鬼頭健吾 Kengo KITO
Artist / Director of MtK Contemporary Art
Born in 1977, Aichi Japan. Earned MFA in painting at Kyoto City University of the Arts in 2003.
Kengo Kito has created large-scale installations incorporating ready-made objects, such as fabrics, ribbons, strings, and mirrors. In "Untitled (hula-hoop)," featured at the Hudson River Museum in New York in 2023, the artist interconnected hundreds of vibrant hula hoops and integrated them throughout the exhibition space. Similarly, "Ghost Flowers," unveiled at the Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art in 2020, showcased thousands of hand mirrors reflecting images of flowers. Kito has delved into expanding the meanings embedded within an array of ready-made materials.
It is worth noting that Kito considers this arrangement of ready-made objects in space as akin to the process of painting. The artist’s exploration encompasses the dynamic interplay of color, form, and light in both installation and painting contexts. The new series of paintings presented in this exhibition are not conceived as standalone paintings but rather as installations. By seamlessly transitioning between elements of both disciplines, the artist blurs the boundaries between painting and installation, fostering interaction between them.
Major exhibitions include "Unity on the Hudson" at the Hudson River Museum, NY, U.S. (2023), "Lines" at KAAT Kanagawa Art Theatre, Kanagawa, Japan (2022), "RECONNECTING" at Japan House, Los Angeles, CA, U.S. (2021), "DOMANI: The Art of Tomorrow Exhibition 2021" at The National Art Center, Tokyo, Japan (2021), and "Full Lightness" at Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art, Kyoto, Japan (2020).
In March of 2021, he has founded MtK Contemporary Art, a commercial gallery, where he is also the director.
1977 Born in Aichi, Japan2001 BFA in painting at Nagoya University of the Arts
2003 MFA in painting at Kyoto City University of the Arts
Recent Solo Exhibitions
2023
Unity on the Hudson, Hudson River Museum, NY, U.S.
2022
KAAT EXHIBITION 2022 Kengo Kito Exhibition-Lines, KAAT Kanagawa Art Theatre
2021
RECONNECTING, Japan House, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.
Untitled (hula-hoop), The Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo, Japan
2020
Full Lightness, Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art, Kyoto, Japan
"Kengo Kito: Full Lightness" Exhibition Catalog
Published by Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art, 2020
2017MULTIPLE STAR I-III, Hara Museum ARC Gallery A, Gunma, Japan
YCC Temporary KENGO KITO, Yokohama Creativecity Center, Kanagawa, Japan
N/World, MtK Contemporary Art, Kyoto, Japan
Study: Osaka Kansai International Art Festival 2022, Grand Front Osaka, Osaka, Japan
2021
Kyoto Perspective, ANB Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
DOMANI: The Art of Tomorrow Exhibition 2021,The National Art Center, Tokyo, Japan
Looking at Pictures: 5 Artists and the Collection of the Museum of Modern Art, Gunma, The Museum of Modern Art, Gunma, Japan
2019
The Secrets of Techniques: With O JUN, Kengo Kito, & Taro Tabuchi, Takamatsu Art Museum, Kagawa, Japan
Aichi Art Chronicle 1919-2019, Aichi Arts Center, Aichi, Japan
Artists Fair Kyoto 2018, The Museum of Kyoto Annex, Kyoto, Japan 2017 Art is Science, Karuizawa New Art Museum, Nagano, Japan
