Artist

DIEGO

BIOGRAPHY

DIEGO(1986年生)は、東京を拠点に活動するアーティスト。10代からストリートアートに傾倒し、独学で活動を始める。街で普段何気なく目にするモノをユーモラスに擬人化したキャラクターを抽象絵画として描く。「脱臼したストリート表現」と評される独自のスタイルで、 絵画や壁画というビジュアルアートから、街中のグラフィティ、コンセプチュアルアートまで活動の幅を広げている。近年はコレクティブ SIDE COREの主要メンバーとして、展覧会の企画や作品発表も積極的に行っている。また、自身が主催する壁画プログラム「LEGAL SHUTTER TOKYO」では、世界各国のアーティストと協働し、壁画制作のディレクションも手がけている。

DIEGO (b. 1986) is an artist based in Tokyo. He became deeply involved in street art during his teenage years and began his artistic journey as a self-taught creator. His work humorously anthropomorphizes everyday objects commonly seen in the city, depicting them as abstract characters in his paintings. This unique approach has been described as a “dislocated street expression.” DIEGO’s artistic range spans from visual arts such as paintings and murals to graffiti in urban environments and conceptual art. In recent years, he has been an active member of the collective SIDE CORE, engaging in exhibition curation and presenting his own works. Additionally, he directs mural projects, collaborating with artists from around the world through his own mural program.

個展 | Solo Exhibitions

2025  WRITER IN THE DARK, parcel, Tokyo, Japan
  EASY RIDER, Social Issue Gallery SIGNAL, Tokyo, Japan
2023  Solo Exhibition No.12, DAILY SUPPLY SSS, Tokyo, Japan
2022 MY SOCIAL LADDER, PARCEL, Tokyo, Japan
2021 INTERNATIONAL GATE, GALLERY ROOM・A, Tokyo, Japan
2020 I’m looking at you., OIL by Bijutsutecho, Tokyo, Japan
  Always Secret OK , ON SUNDAYS, Tokyo, Japan
2018 IMPORTANT GARBAGE, Hidari Zingaro, Tokyo, Japan

グループ展 | Group Exhibitions

2025  Koishikawa Magazine, H BEAUTY&YOUTH, Tokyo, Japan
2024  Friends Wall, NN, Kanazawa, Japan
  NEU TRIBALISM, WALL_alternative, Tokyo, Japan
  5th Anniversary Exhibition「都市と自然 / Urban and Nature」, OIL by Bijutsutecho, Tokyo, Japan 
  SMALL FACTORY/小さな工房, on Sundays&LightSeed Gallery, Tokyo, Japan 
  SPACE PAPER POP UP STORE, PACIFICA COLLECTIVES, Tokyo, Japan 
  No Brainer, Case Study Studio Bababa, Tokyo, Japan 
  Friends Wall (GroupShow), NN, Ishikawa, Japan 
  NEU TRIBALISM, WALL_alternative, Tokyo, Japan 
2023 Echo Windows, parcel, Tokyo, Japan
  BAYSIDE STAND, BLOCK HOUSE, Tokyo, Japan
  SUMMER HOLIDAY SLAM ‘23, VOYAGE KIDS, Osaka, Japan
  Motsurete Hodokeru, OIL by Bijutsutecho, Tokyo, Japan
2022 SELLIT 4 curated by Kotaro Hosono, CENTER/SANUKI, Takamatsu, Japan
  Group Exhibition, Allouche Gallery, New York, USA
  CMYK COLORS RISO PRINT POSTER Exhibition, VOYAGE KIDS, Osaka, Japan
  Someplace Friendly, Someplace Fractured PHASE 2, ON SUNDAYS, The Watari Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan
  Light Line, OIL by Bijutsutecho, Tokyo, Japan
2021 AFTER APOX. – BIEN, DIEGO AND GASIUS, CALM & PUNK GALLERY, Tokyo, Japan
  Build the Time by Shin Hamada & DIEGO, HAITSU Nishiogikubo, Tokyo, Japan
2020 Warning Signs, Gallery Trax, Yamanashi, Japan
  Summer Group Exhibition, L+/ Lucie Chang Fine Arts, Hong Kong
2019 COMIC ABSTRACTION BY WRITERS, PARCEL, Tokyo, Japan
2018 Bubblewrap…, Contemporary Art Museum, Kumamoto, Kumamoto, Japan

WORKS