Exhibition
Kae Higuchi
Born and based in Sendai, Kae Higuchi received the Miyagi Prefecture New Artist Award for Arts in 2005. She actively presents her work through numerous solo and group exhibitions. Her published picture books include Inside the Mirror (authored by Riku Onda) and The Fox (authored by Natsuhiko Kyogoku).
Exhibitions
Selected for Ohara Contemporary, Ohara Museum of Art (Okayama)
Solo Exhibition The Cat’s Moon, An Auspicious Day, Carta Café (Morioka, Iwate)
(also held in 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019)
Solo Exhibition Panpakapaan, TURNAROUND (Sendai, Miyagi)
Selected for The Bratislava Illustration Biennial Exhibition, shown at Urawa Art Museum, Iwate Museum of Art, and other venues
Solo Exhibition On the Hula Hoop Theory, Cyg Art Gallery + Carta Café (Morioka, Iwate)
Solo Exhibition E, Nihombashi Takashimaya Art Gallery X (Tokyo)
Solo Exhibition A Small Shooting Star, TURNAROUND (Sendai, Miyagi)
Solo Exhibition Hearing the Days, Cyg Art Gallery + Carta Café (Morioka, Iwate)
Solo Exhibition A Story of Perhaps, URESICA (Tokyo)
Solo Exhibition To Write, Bind, and Continue Stacking, TURNAROUND (Sendai, Miyagi)
Solo Exhibition Beginning with the Signal of a Cracker, TURNAROUND (Sendai, Miyagi)
Selected for Ephemeral: The Realm of Girls 2023, Miura Jiro Gallery (Tokyo)
(also exhibited in 2025)
Solo Exhibition Epilogue, Prologue, Cyg Art Gallery (Morioka, Iwate)
Solo Exhibition Caressing and Turning Pages, URESICA (Tokyo)
Jozenji Art Street 2025, Sendai Mitsukoshi (Sendai, Miyagi)
Two-Person Exhibition Hide-and-Seek, ZEIT-FOTO Kunitachi (Tokyo)
Publications
The Vessel of the Ear
Text by Toru Watanabe, Illustrations by Kae Higuchi
In the Mirror
Text by Riku Onda, Illustrations by Kae Higuchi, Edited by Masao Higashi (Iwasaki Publishing)
E: Édelle Print Collection
Poetry by Maiko Sugimoto, Prints by Kae Higuchi (Ouka Shorin)
Cat Senryu: Days of Nikoge
Published by Carta Café
Texts by Shinji Kagaya, Nahomi Kagaya, Masato Miyagawa, and Kae Higuchi
The Fox (Tono Folktales Picture Book Series III)
Written by Natsuhiko Kyogoku, Illustrated by Kae Higuchi
Based on an original concept by Kunio Yanagita (Chobunsha Publishing)
Selected Book Cover Illustrations
- Her Name Is — by Cho Nam-joo (Chikuma Shobo, 2020)
- One Child — by Torey Hayden (Hayakawa Publishing, 2021)
- The Tiger’s Child — by Torey Hayden (Hayakawa Publishing, 2021)
- and others.
Collections
Works held in the collections of:
- Ohara Museum of Art
- Imago Mundi Collection (Luciano Benetton Collection)