Kaito Itsuki
*b. 1993 in Sapporo, Japan
Kaito Itsuki’s oil paintings on canvas display the creation of new mythological figures and fictional organisms. By highlighting the deformity or alienation of these figures, she reflects the process of human self-identification. Her works are characterized by vivid colors and an arrangement of fantastical motifs set within a disquieting atmosphere, including men without faces, cups with faces and subjects that are associated with violence, such as tools with sharp pointed claws.
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Education
2019 MFA Kyoto city university of arts (KCUA), Painting Department, Kyoto, Japan
2016 BFA Tōhoku University of Art & Design (TUAD), Fine arts Department, Yamagata, Japan
Selected solo exhibitions
2023 "The Elastic Edges" Ritsuki Fujisaki, Tokyo
2022 "The Monopolistic Sweet Spots" MAMOTH, London
2022 “Tools are validated” Tang Contemporary Art, Bangkok
2022 黩 Blacken” HIVE CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART, Beijing
2022 "被制限的行動、心理電影" HUA ART SPACE, Beijing
2021 "現れるのに勝手はない/ No excuses for showing up" LEESAYA, Tokyo
2021 "Hierarchy of Beasts" GALLERY MEME, Seoul
2020 "In search of..."14a, Hamburg, Germany
2019 "たりない循獣 / Unsatidfied animals of the cycle", GINZA TSUTAYA, Tokyo
2019 "IDÉE FIXE, Tong Gallery + Project, Beijing
2018 "Tiger Poet", CLEAR GALLERY, Tokyo
2017 "THE WOMEN FROM THE GROUND, DNA", N’s art project, Osaka,
2017 "Jungle -7,000,000", MORI YU GALLERY, Kyoto
2017 "Tiger Technique", KCUA, Kyoto
Selected Group Exhibition
2023 CARE PACKAGE", Blue Velvet Project, Zürich
2022 "The Tale of Tales", G Museum 金鹰美术馆, Nanjing
2022 "Cope", No Gallery, New York, curated by Sven Loven
2022 "Temple", Seventh Gallery, Melbourne, curated by Michael Kennedy
2021 "Couple of", Hive contemporary art center, Beijing
2021 "Slow Culture", @KCUA, Kyoto
2021 "Low Fever", Tang Contemporary Art, Hong Kong
2020 "COLLECTION AS POEM IN THE AGE OF EPHEMERALITY", X museum, Beijing
2020 "Y -generation artists" GINZA TSUTAYA ATRIUM, Tokyo
2020 "A Delinquent Child Having An Out Of Body Experience" THE RESIDENCE GALLERY, London
2019 "Complete Metamorphosis" SuperDutches, NewYork, US
2019 "Scaffolds of Meaning / 懶音", MINE PROJECT, Hong Kong
2019 "Feelings for a spider" 4646, Tokyo, Japan
2019 "Amazondom" Pulp, Osaka, Japan
2019 "KUMA EXHIBITION 2019", Spiral, Tokyo, Japan
2018 "Encounters", PDX CONTEMPORARY ARTS, Portland, Oregon, US
2018 "KUMA EXHIBITION", Spiral, Tokyo, Japan
2018 "KAISEI", Pehu, Osaka, Japan
2018 Galerie P38, Paris, France
2018 KG, Tokyo, Japan
2017 "The 4th CAF prize exhibition" Hillside terrace, Tokyo, Japan
Awards / Honors / Residencies
2022 Art News Japan 30 artists nominated
2021 "30 artist Under 35" by ARTnews Japan nominated
2021 KUMA Foundation grant recipient
2020 The Peter S. Reed Foundation grant recipient
2018 ARTIST’S FAIR KYOTO, Kyoto, Japan
2018 KUMA Foundation scholarship student
2017 KUMA Foundation scholarship student
2017 "Feldstärke International", Hunan University, China
2017 Daegu Art Factory, South Korea
2017 Kyoto Art Center, Japan
2016 "End of summer", Yale Union Contemporary art center, Portland, US
Public collection
Star Museum (Shanghai)
He art Museum (Guangdong)
X Museum (Beijing)
Tōhoku University of Art & Design (Yamagata)
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KAITO Itsuki The monopolistic sweet spots (Mapping of senses), 2022 Oil on canvas 180 x 160 cm
KAITO Itsuki The monopolistic sweet spots (Foot, Whole body), 2023 Oil and charcoal on canvas 224 x 181 cm
KAITO Itsuki Looming Digits (How to catch things), 2023 Oil and charcoal on canvas 180 x 150 cm
KAITO Itsuki Looming Digits (Hiding Tiger tale), 2023 Oil and charcoal on canvas 162 x 130 cm
KAITO Itsuki Tight intelligence (woven belts), 2023 Oil and charcoal on canvas 162 x 130 cm