A group exhibition, “There Will Be Demons and There Will Be Snakes” will be held at KINOSHO KIKAKU from July 26, 2024 (Fri.).
We look forward to seeing you there.

“There Will Be Demons and There Will Be Snakes”
Shoichi Tsurukawa, Taizo Kuwahata, Takeshi Yamao
Friday, July 26 – Thursday, August 8
Opening hours: 12:00 – 18:00
Closed: Sunday and Monday
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鶴川勝一　Shoichi Tsurukawa

Born in Tokyo, 1984

This work expresses a unique matiere of complex emotional colors by constructing patterns using the traditional technique of tsutsugaki textile printing, and filling the dyed cloth with cotton.

I draw “shields” painted with the colors of life. It is a means of protecting myself from the blades of anxiety, fear, and anger, the emotional scourges that come at me daily.
I believe that these “shields” have the power to heal and to fight, and that they have the power to bring relief, vitality, and imagination to those who see them.
My works may be better understood if you view them as talismans or amulets, with a prayer that the “misfortune” will “go away.

2024 Solo Exhibition “Kakizomeju” / Kinosho Kikaku
2024 ONE ART TAIPEI 2024/Taiwan
2023 Solo Exhibition “Disaster Protection” / Kinosho, Japan
2023 Solo Exhibition “Shoichi Tsurukawa Exhibition” at PAGIC Gallery
2022 Solo Exhibition “Kaiwai” /Kinosho Kikaku, Japan
2021 Two Artists Exhibition “Japanese Pop Culture”, Shibuya Tokyu Main Store, 8th Floor Art Gallery, Shibuya, Tokyo
2019 ART EXPO MALAYSIA 2019/Malaysia
2019 ART ASIA FUKUOKA 2019/Fukuoka
2019 ART BUSAN 2019/Korea
2020 Group Exhibition “RESONANCE EFFECT” / Shinjuku Takashimaya 10F Art Gallery
2017 Group Exhibition “Tokyo Berlin”/Kunstraum-gad BERLIN
2015 Group Exhibition “Evolution 2015″ at Kinosho Kikaku
2014 Group exhibition “Hurricane of the digging kotatsu” / The Artcomplex Center of Tokyo

桑畑泰三　Taizo Kuwahata

1984 Born in Miyazaki Prefecture
2010 Graduated from Saga University, Faculty of Culture and Education, Fine Arts and Crafts Course
2011-16 Worked in Nagashima town, Kagoshima prefecture
Currently resides in Miyazaki Prefecture

Taizo Kuwahata was born in 1984 in Miyazaki Prefecture. He graduated from the Fine Arts and Crafts Course in the Faculty of Culture and Education at Saga University, and resumed his activities as a painter in April 2023 with his first solo exhibition “YOYOKAIJU” at a local gallery in six years. He is pursuing originality that cannot be achieved by either of these alone, under his own coined term “de loli pop,” which is a cross between “de loli,” a term coined by Kishida Ryusei, and “pop culture” such as movies, manga, and anime.

2024 Solo exhibition at Kinosho Kikaku
2023 Solo exhibition at ammonite gallery
2015 Solo exhibition at marcello gallery
2015 Awarded 3rd prize at the 4th Tensai Ichihachi
2014 GEISAI#20 Point Ranking 3rd place
2014 Taizo Kuwabata/Lina Toi “Two Artists Exhibition” at Hidari Zingaro, Tokyo
2014 Liquitex Art Prize 2014, Selected
2012 Incentive Prize, 67th South Japan Art Exhibition
2008 Solo exhibition at Art Complex, Saga, Japan
2008 Selected, Shigeru Aoki Grand Prize Exhibition

ヤマオタケシ　Takeshi Yamao

Born in Nara Prefecture. At the age of 14, he was a social recluse, and he wanted to become a manga artist or illustrator, but at the age of 17, he discovered the world of art through the works of Yoshitomo Nara and Takashi Murakami. He started his career as an artist at overseas art fairs in 2008.

2023 Solo exhibition, “The Way We Are” at Kinosho Kikaku, Tokyo.
2022 Group exhibition (Sway Gallery London/London)
2022 Solo exhibition (Takatsuki Hankyu/Osaka)
2021 Art Expo NY 2021 (New York)
2021 Group exhibition at Sway Gallery London/London
2020 DAEGU Art Fair 2020 (Korea)
2020 ART BUSAN 2020 (Korea)
2019 DAEGU Art Fair 2019 (Korea)
2019 Solo exhibition (Gallery EDEL/Osaka)
2019 KIAF 2019 (Korea)
2019 ART BUSAN 2019 (Korea)
2019 Art Expo NY 2021 (New York)
2019 BAMA 2019 (South Korea)
2019 Group Exhibition at Benjamin’s Art Gallery New York/New York
2018 KIAF 2018 ART SEOUL (South Korea)
2018 BAMA 2018 (South Korea)
2018 ART BUSAN 2018 (South Korea)
2018 Art Expo NY 2018 (New York)
2018 Published in Asahi Newspaper
2018 Art Expo LAS VEGAS 2018 (Las Vegas)
2017 Red dot MIAMI 2017 (Miami)
2017 Salon Art Shopping 2017 (Paris)

Group Exhibition – Even though it never rains in space -” will be held at KINOSHO KIKAKU from Friday, July 5, 2024.
We look forward to seeing you there.

「Even though it never rains in space」
Yuki Kosaka, Taro Yamada, Ayaka Minami, Natsuki Sato
Friday, July 5 – Thursday, July 18
Opening hours: 12:00 – 18:00
Closed Sunday and Monday
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小坂由希　Yuki Kosaka

1985 Born in Saitama Prefecture
2010 Graduated from Tokyo Zokei University, Department of Fine Arts, Painting

Lonely, quiet, but a little bit relieved. I want to depict such a comfortable place and atmosphere. In the space, a girl and mysterious creatures are spending their time quietly. Why don’t you spend a moment together in this comfortable and peaceful world?

山田太郎　Taro Yamada

Born in 2001 in Ibaraki, Japan.
In 2024, I entered the first year of the printmaking course of the graduate school of Musashino Art University.

I create my works while moving back and forth between the realms of two-dimensional expression (painting, printmaking, and digital illustration). Mainly using actual places I have visited as motifs, I contemplate the boundaries between objects between the visible world and the reflected world.

南あやか　Ayaka Minami

Graduated from Kobe Design University and began working in 2016. Based in Kansai, he creates works on the theme of trivial moments of daily emotional turmoil. Published in “ILLUSTRATION 2021″ (Shoei-sha) in 2020.

サトウナツキ　Natsuki Sato

Born in 1992 in Mie Prefecture.
Graduated from Kyoto Seika University, Faculty of Art, majoring in printmaking.

I depict the feelings that arise in daily life and the instability of one’s existence and place in society and environmental changes.
Even if they are negative, I believe that they will be alright, and I hope that my paintings will provide some relief and hope.