ABOUT

Artists

Teppei Kaneuji, Kengo Kito, UJINO



Teppei Kaneuji
(Roppongi Hill)

Photo: Kotori Kawashima

Born in Kyoto in 1978 and is currently living there. Completed a Masters in sculpture in the Graduate School of Arts of the Kyoto City University of Arts in 2003 and became a Lecturer in the Sculpture Course at the same university. Among his solo exhibitions are “Teppei Kaneuji Exhibition: Melting City / Empty Forest” (Yokohama Museum of Art, 2009), “Towering Something” (Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, 2013), “Teppei Kaneuji’s Mercator Membrane” (Marugame Genichiro-Inokuma Museum of Contemporary Art, 2016). While expanding his range in the techniques of collage, his artistic expression ranges over a wide variety of media, including painting, sculpture, photography, video, installations, performances and theaters.

Left: Holes & Buildings (Marugame), 2016 Installation view: Marugame Genichiro-Inokuma Museum of Contemporary Art, 2016 Photo: Patrick Tsai
Center: Tower (THEATER), 2017 Installation view: “KYOTO EXPERIMENT,” ROHM Theatre Kyoto, 2017 Photo: Moriya Yuki
Right: White Discharge (Built-up Objects / Beijing), 2013 Installation view: Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, 2013

Kengo Kito
(The National Art Center, Tokyo)

Photo: Ohki Futoshi

Born in 1977 in Aichi Prefecture, he is currently living in Takasaki City, Gunma Prefecture. In 2003 he completed his postgraduate studies in the Oil Painting Department at Kyoto City University of Arts and became an Associate Professor at Kyoto University of Art and Design. In 1999 he launched and participated in the management of “art space dot“, a space managed by the artists themselves, and began to be active as an artist while still a student at Nagoya University of the Arts. Among his solo exhibitions are “Migration Kaiyu” (The Museum of Modern Art, Gunma, 2015) and “Kengo Kito Multiple Star” (Hara Museum of Contemporary Art ARC, 2017). Using hula hoops, threads, mirrors and other everyday, readymade goods he expresses himself in a wide variety of media, including installations, paintings, sculptures and videos.

Left: Intersteller, 2016 Photo: Okawara Hikari
Center: eraser cave, 2017 Installation view: “YCC Temporary Kengo Kito,” YCC Yokohama Creativecity Center, 2017 Photo: Kigure Shinya
Right: untitled (hula-hoop), 2017 Installation view: ”Multiple Star I,” Hara Museum ARC, 2017 Photo: Kigure Shinya

UJINO
(Tokyo Midtown)

Photo by NIDIN SANCHES Courtesy of YAMAMOTO GENDAI

Born in Tokyo in 1964 and is currently living there. He graduated with a B.A. in Department of Crafts, Tokyo University of the Arts. Among his solo exhibitions are “Ujino and the Rotators” (Hayward Gallery Project Space, 2009) and “Lives in Japan” (Yamamoto Gendai, 2018). He also participated in the Yokohama Triennale 2017. Based on his “material world research” into the mass consumption society of the second half of the 20th Century, he reconstructs everyday techniques and objects, including musical instruments, furniture, home appliances, cars and used records, in his work on The Rotators, a project that combines sound, sculpture and performance to redefine contemporary culture.

Left: VERTICAL PLYWOOD CITY, 2011 Installation view: “MAM Collection 005: Recycle and Build,” Mori Art Museum, 2017 Photo: Kioku Keizo
Center: THE BALLAD OF EXTENDED BACKYARD,THE HOUSE, 2015 Installation view:MASK(Mega Art Storage Kitakagaya) 2013 Photo: Nakagawa Ai
Right: DRAGON HEAD, 2013 Installation view: “POP / LIFE,” The Hakone Open-Air Museum, Hakone, 2013 Photo: M. KUROKAWA ©UJINO Courtesy of YAMAMOTO GENDAI