Photographer:Min Kyung Choi
果乃子 / Kanoko
アーティスト / Artist
東京都在住 / Tokyo, Japan
Kanoko is a Tokyo-based artist who mainly works in photography, painting, illustration, and mixed media. After studying business administration at university, she learned the techniques of Italian classical painting restoration. Her works depict various cultures, from mythology to rock music which lives of modern people. She had influenced by the UK music scene, which she became fascinated with during her university years studying languages while living in the UK. Her characteristic style is cynical and melancholy, with a talent for hidden suggestive expressions, conveying the fragile relationships of people with a lingering air reveals. She currently focuses on photographic expression, capturing the beloved entities that coexist in parallel lines of daily life through her eyes.
Her major exhibitions include Kanoko.A PHOTO EXHIBITION “ISOCHROM” 2024(Tokyo), 2B & H 2024 at LE DÉCO,2024(Tokyo), Kanoko.A PHOTO EXHIBITION “ISOCHROM” displayed in a corner of the event “Monthly”,2024(Tokyo), PHOTO EXHIBITION “Su” 2023(Tokyo), MONO GRAPHY × K2+ Special Collaboration Event Ginza Snapshot Photo Exhibition 2023(Tokyo), Tambourin Gallery’s “Human Museum 2018” (Tokyo), and the complete sell-out of her works sold through her webshop in 2019.
Kanokoは主に写真、絵画、イラストレーション、Mixed Mediaの分野で活動する東京在住のアーティストである。大学で経営学を学んだ後、イタリア古典絵画修復の技術を学ぶ。神話からロックまで様々な文化を現代の日常を生きる人々として描く。英国文化、フランス映画、ポーランド映画、特に大学時代、語学を学んだ英国滞在時に傾倒したUKミュージックシーンから受けた影響が大きく 、シニカルでメランコリックな作風を特徴とする。隠された暗示的表現も得意とし、 どこか灰色な空気感で人々の危うい愛の関係性を表現する。現在は写真表現に力を入れており、日常の平行線世界で同時に存在する愛しいものたちを彼女の目を通して写し出している。
主な展示は、2024年 Kanoko.A PHOTO EXHIBITION “ISOCHROM” at MONO GRAPHY CAMERA & ART (Tokyo) 、PHOTO EXHIBITION “ISOCHROM” をイベント『月いち』にて展示(Tokyo) 、2B & H 2024 at LE DÉCO (Tokyo) 、2023年 PHOTO EXHIBITION『ず』(Tokyo)、MONO GRAPHY × K2+ スペシャルコラボレーションイベント Ginza Snapshot Photo Exhibition 2023(Tokyo)、2018年タンバリンギャラリーHuman Museum 2018(Tokyo)など。2019年ウェブショップで販売した作品が完売となる。
SOLO EXHIBITIONS | |
2024 | Kanoko.A PHOTO EXHIBITION “ISOCHROM” at MONO GRAPHY CAMERA & ART(TOKYO) |
GROUP EXHIBITIONS & EVENTS | |
2024 | 2B & H 2024 at LE DÉCO, Tokyo |
2024 | Kanoko.A PHOTO EXHIBITION “ISOCHROM” displayed in a corner of the event『月いち』,Tokyo |
2023 | PHOTO EXHIBITION『ず』,Tokyo |
2023 | MONO GRAPHY × K2+ Special Collaboration Event Ginza Snapshot Photo Exhibition,Tokyo |
2018 | Tambourin Gallery Presents “Human Museum 2018”, Tokyo |
2011 | “The Libertines reunited club party”, Tokyo |
2006 | “la Mastra dei Restaure dei Dipinti”, Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse, Yokohama |
COLLABORATION WORKS | |
2019 | Kanoko x CREDO healing / All works were sold out. |