Tokyo | |
| 2011 | Tokyo FRONTLINE, Arts Chiyoda 3331,Tokyo |
| Yokohama Triennale 2011, OUR MAGIC HOUR, Yokohama Museum of Art, Yokohama | |
| The 20th Annual Scholarship Recipients Art Exhibition, Special participant,The Sato Museum of Art, Tokyo | |
| 2010 | The Vision of Contemporary Art 2010, The Ueno no mori Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan |
| camaboko, Tokyo Zokei University, Tokyo, Japan | |
| 2009 | only one, Mot/Arts, Taipei, Taiwan |
| Giovane Seta ’09, Onward Gallery Nihonbashi, Tokyo, Japan | |
| 2008 | Opening Exhibition, Taro Nasu, Tokyo, Japan |
| Network Project Japan, Inter Alia Art Company, Seoul, South Korea | |
| The 17th Annual Scholarship Recipients Art Exhibition, The Sato Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan | |
| 2007 | Art Award Tokyo Marunouchi 2007, Gyoko-dori Underground Gallery, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2005 | Japan and South Korea Contemporary Painting Exhibition: Nature and I, Gallery Ho, Seoul/ Art Center MAHNO, Anseong, South Korea |
| Hope: South Korea-Japan Art Exchange Exhibition, South Korea to Japan Embassy South Korea Cultural Exchange Gallery, Tokyo, Japan | |
| AWARDS | |
| 2007 | Teikyo University Purchase Prize at "Completion Exhibition of M.A. Course of Tokyo University of the Arts", The University Art Museum - Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2004 | ZOKEI Prize at "Graduation Exhibition of Tokyo Zokei University: ZOKEI-ten", Tokyo Zokei University, Tokyo |
| COLLECTION | |
| The nursing home GREEN, Akita | |
| The Sato Museum of Art, Tokyo |