Kisho Kakutani

Kisho Kakutani defines his creation as "the tool that allows people to imagine." 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.

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.

Born in Kobe in 1993, Kakutani completed the doctoral course in Japanese Painting and received Ph.D. in Fine Arts. at the Tokyo University of the Arts in 2022.