東京生まれ。荒川区在住。沖縄にルーツを持ち、日本と関わりの深いアメリカ文化を題材にした絵画や立体、パフォーマンスを発表している。「暗闇に光る目」「シリアルパッケージ」「蛇」などの記号を、“描いて”は“消す”をくり返す作業のなかでアウトラインが薄ぼけ曖昧となり、作家自身のポートレイトのように愛嬌のある姿で「個人的な存在」に変容する。それはKINJOにとっての自画像のようなものであり、自身のルーツを掘り下げていく行為でもある。
Born in Tokyo, currently based and works in Tokyo. With roots in Okinawa, KINJO has been creating paintings, sculptures, and performances based on American pop culture, which has deep ties to Okinawa, and in Japan. In the process of repeatedly drawing and erasing motifs such as eyes glowing in the dark, cereal packages, and snakes, the outlining context becomes blurred and ambiguous, and like the artist’s own portraits, they are transformed into something personal with a charming appearance. His works can be seen as a self portrait, or a documentation of exploring his own roots.
2025 | Things in the corner, e2 gallery, Tokyo, Japan |
2024 | Come From Somewhere, PARCEL, Tokyo, Japan |
KOVER, Dopeness Art Lab, Taipei, Taiwan | |
FLAKES, PACIFICA COLLECTIVES, Tokyo, Japan | |
2023 | Not See It Even, Moosey, Norwich, UK |
PLACE, Tokyo International Gallery, Tokyo, Japan | |
2022 | Hey, River Snake C’mon., parcel, Tokyo, Japan |
(It follows you) EVERYWHERE, PACIFICA COLLECTIVES, Tokyo, Japan | |
BLIND GAZE, YIRI ARTS, Taipei, Taiwan | |
2021 | OVER THE BRIDGE, GIN HUANG Gallery, Taichung, Taiwan |
PEDDLER, marco gallery, Osaka, Japan | |
2020 | ARAKAWA GARDENER, OIL by Bijutsutecho, Tokyo, Japan |
UNDER THE BRIDGE, PARCEL, Tokyo, Japan |
2025 | Cold Turkey, StolenSpace Gallery, Lpndon, UK |
Beyond the Streets: Global Perspectives in Urban Art, Gin Huang Gallery, Taichung, Taiwan | |
VOID, kohtoh, Tokyo, Japan | |
2024 | The Moosey Residency – August 2024, Moosey, Norwich, UK |
Kappa Exhibition, Squash Daimyo, Fukuoka, Japan | |
2023 | INSIDER: PRIVATE WORLD OF COLLECTORS, Gin Huang Gallery, Taichung, Taiwan |
2022 | out of bank, MAT gallery, Tokyo, Japan |
GRAY AREA, marco gallery, Osaka, Japan | |
2021 | RIVERSIDE POCKET, Arakawa, Tokyo, Japan |
Yambaru Art Festival, Okinawa, Japan | |
BADASS, Dopeness Art Lab, Taipei, Taiwan |