Japanese artist KINJO was born in 1990. His family in Okinawa. The
artist grew up in Tokyo since childhood. As loving skateboarding,
KINJO uses street graffiti elements as basement, combines
abstractionism, impressionism, light and shadow elements to create
different series of works, such as “Eyes Shining in the Dark”,
“Colorful Snake” and “Cereal package”. The fuzzy contour and childlike lines show the
artist’s avant-garde creative style.
The artist is good at social observation. He notice that the number
of exposures to corporate advertisements and product visuals flooded
by various media far exceed opportunities to visit art exhibitions
in his daily life. Serie “Cereal package” are derived from KINJO’s childhood memories. When KINJO was a child,
Grandparents often gave the artist some American or foreign goods that
he had never seen before. These items impressed the
artist. Based on the creation of the “Cereal”, a rare western product in
childhood memory, and developing the “Cereal Packaging” series. KINJO
attempts to re-examine the relationship between prints, paintings,
design and art in modern society.
“From your own standpoint, relax and re-examine the long-pending
problems.”-KINJO
The “Eyes Shining in the Dark” series of works, which presented in
an abstract style, uses peculiar symbols and abstract concepts,
through repetitive actions and colors on “drawing and covering” to
reconcile each other. The skills make the image feel like shaking,
as if memory is projected through the artwork. The series of works
try to convey that everyone has a stage where they are quite
concerned about the opinions from others. Yet when you try to face
the viewpoints that you fear, you will find that you are not as
fearful as you think. In the current era of tense environment, image
pressure, and flood of public opinion, KINJO have also put forward a
life philosophy such explosions information era: From your own
standpoint, relax and re-examine the long-pending problems.
CV
2023
- PLACE,Tokyo International Gallery,Tokyo,Japan
- INSIDER:PRIVATE WORLD OF COLLECTORS,GIN HUANG Gallery,Taichung,Taiwan
- Teansparent Gardener-KINJO solo exhibition,YIRI ARTS,Taipei,Taiwan
- KINJO solo exhibition,GIN HUANG Gallery,Taichung,Taiwan
2022
- ART TAIPEI,Taipei,Taiwan
- KINJO solo exhibition,Hey River Snake C’mon,PARCEL,Tokyo,Japan
- KINJO solo exhibition,BLIND GAZE,YIRI ARTS,Taipei,Taiwan
- KINJO exhibition,(IT FOLLOWS YOU)EVERYWHERE,imo.book,Tokyo,Japan
- Group exhibition,Crossing Memories-記憶の合流地點,Marco Gallery,Osaka,Japan
- Group exhibition,out of bank,MAT gallery,Tokyo,Japan
- GRAY AREA,Marco gallery,Osaka,Japan
2021
-
KINJO Solo Show: OVER THE BRIDGE, GIN HUANG Gallery, Taichung (07. 18
– 08. 28)
- PEDDLER, Osaka (07. 01 – 07. 31)
- Border (境界線), Osaka (04. 24 – 04. 30 )
- Art Tainan 2021, GIN HUANG Gallery (03. 11 – 03. 14 )
- Solo Show, GIN HUANG Gallery, Taichung
-
YAMBARU ART FESTIVAL (やんばるアートフェスティバル) 2020-2021,
Okinawa (01. 23 – 02. 21)
2020
- ARAKAWA GARDENDER, OIL by 美術手帖, Tokyo (11. 05 – 11. 18)
- UNDER THE BRIDGE, PARCEL, Tokyo (09. 08 – 09.18)
- Useless Knife, Caroline Diner, Tokyo (03. 07 – 03.15)
2008