

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.
PROFILE
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 |
Solo Exhibition
2023 | “About the Line” Ginza Tsutaya GINZA ATRIUM (Tokyo, Japan) |
2022 | “Lines Kengo Kito Exhibition” Kanagawa Arts Theatre (Kanagawa) |
2021 | “big rip” rin art association (Takasaki, Gunma) |
Group Exhibition
2022 – 2023 | “MASATO KOBAYASHI + KENGO KITO” MtK Contemporary Art, Kyoto |
2022 | “N/World” MtK Contemporary Art, Kyoto “Study:Osaka Kansai International Art Festival” Grand Front Osaka, Osaka |
Awards
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 |