Reijiro Wada b. 1977
Wada is a sculptor whose work employs physical phenomena and dynamics to address metaphysical concepts and themes spanning from the universe and time, to life and death. At times, Wada intervenes directly in the environment through the use of nature, blurring the demarcation between the work and its surroundings. His sculptures are characterized by their multi-dimensional disposition that challenges the viewer’s perspective and perception of the space in which they are situated.
Major exhibitions include: Roppongi Crossing 2025: What Passes Is Time. We Are Eternal, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, 2025; NACT View 04 Reijiro Wada: FORBIDDEN FRUIT, The National Art Center, Tokyo, 2024 (solo); Before/After, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima, 2023; Ambivalent Landscapes, Museum für Asiatische Kunst, Berlin, 2022; Market and Thieves in a Cloister, SCAI THE BATHHOUSE, Tokyo, 2022 (solo); Apple Cycle / Cosmic Seed, Hirosaki Museum of Contemporary Art, Aomori, 2021; Embraced Void, Daniel Marzona, Berlin, 2020 (solo); Tbilisi Architecture Biennial, Tbilisi, 2018; On the Art of Building a Tea House, Neues Museum Nürnberg, 2017; HaL Hofskulptur #1, Haus am Lützowplatz, Berlin, 2016 (solo); FORBIDDEN FRUIT, Centre International des Récollets, Paris, 2016 (solo); Vanitas – Nothing is Forever Anyway, Georg Kolbe Museum, Berlin, 2014; Aichi Triennale, Japan, 2013; Kunstkammer No. 17 Reijiro Wada, Georg Kolbe Museum, Berlin, 2012 (solo); How does the new enter the world?, and Nine International Sculptors in Berlin, Haus am Waldsee, Berlin, 2012.