Artist

KINJO

BIOGRAPHY

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.

個展 / Solo Exhibitions

2024  “Come From Somewhere” PARCEL, Tokyo
2022  “Hey, River Snake C’mon.”parcel, Tokyo
  “(It follows you) EVERYWHERE” PACIFICA COLLECTIVES, Tokyo
  “BLIND GAZE” YIRI ARTS, Taiwan
2021 OVER THE BRIDGE”, GIN HUANG Gallery, Taiwan
  “PEDDLER” marco gallery, Osaka
2020 “ARAKAWA GARDENER” OIL by 美術手帖, Tokyo
  “UNDER THE BRIDGE” PARCEL, Tokyo

グループ展 / Group Exhibition

2022 “out of bank” MAT gallery, Tokyo
  “GRAY AREA”, marco gallery, Osaka
2021 “RIVERSIDE POCKET” Arakawa, Tokyo
   “やんばるアートフェスティバル” Okinawa prf

 

WORKS