KISHO KAKUTANI KISHO KAKUTANI

KISHO KAKUTANI

KISHO KAKUTANI
KISHO KAKUTANI

Kisho Kakutani defines his creation as "the tool that allows people to imagine." Depictions resembling the "frosted glass" in the "Frosted Window series" and the "curtain" in the "Curtain series" function as "noise," where the work and the gaze of others intertwine. This sense of incompatibility stimulates the viewer's imagination; conversely, it evokes scenes in their mind's eye and forms a unique "reality" that each one holds. Kakutani's landscapes, which embrace ambiguity by using the blurred characteristics of snapshots or adopting mediums with high water content, quietly capture the viewer's everyday life while simultaneously hinting at the ongoing state of Japan at its core.

 

Born in Kobe in 1993, Kakutani completed the doctoral course in Japanese Painting at the graduate school of the Tokyo University of the Arts in 2022 (Ph.D. in Fine Arts).

ARTWORKS

ARTICLES

GALLERY EXHIBITIONS

MAJOR EXHIBITIONS, COLLECTIONS

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2025
“Realm of Dispersal”, Solo Exhibition (Taipei / Whitestone Gallery Taipei)
“Imprinting”, Kisho Kakutani × Hitomi Endo, Two-Person Exhibition (Tokyo / Whitestone Ginza New Gallery)
“FOG”, Solo Exhibition (Tokyo / MU GALLERY)
2024
“The torrent in seconds”, Kisho Kakutani × Yudai Takeuchi, Two-Person Exhibition (Tokyo / Whitestone Ginza New Gallery)
“Un certain regard”, Two-Person Exhibition (Busan / SEOJUNG ART)
2023
“Medium and Protective Barrier”, Solo Exhibition (Tokyo / Ginza Tsutaya Books, Shikisai-sha)
“White Night”, Solo Exhibition (Tokyo / Courtyard HIROO)

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