
1. NAME, TITLE, YEAR
Katsuya Kamo: KAMO HEAD
30 June 2024 – 23 September 2024
This exhibition showcases the work of trendsetting hair and makeup artist Katsuya Kamo (1965–2020), whose career included multiple collaborations with many of the world’s most renowned fashion labels.
Kamo was a stalwart of the fashion scene both at home in Japan and internationally, providing hair and makeup styling for the catwalk shows of top fashion houses, and magazine photo shoots. Hair and makeup design that belonged very much to the realm of the avant-garde—obscuring the faces of models, or featuring spikes or roses made from paper, broken mirrors, or masses of feathers, for example—yet at the same time refined and elegant in form, caused a stir wherever they appeared. Kamo’s headpieces in particular possess a universal, sculptural beauty, functioning as fashion items but equally as unique works of art in their own right.
“Katsuya Kamo: KAMO HEAD” is a comprehensive survey of Kamo’s creative endeavors that focuses primarily on a series of headpieces actually worn by models at premium fashion shows, and also includes magazine articles, idea sources, documents detailing Kamo’s production processes, and sculptural objects he made outside of his fashion-world work. This will be the first art museum exhibition devoted exclusively to the career of this celebrated stylist and artist.
Date |
Sun. 30 June 2024 – Mon. 23 September 2024 |
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Closed |
Mondays (except 1, 15 July, 5, 12 August, 2, 16, 23 September), Tue 16 July, Tue 13 August, Tue 17 September |
Hours |
10:00-18:00 (Admission until 30 minutes before closing time) |
Organized by |
Marugame Genichiro-Inokuma Museum of Contemporary Art, The MIMOCA Foundation |
Subsidized by |
Japan Center for Local Autonomy |
Installation design by |
SHIGE KANEKO CO.,LTD. |
Headpieces supervised by |
Yutaka Kodashiro (mod’s hair) |
Special cooperation by |
mod’s hair |
Fee |
Admission: Adults ¥950, Students (college, university) ¥650, Children (0 years to highschool) free |
1. Courtesy of CHANEL, Photo by Yasutomo Ebisu
2. Courtesy of JUNYA WATANABE, Photo by Yasutomo Ebisu
3. Courtesy of UNDERCOVER, Photo by Yasutomo Ebisu
4. Courtesy of MINTDESIGNS, Photo by Yasutomo Ebisu
5. Courtesy of ANREALAGE, Photo by Yasutomo Ebisu
6-11. Installation view, Photo by Takashi Homma

Katsuya Kamo