︎ @nelson_hor


^{b. 1998}
EDUCATION
^{2022 - Tama Art University at Tokyo, BA in Japanese Painting}

REPRESENTATION
^{GALLERY ETHER, Tokyo
Root K Contemporary, Tokyo}

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
^{2025 - A Mere Reflection of Flower and Moon.    Root K Contemporary, Tokyo
2025 - May the Warmth Stay a Little Longer.    node hotel, Kyoto
2024 - Christmas Through the Eyes of a Child.    SPIRAL, Tokyo
2024 - The Red Cloud Over My Head.    KYOBASHI ART ROOM, Tokyo
2022 - Memory is a Garden.    GALLERY ETHER, Tokyo}

TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
^{2026 - The Weight of Earth and the Tenderness of Flowers.    with Anri Ikeda/ Courtyard HIROO, Tokyo
2024 - B!OOM 咲く.    with Iketaku/ GALLERY ETHER, Tokyo}

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
^{2026 - Queer Art Exhibition.    Queer Space Tokyo, Tokyo
2025 - MYAF25.    Warehouse TERRADA, Tokyo
2025 - grid 4.    biscuit gallery, Tokyo
2024 - Behind the Closet: The Things I Question Myself Every Day.    Shinjuku Ganka Art Gallery, Tokyo
2023 - IWAKAN Magazine 6th EXHIBITION 男性制.　C7C Gallery, Nagoya
2023 - SICF24.　SPIRAL, Tokyo
2022 - Behind the Closet.    Shinjuku Ganka Art Gallery, Tokyo
2022 - Spotlight.    Blank Canvas Gallery, Penang
2021 - colors in sight.    Gallery 201, Tokyo}

ART FAIRS
^{2026 - ART OSAKA.    Osaka, Japan/ Represented by Root K Contemporary
2025 - ART TAIPEI.    Taipei, Taiwan/ Represented by GALLERY ETHER
2025 - Art Fair Tokyo.    Tokyo, Japan/ Represented by Root K Contemporary
2024 - ART TAIPEI.    Taipei, Taiwan/ Represented by Root K Contemporary
2023 - FOCUS LONDON.    London, UK/ Represented by GALLERY ETHER}

PRESS
^{2026 - “PEOPLE: Anri Ikeda & Nelson Hor”  @Courtyard HIROO
2026 - “OPEN THE DOOR - ネルソン・ホーが語る「共感と共鳴」 ”  @MEET YOUR ART
2026 - “クィアの美学をめぐる内的旅路”  @Bijutsutecho
2025 - “#45 ネルソンのお家に行ってきました回”  @Podcast: 2000から
2024 - “Creator’s Interview Vol.2”  @SPIRAL(part 1)  (part2)
2023 - “第４回 KYOBASHI ART WALL”  @TODA Corporation
2023 - “Life in Tokyo: Nelson Hor”  @newTOKYO
2023 - “アーティスト、ネルソン・ホーのルーツ”  @newTOKYO
2023 - “Slice of Nelson Hor”  @Musubi Magazine
2022 - “DOIROBUTA 土色豚 Vol.06”  @Maison MIHARA YASUHIRO
2022 - “My Personal Favorite Shin-Iwa Mineral Pigments - Iwahi -”  @PIGMENT TOKYO}

GRANTS AND AWARDS
^{2023 - KYOBASHI ART WALL - Outstanding Award
2022 - Spotlight 2022 - Finalist
2022 - 16th Art Award Tokyo Marunouchi - Akira Tatehata Jury’s Choice Awards
2022 - Tama Art University Graduation Exhibition - Merit Award
2021 - 17th The World Art Exhibition -  Sponsorship Prize
2021 - 46th International Modern Art Exhibition - Encouragement Prize
2016 - 傳承·愛 3rd Illustration Contest for Secondary Schools - First Prize}

PUBLICATIONS
^{2024 - The Tenderness and the Scar    by G/P gallery @buy here}