2004 Graduated from the Master Program of Painting,

the Graduate Cource of the Fine Arts, Musashino Art University

1978 Born in Japan


[Solo Exhibition]

2011 Closed with Eyes Opened (Art Front Gallery/Tokyo, Japan)

2011 Fear,Flight and Fleeting (ICAS/Singapore)

2011 Tracing the "Self" (alpha M / Tokyo, Japan)

2010 Event horizon - innerscape - (youkobo art space / Tokyo, Japan)

2010 Event horizon (Shinjuku Ophthalmologist Gallery / Tokyo, Japan)

2010 Paradigm crossing- entanglement -(Nroom artspace / Tokyo, Japan)

2009 Ununity(youkobo art space / Tokyo, Japan)

2009 Schwarzwaldmetric (artlantico gallery / Tokyo, Japan)

2008 FLAME WORK (Gallery Grand Cafe / Tokyo, Japan)

2008 SUPER POSITION -Triptych (youkobo art space / Tokyo, Japan)

2008 SUPER POSITION (Art Trace Gallery / Tokyo, Japan)

2006 Kabata Chihiro solo exhibition (Art Trace Gallery / Tokyo, Japan)


[Group Exhibition]

2011 The 6th Inetrnational Invitational Exhibition(nam-seoul university gallery/Korea)

2011 MOT annual 2011- Nearest Faraway(Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo/ Tokyo, Japan)

2010 The 5th exhibition of the 21c inetrnational arts & culture exchange association(Pyeongtack museum / Korea)

2010 Chiyoda Art Festival "3331 Arts Chiyoda"(Arts Chiyoda 3331 / Tokyo, Japan)

2010 Simulacra and Blind Illusion(Art Front Gallery / Tokyo, Japan)

2010Art Trace Gallery group exhibition 7(Art Trace Gallery / Tokyo, Japan)

2010Art Trace Gallery group exhibition 4(Art Trace Gallery / Tokyo, Japan)

2009 DYNAMITE0000(Kitano Studio / Tokyo, Japan)

2009 New abstraction paintings(Nroom artspace / Tokyo, Japan)

2009 Presentation & Exhibition2009(artcourt gallery / Osaka)

2009 The Zibo international exhibition(Zibo museum / China)

2009 ART and PHOTO BOOK EXHIBITION 2009(Shinjuku Ophthalmologist Gallery / Tokyo, Japan)

2009 MARKET TRACE 2009 (Art Trace Gallery / Tokyo, Japan)

2009 Intermittent communication (Art Trace Gallery / Tokyo, Japan)

2009 art_icle AWARD 2009 winning exhibition(artlantico gallery / Tokyo, Japan)

2009 art_icle AWARD 2009 (DESIGN FESTA GALLERY / Tokyo, Japan)

(Keumsan Gallery / Korea) (Tokyo Gallery / Beijing, China)

2008 KABATA Chihiro and Yuuri Exhibition(Shinsen mizucya-ya / Tokyo, Japan)

2008 MARKET TRACE 2008 (Art Trace Gallery / Tokyo, Japan)

2007 Art Trace Gallery~ youkobo (youkobo art space / Tokyo, Japan)

2006 Light`n Heavy vol.3 (Gallery GOTO / Tokyo, Japan)

[AWARD, Competition]

2009 Presentation & Exhibition2009

2009 art_icle AWARD 2009 Sponsor prize


[Public collection]

2009 Zibo museum(China)


[Artist in Residence]

2011 Youkobo studio program 2011(youkobo art space/ Tokyo, Japan)

2009 Beijing Studio Center(China)


[Art Fair]

2011 Asia Top Gallery Art Fair Hong Kong (Hong Kong/China)

2010 ULTRA 003 (spiral/ Tokyo, Japan)

2010 KunStart10(Bolzano/Italy)

2009 Vearge Miami(Miami/United States)

2009 Tokyo contemporary art fair (Tokyo bijyutsu club / Tokyo, Japan)

2009 ULTRA 002 (spiral/Tokyo)


[Talk]

2011 Chihiro Kabata x Michiro Hayashi Talk(Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo / Tokyo)

2010 Chihiro Kabata x Yoshimi Chinzei Talk(Youkobo art space / Tokyo)

2009 Chihiro Kabata x Yoshio Kato Talk(ARTCOURT Gallery / Osaka)


[ Performance / collaboration]

2010 Performance Painting in Event horizon -innerscape(Youkobo artspace/Japan)

2009 Performance Painting in Intermittent communication(Art Trace Gallery/Japan)

2009 Ununity x Mass and I :Performance by Yuki Touge(Youkobo artspace/Japan)

2009 Ununity x Bocchincyo:Performance by Yuki Touge,sound by Haruki Hujitani(Youkobo artspace/Japan)

2009 Ununity x Lita:Performance by Yuki Touge,sound by Yow HUnahashi(Youkobo artspace/Japan)

2009 Intermittent communication x A piece :Performance by Akihiro Nakajima(Youkobo artspace/Japan)

2008 SUPER POSITION -Triptych:Performance by Chihiro Kabata(Art Trace Gallery/Japan)


[ Publishing]

2011 Hanako(No.997):Risa Mochizuki [ Hanako Entertainment Therapy ] (Magazine / Japan)

2011 ASAHI Shinbun [ ASAHI NEWS be evening ] (News paper / Japan)

2011 Art front gallery text:Yayoi Kojima [ Closed with Eyes Opened ](Exhibition text / Japan)

2011 nam-seoul university gallery [ 2011 The 6th Inetrnational Invitational Exhibition ] ( Catalog / Korea )

2011 Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo [ MOT Annual 2011 - Nearest Faraway]:Yoshimi Chinzei(Catalog / Japan)

2011 Pia[My recommendation!]:Rie fu(Magazine / Japan)

2011 GEKKAN GALLERY[Eyes of commentary]:Satoru Nagoya(Magazine / Japan)

2011 The Mainichi Daily News[@TENRANKAI]:Keiko Kishi(News paper / Japan)

2011 Youkobo artspace Leaflet[BeYouN.o8](Leaflet / Japan)

2011 ICAS Leaflet[Fear,Flight and Fleeting]:Julia Friedman(Leaflet / Singapore)

2011 Art Front Gallery TEXT:Toshio Kondo[Closed with Eyes Opened ](Exhibition text / Japan)

2011 CONTEMPORARY ART TOKYO:Julia Friedman[Tracing the self](WEB)

2011 gallery alpha M TEXT:Masayuki Tanaka(Exhibition text / Japan)

2011 gallery alpha M TEXT:Chihiro Kabata(Exhibition text / Japan)

2010 Pyeongtack museum[The exhibition of 21c inetrnational arts & culture exchange association](Catalog/Korea)

2010 Shinjuku ophthalmology gallery Leaflet[2010]Statement(Leaflet / Japan)

2010 GAP JAPAN [Tokyo Art&gallery GUIDE](Book / Japan)

2010 Youkobo artspace Leaflet[BeYouN.5]:Chihiro Kabata[Event horizon -innerscape](Leaflet / Japan)

2010 CONTEMPORARY ART TOKYO:Julia Friedman[Event Horizon](WEB)

2010 CONTEMPORARY ART TOKYO:Julia Friedman[Simulacra and Blind illusion](WEB)

2010 Art Front Gallery TEXT:Toshio Kondo[Simulacra and Blind Illusion](Exhibition text / Japan)

2009 art_icle[Chihiro Kabata/Liu Zheng](Magazine / Japan)

2009 art_icleWEB:Toshihumi Takei[For Exhibition](WEB)

2009 art_icle[The 2nd article prize grand prix](Magazine / Japan)

2009 Zibo Museum Catalog[The Zibo international exhibition](Catalog / China)

2009 SOMEONE'S GARDEN, LLC [ARTISTS IN RESIDENCIES AROUND THE WORLD](Book / Japan)

2009 Youkobo artspace Leaflet[BeYouN.o?]:Chihiro Kabata [Ununity](Leaflet / Japan)

2008 ASAHI Shinbun:Satoko Makanae[ASAHI Marion](News paper/ Japan)

2008 Art Trace Gallery Catalog [ART TRACE GALLERY August 2004- June 2008](Catalog / Japan)

2008 Youkobo artspace Leaflet[BeYouNo.1]:Chihiro Kabata [SUPER POSITION -Triptych ] (Leaflet / Japan)

2006 Gallery Goto TEXT:Yuji Akatsuka [Light`n Heavy vol.3](Exhibition text / Japan)