KOZO
Vasari Codex · Artist Status Report

KOZO

Japanese · b. 1974

Profile
41
34–51 band

Discovery profile: exhibition record

Descriptive Codex signal report built from ranking, institutional history, representation, auction records, high-quality press, audience attention, and current activity. Generated May 12, 2026.

Overall41

Composite Codex score

Institutional57

Museums/acquisitions may be sparse

Market0

Thin auction dataset expected

Momentum8

Recent activity and interest

Representation12

Gallery and exhibition traction

Codex Rank#31,862Mid-Career
Exhibitions20 current · 0 upcoming
Museum Signal00 acquisitions · 0 exhibitions
Core Median— tracked lots
Sell-throughRecent 3-year market
Social Signals
1.0MInstagram followers99th percentile

Signal summary

KOZO: exhibition record. Auction and institutional fields are sparse, so this report emphasizes traction signals rather than market depth.

Observed evidence: 2 tracked exhibitions; 0 current and 0 upcoming in Codex.
Data gaps: Thin auction dataset (0 tracked lots). No tracked museum acquisition record yet. No high-quality tracked press in the last 12 months. No current primary representation recorded in Codex.

Representation

  • No current primary representation recordedNo active gallery relationship in Codex

Institutional holdings

No acquisition institutions tracked yet

Recent Exhibitions

  • Kozo is coming to Boston!DTR Modern NYC · Boston
  • Solo Exhibition by Kozo at DTR Modern, Palm BeachDTR Modern NYC · Palm Beach

Market profile

No recent public auction record is currently tracked in Codex. Sell-through: .
No annual auction series yet

Education & awards

  • No education/prize records in CodexCheck CV and gallery documentation

Press Signals

  • No recent high-quality tracked pressReport press signal shows tier-3/4 sources with substantive artist coverage

Publications

  • No publications trackedNo monographs or catalogs recorded in Codex

Peer bands

Peer bands intentionally exclude historical/deceased artists. Each list is a contemporary cohort for one specific question: pricing, career trajectory, or practice context.

Price Band Peers

Comparable contemporary artists clustered around No price band.

Global

No defensible cohort from current data.

Regional

No defensible regional cohort from current data.

Career Stage Peers

Contemporary artists at a similar tracked career stage (career stage unknown).

Peer set
  1. Tadao Ando#534 · amanasalto #1,103 · Early/mid-careerearly/mid-career · 15 yrs since first tracked solo/show
  2. Naoya HATAKEYAMA#697 · Taka Ishii Gallery #72 · Mid-careermid-career · 23 yrs since first tracked solo/show
  3. Kishio Suga#1,158 · Mendes Wood DM #24 · Career stage unknowncareer stage unknown · 0 yrs since first tracked solo/show
  4. Kenjiro Okazaki#1,475 · Pace #2 · Emergingemerging · 5 yrs since first tracked solo/show
  5. Koo Jeong A#1,877 · Pilar Corrias Gallery #99 · Early/mid-careerearly/mid-career · 14 yrs since first tracked solo/show
  6. Tenmyouya Hisashi#2,222 · Whitestone Gallery #86 · Career stage unknowncareer stage unknown
  7. Rei NAITO#3,274 · Taka Ishii Gallery #72 · Early/mid-careerearly/mid-career · 14 yrs since first tracked solo/show
  8. Lieko Shiga#3,517 · ROSEGALLERY #250 · Career stage unknowncareer stage unknown
  9. Yutaka Sone#3,539 · David Zwirner #4 · Career stage unknowncareer stage unknown
  10. KOZO

Practice / Medium Peers

Artists with similar medium/practice signals; price and rank are secondary checks.

Peer set
  1. Yayoi Kusama#5 · Paintings · $500K–1M · David Zwirner #4 · Mid-careerpainting · Pop (fine arts styles) · shared regional context · #5 Codex rank
  2. Takashi Murakami#9 · Paintings · $100K–250K · Gagosian #1 · Mid-careerpainting · Pop (fine arts styles) · shared regional context · #9 Codex rank
  3. Hiroshi Sugimoto#17 · Photographs · $25K–50K · Lisson Gallery #7 · Mid-careerphotography · shared regional context · #17 Codex rank
  4. Nobuyoshi Araki#182 · Photographs · $5K–10K · Anton Janizewski #44 · Established contemporaryphotography · shared regional context · #182 Codex rank
  5. Chiharu Shiota#190 · Paintings · $25K–50K · Templon #16 · Mid-careerpainting · shared regional context · #190 Codex rank
  6. Chie Fueki#3,416 · Works on paper · Under $5K · DC Moore Gallery #185 · Emergingworks on paper · shared regional context · #3,416 Codex rank
  7. Noritoshi Hirakawa#3,466 · Photographs · Under $5K · In Situ - Fabienne Leclerc #465 · Early/mid-careerphotography · shared regional context · #3,466 Codex rank
  8. Lieko Shiga#3,517 · ROSEGALLERY #250 · Career stage unknownshared regional context · #3,517 Codex rank
  9. Yutaka Sone#3,539 · David Zwirner #4 · Career stage unknownshared regional context · #3,539 Codex rank
  10. KOZO
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