ARTIST
KENGO KITO
Kengo Kito uses ready-made objects such as hula-hoops, parasols, and scarves to create large-scale installations that incorporate rotation and circulation, such as colorfulness, reflections of mirrors and lame, and motorized movement, as well as a variety of expressive methods such as sculpture, painting, and photography. They mix a contemporary artificial sense of color and luminosity with an expansiveness that evokes life forms and the universe.
BIOGRAPHY
- 2001
- Graduated from Nagoya University of Arts, Painting Department, Western Painting Course
- 2003
- M.F.A. in Oil Painting, Kyoto City University of Arts
- 2008 – 2009
- Stayed in New York with a grant from the Gotoh Memorial Foundation
- 2010
- Japan Agency for Cultural Affairs Overseas Study Program for Artists, Berlin, Germany
- 2015
- Based in Gunma, Japan.
Professor, Graduate School of Kyoto University of Arts
CV
- 2008
- The 19th (2008) Gotoh Memorial Culture Award, Art Newcomer Award
- 2006
- The 19th (2008) Gotoh Memorial Culture Award, Art Newcomer Award
- 2003
- Kyoto City University of Arts Art Exhibition, Encouragement Prize, Kyoto, Japan
EXHIBITIONS
- 2023
- Solo exhibition“About the Line” Ginza Tsutaya GINZA ATRIUM (Tokyo, Japan)
- 2022
- Solo exhibition“Lines Kengo Kito Exhibition” Kanagawa Arts Theatre (Kanagawa)
- 2021
- Solo exhibition “big rip” rin art association (Takasaki, Gunma)
WORKS
