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Kisho Kakutani

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Kisho Kakutani (b. 1993, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan) completed his PhD in Japanese Painting at Tokyo University of the Arts in 2022. Using everyday snapshots taken with his smartphone as source material, he creates paintings that explore the ambiguity of memory and visual perception. In series such as Frosted Window and Curtain, Kakutani deliberately obscures parts of the image with visual noise resembling frosted glass or curtains, inviting viewers to complete what is unseen through their own memories and imagination. His practice reconsiders the act of seeing in an age of visual overload, positioning painting as a device through which new images can emerge in the viewer’s mind.

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Kisho Kakutani Born in Kobe, Hyogo, Japan in 1993. Kakutani completed his doctoral studies in Japanese Painting at Tokyo University of the Arts in 2022, receiving a PhD in Fine Arts. Selected Solo Exhibitions 2026 — Contours of the Landscape, SHIKISAISHA GALLERY, Tokyo 2025 — Realm of Dispersal, Whitestone Gallery, Taipei 2025 — FOG, MU GALLERY 2025 — The Ambiguity of Memory, JING YI YUAN HUI ART GALLERY, Beijing 2023 — White Night, Courtyard HIROO, Tokyo 2023 — Medium and Protective Wall, Ginza Tsutaya Books / SHIKISAISHA GALLERY, Tokyo Selected Group Exhibitions & Art Fairs 2026 — Intersection 2026 — A Swimming Soul, Whitestone Gallery, Seoul 2026 — ART BUSAN 2025 — ART021 SHANGHAI 2025 — ART TAIPEI 2025 — Kiaf SEOUL 2025 — Beijing Dangdai Art Fair 2024 — ONE ART TAIPEI 2023 — ART FAIR TOKYO

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