NISHIKAWA Katsuhito was born in Tokyo in 1949. After graduating from Keio University he moved to Europe. He graduated from the Akademie of Fine Arts Munich and from the Graduate School of the Staatliche Kunstakademie Dusseldorf. He then started his career and began developing as an artist based in Europe.
NISHIKAWA Katsuhito creates sculptures, installations, oil paintings, and drawings; he is also an active architect and furniture designer. His works are now displayed and housed in many public spaces, buildings, and museums. His personal exhibitions have been staged throughout Europe and many places in Japan, and have been exhibited at the Sao Paulo Art Biennale and the Venice Biennale. In addition, he has received a grant from the city of Dusseldorf. Currently NISHIKAWA Katsuhito resides in Dusseldorf and continues his creative work at his studio next to the Museum Insel Hombroich.
NISHIKAWA Katsuhito is also a visiting professor at the University of Fine Arts Hamburg and at the University of Art and Design in Reims. He is a visiting lecturer at the Keio University SFC.