I believe that "to paint is to create a determined image," and I aim to make binarized, non-animated paintings, using all kinds of immovable objects, from road signs to the Chichibu Mountains, as models.
I am thinking about the age-old question of the pictoriality of painting in our time.
- TYM344
EDUCATION
2010 Waseda University, B.A. in Literature
SOLO EHIBITIONS
2023 Stop and Go, Night Out Gallery, Tokyo
2022 WHERE IT'S AT, OIL by Bijutsutecho Gallery, Tokyo
2021 Leisure, MEDEL GALLERY SHU, Tokyo
2020 Eye Know Eye Love You Better, The Blank Gallery, Tokyo
2017 Never Understand, Nao Nakamura (Heavysick Zero), Tokyo
Hard / Soft, Nao Nakamura (Faith), Tokyo
Arai No Ai-chan Ten ! 2, Meee Gallery Tokyo, Tokyo
2015 Substance, Shinguku Ganka Art Gallery, Tokyo
Ki No Mi Wa Moto E O2, Gallery Kata/Kombe, Tokyo
2014 Arai No Ai-chan Ten !, Meee Gallery Tokyo, Tokyo
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 Real Artifact, YOD Tokyo, Tokyo
Art Fair Asia Fukuoka 2023, Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka
Aliens 3, Finch Arts, Kyoto
Expression Vol.2, Changting Galley, Tokyo
2022 TOKYO COLOURS, Tokyo Park, London
Ginza Collector's Club, Ginza Six Tsutaya, Tokyo
Jump Jump Tokyo presents ’Tokyo Nights' Vol.4, Block House Gallery, Tokyo
Everyday Melancholic, Artas Gallery, Fukuoka
THE blank GALLERY 10th Anniversary Exhibition “10 YEARS UNPLANNED”, The Blank Gallery, Tokyo
Animal, Changting Gallery, Tokyo
2021 Supermarket Alternative, BnA Alter Musum, Kyoto
Dpi, Kanze Arts, Fukuoka
Towed Collection, Gallery Towed, Tokyo
What Cafe x Delta Exhibition -Expansion-, What Cafe, Tokyo
2020 Glory of 2020, Yumi Adachi Contemporary / Awoba Soh, Tokyo
2019 Un/real Engine, Toda Building, Tokyo
Pack 2019 : Adventure ! Double Cross, Post Territory Ujeongguk, Seoul
Art Folda 00 Skip Tracer, Medel Gallery Shu, Tokyo
Gallery Towed 1st Anniversary Exhibition, Gallery Towed, Tokyo
Tav Gallery 5th Anniversary Exhibition : Mid Core, Tav Gallery, Tokyo
Views and Faces, The Blank Gallery, Tokyo
2018 Gallery Towed Pre-Open Exhibition, Gallery Towed, Tokyo
Nameraka, Tataraba, Tokyo
Kanji Yumisashi : Shigatsu No Ningyo, Genron Chaos*Lounge Gotanda, Tokyo
2017 Parplume University -Fantasia from Top to End-, Gallery Toritachi-No-Ie, Tottori
Shibuya Style vol.11, Seibu Shibuya Art Gallery, Tokyo
Chaos*Lounge 9 Vaper Hell, Billiken Gallery, Tokyo
Ginza 24h Squad, A Building in GInza, Tokyo
2016 Barrackout, Former Matsuda House, Tokyo
Deblis*Lounge, Genron Chaos*Lounge Gotanda, Tokyo
Current War Painting Exhibition, Tav Gallery, Tokyo
Kaiga Kento Kai 2016, Turner Gallery, Tokyo
Kitajima/Kohsuke #13 -Ike To Kaibutsu Hen-, Gallery Kata/Kombe, 東京
Collapse Eve, Former Toshima Ward Office Building, Tokyo
2015 Kitajima/Kohsuke #12 - Hate No Hatsuka No 81-, Gallery Kata/Kombe, Tokyo
52Hz Homing, Shagami Jaku Punch Museum (Nakano Zero), Tokyo
Kitajima/Kohsuke #11 -Taifu No Kureta Table Ni Tsuke-, Gallery Kata/Kombe, Tokyo
Chaos*Lounge 7 Odayaka Ja Nai, Billiken Gallery, Tokyo
52Hz, Shagami Jaku Punch Museum (Kozakuro), Okinawa
Kitajima/Kohsuke #10 -100 Nen Tenso-, Gallery Kata/Kombe, Tokyo
Kitajima/Kohsuke #09 -Wan Q Matsuyama Asu No Uwasa-, Galllery Kata/Kombe, Tokyo
Hilfa!, Gallery Kata/Kombe, Tokyo
Comitia 111, Tokyo Big Site, Tokyo
2014 Kitajima/Kohsuke #08, Gallery Kata/Kombe, Tokyo
Comitia 110, Tokyo Big Site, Tokyo
Kitajima/Kohsuke #07, Gallery Kata/Kombe, Tokyo
Chaos*Lounge Six -Image No Tarikihongan-, Billiken Gallery, Tokyo
Home And Dry, Commune, Tokyo
Kitajima/Kohsuke #06, Gallery Kata/Kombe, Tokyo
Tagboat Artfes 2014, Daihonzan Zojoji, Tokyo
Geisai #20, Tokyo Ryutsu Center, Tokyo
There's No Other Way, Shagami Jaku Punch Museum (Nakano Zero), Tokyo
Kitajima/Kohsuke #05, Gallery Kata/Kombe, Tokyo
2013 Kitajima/Kohsuke #04, Gallery Kata/Kombe, Tokyo
Comitia 106, Tokyo Big Site, Tokyo
Kitajima/Kohsuke #03, Gallery Kata/Kombe, Tokyo
Geisai #19, Tokyo Metropolitan Industry and Trade Center Taito Building, Tokyo
Kitajima/Kohsuke #02, Gallery Kata/Kombe, Tokyo
Geisai #18, Tokyo Metropolitan Industry and Trade Center Taito Building, Tokyo
Kitajima/Kohsuke #01, Gallery Kata/Kombe, Tokyo
TEXTS & PUBLICATION
2022 Tamaka, Ogawa, "Kokuhatsu To Yobareru Mono No Syuuhen De", Aki Shobo
2017 Fuse, Hideto, "Wakaritai ! Gendai Art", Kobunsha Chie No Mori Bunko
"Kaiga Kento Kai 2016 - Archives, Analysis and First Remarks", Art Diver
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Monthly Art Collectors' February Issue
2018 Monthly Art Collectors' October Issue
Bijutsutecho August Special Issue
2017 Fuse, Hideto, "Wakaritai ! Gendai Art", Kobunsha Chie No Mori Bunko
Tsuchiya, Seiichi, "A Collection Of Absent Codes", Bijutsutecho March Issue
2016 Bijutsutecho December Issue
Sawayama, Ryo, "Structure and Poverty", Bijutsutecho September Issue
Fuse, Hideto, "Perth Ga Wakareba Kaiga Ga Wakaru", Kobunsha Shinsho, p. 100 - 102
Bijutsutecho April Issue
Bijutsutecho March Issue
Bijutsutecho February Issue
2015 Sawaragi, Noi, "Nichi Nichi Niche", Bijutsutecho August Issue