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.

Education
2019, MFA Kyoto city university of arts (KCUA), Painting Department, Kyoto, JP
2016 BFA Tōhoku University of Art & Design (TUAD), Fine arts Department, Yamagata JP
Selected solo exhibitions
2023 The Elastic Edges, Ritsuki Fujisaki, Tokyo JP
2022 The Monopolistic Sweet Spots, MAMOTH, London UK
2022 Tools are validated, Tang Contemporary Art, Bangkok ID
2022 黩 Blacken, Hive center for contemporary art 蜂巢当代艺术中心, Beijing CN
2022 被制限的行動、心理電影 Hua art space, Beijing CN
2021 現れるのに勝手はない/ No excuses for showing up LEESAYA, Tokyo JP
2021 Hierarchy of Beasts, Gallery Meme, Seoul KR
2020 In search of...14a, Hamburg, DE
2019 たりない循獣 / Unsatidfied animals of the cycle, Ginza tsutaya, Tokyo JP
2019 IDÉE FIXE, Tong Gallery + Project, Beijing CN
2018 Tiger Poet, Clear gallery, Tokyo JP
2017 THE WOMEN FROM THE GROUND, DNA, N’s art project, Osaka JP
2017 Jungle -7,000,000, Mori Yu gallery, Kyoto JP
2017 Tiger Technique, KCUA, Kyoto JP
Selected Group Exhibition
2023 Care package, Blue Velvet Project, Zürich CH
2022 The Tale of Tales, G Museum 金鹰美术馆, Nanjing CN
2022 Cope, No Gallery, curated by Sven Loven, New York US
2022 Temple, Seventh Gallery, curated by Michael Kennedy, Melbourne AU
2021 Couple of, Hive contemporary art center, Beijing CN
2021 Slow Culture, @KCUA, Kyoto JP
2021 Low Fever, Tang Contemporary Art, Hong Kong HK
2020 COLLECTION AS POEM IN THE AGE OF EPHEMERALITY, X museum, Beijing CN
2020 Y -generation artists, GINZA TSUTAYA ATRIUM, Tokyo JP
2020 A Delinquent Child Having An Out Of Body Experience, THE RESIDENCE GALLERY, London UK
2019 Complete Metamorphosis SuperDutches, NewYork US
2019 Scaffolds of Meaning / 懶音, MINE PROJECT, Hong Kong HK
2019 Feelings for a spider, 4646, Tokyo JP
2019 Amazondom, Pulp, Osaka JP
2019 KUMA EXHIBITION 2019, Spiral, Tokyo JP
2018 Encounters, PDX CONTEMPORARY ARTS, Portland, Oregon US
2018 KUMA EXHIBITION, Spiral, Tokyo, JP
2018 KAISEI, Pehu, Osaka JP
2018 Galerie P38, Paris FR
2018 KG, Tokyo JP
2017 The 4th CAF, prize exhibition, Hillside terrace, Tokyo JP
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)
Basel Social Club (group) 11 — 18 June 2023
NADA Miami (duo) 5 — 9 December 2023
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