Claudia Kogachi

Bio.

Claudia Kogachi was born in Awaji-shima, Japan, in 1995. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Elam School of Fine Arts, University of Auckland. In 2019, she won the New Zealand Painting and Printmaking Award. Recent exhibitions include: Hot Girls with IBS, 2021, Hot Lunch, Ōtautahi Christchurch There’s No I In Team, 2021, The Dowse, Te Awakairangi Lower Hutt; New Artists Show 2020, Artspace Aotearoa, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland; Obaachan during the lockdown, Wahiawā, Hawaiʻi, Te Tuhi, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland; Uncle Gagi, play_station, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington; and Everyone Has a Horse Phase, Sanderson Contemporary, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland (all 2020).

Claudia Kogachi is a 2022 Artist at the Kare Kare House Residency in June / July.  She will show a new body of work at Melanie Roger Gallery as a solo exhibition in late August.

Selected Media.

  1. Hot Girls with IBS
    Artbeat review, Tessa McPhee
    2021
  2. Rugged Heart: Claudia Kogachi
    Bypass Journal, Binh Minh Ha
    2021
  3. Friction in the Living Room: Paintings by Claudia Kogachi
    The Art Paper, Francis McWhannell
    2021
  4. We Chat to Claudia Kogachi
    The Art Paper, Becky Hemus
    2021
  5. Claudia Kogachi's Cameo for Ruby is a Love Letter to Blue
    Viva, Dan Ahwa
    2021
  6. The Theatrical Work of Claudia Kogachi
    Verve Magazine, Francis McWhannell
    2021
  7. Claudia Kogachi - There's No I in Team
    Radio NZ interview
    2021
  8. Claudia Kogachi
    Artspace Aotearoa Emerging Arts Series
    2021
  9. Claudia Kogachi in Conversation
    The Dowse Art Museum, Chelsea Nicholls
    2021
  10. Riding Imperfect Waves
    Pantograph Punch, Kerry Ann Lee
    2021
  11. Claudia Kogachi: There's No I in Team
    The Dowse Art Museum
    2021
  12. Claudia Kogachi at. Te Tuhi
    Artforum, Lucinda Bennett
    2020
  13. Uncle Gagi
    Playstation
    2020
  14. Claudia Kogachi: Obaachan During the Lockdown, Wahiawā, Hawai'i
    Te Tuhi, Abby Cunnane
    2020
  15. Mom, Are We Friends?
    Meanwhile Gallery
    2018

News.

  1. Claudia Kogachi | Deborah Porch Award
  2. Claudia Kogachi | Checks collaboration
  3. Claudia Kogachi | Karekare House Artist Residency