KUKITA Akane

Profile

Born in 1987 in Aichi. Lives and works in Chiba. Enrolled in a PhD course of the Graduate School of Intermedia Art, Tokyo University of the Arts.

Recent exhibitions:
2024 ‟Trolls in the Park 2024,” Zenpukuji Park, Tokyo
2023 ‟Nakanojo Biennale 2023,” Yamase, Gunma, Japan
2021 "SICF22," Spiral Hall, Tokyo
2021 "3331 ART FAIR 2021," 3331 Arts Chiyoda, Tokyo
2021 "TOKAS-Emerging 2021 'Distorted Symmetry,'" Tokyo Arts and Space Hongo
2020 ‟Trolls in the Park 2021,” Zenpukuji Park, Tokyo
2018 ‟ARTS SAITAMA KITAMACHI Vol.4,” several venues in Saitama
2017 ‟KOSUDO ART PROJECT 2017,” several venues in Niigata
2017 ‟one leaf, one Loop,” ART TRACE Gallery, Tokyo
2016 ‟Masayuki Tokunaga and Akane Kukita: Spreading Light, Growing Fragments,” Gallery YUME's Tsuzuki, Tokyo
2013 ‟Nakanojo Biennale 2013,” Isama Studio, Gunma

Recent awards:
2015 Selected at ‟The 5th Innovative Artist exhibition” by Kawaguchi Art Gallery
2014 Selected at ‟Tokyo Wonder Wall 2014” by Tokyo Wonder Site (currently Tokyo Arts and Space) 

About works

Kukita creates figurative works mainly using decorative and natural objects. In recent years, she has been considering ornamentation as “nature inherent in man-made objects,” and her theme is to find the life force inherent in ornamentation through handcrafted work. On this basis, she incorporates precise, mathematical and artificial images as well as abstract, rough images that give a sense of handiwork in her work, which is presented in a variety of media.