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.
| 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 |
| 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 |