Shimon Kamada

Shimon Kamada. Photo: Scott Gorman. Courtesy of the artist.

Installation view of ‘Ballet with the Devil’ at PODIUM, Hong Kong, 07 June - 16 August 2025. Photo: Lok Hang Wu. Courtesy of PODIUM, Hong Kong.

Shimon Kamada, The Ground is Lava, 2025, Acrylic and oil on linen, 60 x 80 cm (23.6 x 31.5 in). Courtesy of the artist and PODIUM, Hong Kong.

Shimon Kamada, The Ground is Lava (detail), 2025, Acrylic and oil on linen, 60 x 80 cm (23.6 x 31.5 in). Courtesy of the artist and PODIUM, Hong Kong.

Shimon Kamada, The Night ends in Fire, 2025, Acrylic and oil on linen, 47 x 38 cm (18.5 x 15 in). Courtesy of the artist and PODIUM, Hong Kong.

Shimon Kamada, The Night ends in Fire (detail), 2025, Acrylic and oil on linen, 47 x 38 cm (18.5 x 15 in). Courtesy of the artist and PODIUM, Hong Kong.

Shimon Kamada, The Night ends in Fire (back), 2025, Acrylic and oil on linen, 47 x 38 cm (18.5 x 15 in). Courtesy of the artist and PODIUM, Hong Kong.

Shimon Kamada, Summer Broach, 2025, Acrylic and oil on linen, 47 x 38 cm (18.5 x 15 in). Photo: Lok Hang Wu. Courtesy of the artist and PODIUM, Hong Kong.

Shimon Kamada, Summer Broach (detail), 2025, Acrylic and oil on linen, 47 x 38 cm (18.5 x 15 in). Photo: Lok Hang Wu. Courtesy of the artist and PODIUM, Hong Kong.

Shimon Kamada, Summer Broach (back), 2025, Acrylic and oil on linen, 47 x 38 cm (18.5 x 15 in). Photo: Lok Hang Wu. Courtesy of the artist and PODIUM, Hong Kong.

Biography
Shimon Kamada (b. 1997, Japan; lives and works in Rotterdam) channels personal memory and subconscious reveries into his evocative oil paintings. Drawing from his sentimental photo archives, Kamada constructs layered compositions that fuse figuration with abstraction, exploring the fragility of time, the inevitability of loss, and the elusiveness of memory. His canvases, marked by skewed light, uncanny shadows, and dystopian atmospheres, evoke a haunting suspension that unsettles viewers and surfaces latent trauma. Through complex narrative stratifications, Kamada invites multiple, often ambiguous interpretations, transforming intimate recollections into universal meditations on nostalgia, alienation, and the porous boundary between reality and dream. His practice extends to woodcut prints and the reworking of secondhand canvases, emphasising the process and accumulation of memory’s layers. He won the Ron Mandos Residency Award (2020) and worked at Brutus Lab in Rotterdam (2021) as an artist-in-residence. He has participated in group exhibitions including Van Nelle Fabriek, Rotterdam (2024), Enari Gallery, Amsterdam (2023), ARWE Gallery, Gouda (2022), Wilford X, Temse (2022), Felix Solo Gallery, Nijmegen (2021), Atelier of AVL Mundo, Rotterdam (2021), Het HEM, Zaandam (2020), among others.

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Works

Shimon Kamada
The Ground is Lava
2025
Acrylic and oil on linen
60 x 80 cm | 23.6 x 31.5 in

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Shimon Kamada
The Snow Suspension
2025
Acrylic and oil on canvas
60 x 45 cm | 23.6 x 17.7 in

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Shimon Kamada
A New Recruit
2025
Acrylic and oil on canvas
40 x 50 cm | 15.7 x 19.7 in

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Exhibitions

Ballet with the Devil
Artists: João Gabriel, Shimon Kamada, Dew Kim, Jaewon Kim, Joy Li, Tao Siqi
Hong Kong
07 June—16 August 2025

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