MANABU KISHIMOTO​

Contemporary Artist

1990 Born in Minamikawachi-gun, Osaka, Japan Lives and works in Tokyo, Japan

Graduated from Rikkyo University, Department of Visual Arts, Faculty of Contemporary Psychology

 

With the theme of "the contours of the ambiguous," he attempts to deconstruct and reconstruct the things that have been divided and categorized by the "visualization" of digital society.

He questions the framework of categorization, based on the gradation of human beings and their emotions, which cannot be expressed in black and white.

 

Influenced by his experience as a graphic designer and the expressions of animation, manga, and street culture, he sublimates them and incorporates them into his unique expressions.

 

He uses the "Togidashi" technique of lacquer painting, in which layers of acrylic paint are applied and then scraped off to create his works.

 

 

【Solo Exhibitions】

2021 Yachiyo Exhibition / Sushi Place Yachiyo Yotsuya Sohonten / Tokyo, Japan

2020 New Normal / JOINT HARAJUKU / Tokyo, Japan

 

【Group Exhibition】

2022 May Flowers ~ Flower Exhibition 2022 ~ /between the arts gallery / Tokyo

2022 GINZA ART FEST "Artist! Artist! Artist! Artist! " Matsuya Contemporary Art Selection / Matsuya Ginza / Tokyo

2022 EYES Portrait show by Emerging Artists / MEDEL GALLERY SHU ▶︎︎, Tokyo

2021 100 nin 10 / Shinwa Auction / Tokyo

2021 GRADATION / Shibuya PARCO ComMunE 

2021 artworks fukuoka / Whask / Fukuoka ▶︎︎

2020 Independent Tokyo2020 / Tokyo Metropolitan Industrial Trade Center / Tokyo, Japan

2020 100 din 10 / Nihonbashi Logs Building / Tokyo, Japan

2019 Encounters and More Exhibition / Yonataya / Fukuoka, Japan