Kazuna Taguchi (*1979, Tokyo) merges painting and photography creating otherwordly images. Starting by making oil paintings and sculptural objects which she then photographs in different settings, she often paints over the prints and re-photographs them. The final works embed the material qualities of oil paints and liquid photographic emulsions. Taguchi, a consummate technician with a deep love and knowledge of photography, spends considerable time in the darkroom developing a personal and precise vocabulary that mixes references to cultural signifiers, her past work, or anonymous fragments she collects from magazines. Approaching each exhibition as a work-in-progress, Taguchi makes u-turns, gives way to ideas developed in previous projects, investigates blind spots, until she stops for the unveiling of the show.

Kazuna Taguchi has shown internationally. Recent solo exhibitions include A Quiet Sun, Ginza Maison Hermès Le Forum, Tokyo (2022); Due, Ermes Ermes, Rome (2021); the eyes of Euridice, void+, Tokyo (2019); and wienfuss, Museum Haus Kasuya, Kanagwa (2017). Group exhibitions include: A Reflection on the Sublime, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art (forthcoming); Malediction and Prayer, Modern Art, London (2023); Cupid’s Bow, Bel Ami, LA; (2023); I had a dog and a cat, Georg Kargl Fine Arts, Vienna (2022). Black Paintings is her first exhibition in Athens, it is presented in collaboration with Ermes Ermes, Rome. Taguchi lives and works in Vienna.

Euridice, a book dedicated to her work was published in 2019 by Haus der Matsubara. A Quiet Sun, that accompanied her eponymous exhibition was published by Fondation d'entreprise Hermès in 2023