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鬼頭健吾

Kengo Kito

昭和52(1977)年、愛知県生まれ。名古屋芸術大学絵画科洋画コース卒業、京都市立芸術大学大学院美術研究科油画専攻修了。平成20~21(2008-2009)年、五島記念文化財団の助成を受けニューヨークに滞在。平成22(2010)年には文化庁新進芸術家海外研修員として2年間ベルリンに滞在し、その後もベルリンにて制作活動を続ける。平成27(2015)年に帰国し、現在は群馬県高崎市在住。京都芸術大学教授を務める。

フラフープやシャンプーボトルなど工業製品の現代的なカラフルさと、生命体や宇宙を感じさせるような広がりを融合させた作品で、国内外から高い評価を受ける。

主な個展に、『Maltiple StarI,II,III』(ハラミュージアムアーク、東京/2017)、『Full Lightness』(京都市京セラ美術館、京都/2020)、『big rip』(rin art association、群馬/2021)。グループ展には、『六本木クロッシング 2007:未来への脈動』(森美術館、東京/2007)、『アーティストファイル』(国立新美術館、東京/2011)、『Mono No Aware』(エルミタージュ美術館、ロシア/2013)、『ギホウのヒミツ』(高松市美術館、香川/2019)など。


Born in Aichi, Japan in 1977. Professor of postgraduate course at Kyoto University of the Arts. After graduated from the Department of Oil Painting at Nagoya University of the Arts in 2001, Kito completed his postgraduate studies of oil painting at Kyoto City University of Arts in 2003. In 2008, Kito spent a year in New York as part of the reward program for winning the Goto Memorial Cultural Award, followed by 2 years of creation period in Berlin, Germany.

Kito has been highly acknowledged both domestically and internationally for his works, which often combine contemporary colors found in such industrial products as hula-hoops and shampoo bottles merged with proliferation of organic lives, and expansion of the universe.

His major solo exhibitions include “Multiple StarⅠ,Ⅱ,Ⅲ” at Hara Museum ARC, Gunma in 2017, and “Full Lightness” at Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art, Kyoto in 2020. Other major group exhibitions include “Roppongi Crossing 2007: Future Beats in Japanese Contemporary Art” at Mori Art Museum in 2007, “Artist File” at the National Art Center, “Mono no Aware” at the State Hermitage Museum, Russia in 2013, and “The Secrets of Techniques“ at Takamatsu Art Museum in 2019. In 2021, his latest solo exhibition “big rip” was introduced at rin art association, Gunma.

作品ステートメント

日常的な素材を組み合わせたカラフルなインスタレーション、それは常に「絵画」から派生した作品であり色彩の体験や光の考察の中で生まれている。本展では円形のLEDライトをキャンバスに組み合わせた「絵画」作品に加え、透過性のある電飾看板に着彩した作品を複数ガレージに展示する。


Colorful installations combining everyday materials, which are always derived from “paintings,” are born from the experience of color and the consideration of light. In this exhibition, in addition to “painting” works combining circular LED lights on canvas, several works painted on transparent electric signboards will be exhibited in a garage.