Shiki 2017
Yuubae (lumiere du soleil couchant) 夕映え(front), 2019
Kinu Kamura
Diptych 102 x 62 inches
each panel 51 x 31inches
Spray paint on foam paper
Z Gallery Arts, Vancouver, BC
Yuubae (lumiere du soleil couchant) 夕映え (back), 2019
Kinu Kamura
Diptych 102 x 62 inches
each panel 51 x 31inches
Spray paint on foam paper
Z Gallery Arts, Vancouver, BC
abstract.mag, 2017
Spray paint on foam paper
42 x 30 cm (17 x 12 inches)
Kinu Kamura
Z Gallery Arts, Vancouver, BC
art.viewer, 2017
Spray paint on foam paper
42 x 30 cm (17 x 12 inches)
Kinu Kamura
Z Gallery Arts, Vancouver, BC
artfollowers, 2017
Spray paint on foam paper
42 x 30 cm (17 x 12 inches)
Kinu Kamura
Z Gallery Arts, Vancouver, BC
artnet, 2017
Spray paint on foam paper
42 x 30 cm (17 x 12 inches)
Kinu Kamura
Z Gallery Arts, Vancouver, BC
beerslondon, 2017
Spray paint on foam paper
42 x 30 cm (17 x 12 inches)
Kinu Kamura
Z Gallery Arts, Vancouver, BC
c.a.daily, 2017
Spray paint on foam paper
42 x 30 cm (17 x 12 inches)
Kinu Kamura
Z Gallery Arts, Vancouver, BC
collecteurs, 2017
Spray paint on foam paper
42 x 30 cm (17 x 12 inches)
Kinu Kamura
Z Gallery Arts, Vancouver, BC
marlboroughgallery, 2017
Spray paint on foam paper
42 x 30 cm (17 x 12 inches)
Kinu Kamura
Z Gallery Arts, Vancouver, BC
minute16, 2017
Spray paint on foam paper
42 x 30 cm (17 x 12 inches)
Kinu Kamura
Z Gallery Arts, Vancouver, BC
moriartmuseum, 2017
Spray paint on foam paper
42 x 30 cm (17 x 12 inches)
Kinu Kamura
Z Gallery Arts, Vancouver, BC
museeorsay, 2017
Spray paint on foam paper
42 x 30 cm (17 x 12 inches)
Kinu Kamura
Z Gallery Arts, Vancouver, BC
pacegallery, 2017
Spray paint on foam paper
42 x 30 cm (17 x 12 inches)
Kinu Kamura
Z Gallery Arts, Vancouver, BC
yngspc, 2017
Kinu Kamura
Spray paint on foam paper
42 x 30 cm (17 x 12 inches)
Z Gallery Arts, Vancouver, BC
painterspaintingpaintings, 2017
Kinu Kamura
Spray paint on foam paper
42 x 30 cm (17 x 12 inches)
Z Gallery Arts, Vancouver, BC
work2day, 2017
Kinu Kamura
Spray paint on foam paper
42 x 30 cm (17 x 12 inches)
Z Gallery Arts, Vancouver, BC
wuyue5, 2017
Kinu Kamura
Spray paint on foam paper
42 x 30 cm (17 x 12 inches)
Z Gallery Arts, Vancouver, BC
museelouvre & pacegallery, 2017
Kinu Kamura
38 x 27cm (15 x 11inches)
Spray paint on foam paper, photography printed on paper
Z Gallery Arts, Vancouver, BC
Saatchiart & Palaisinstaresidency, 2017
Kinu Kamura
51 x 37 cm (15 x 19inches)
Spray paint on foam paper, photography printed on paper
Z Gallery Arts, Vancouver, BC
Sothebys, 2017
Kinu Kamura
37 x 47cm (15 x 19inches)
Spray paint on foam paper, photography printed on paper
Z Gallery Arts, Vancouver, BC
Bloom of youth, 2017
Kinu Kamura
120 x 92cm(47 x 36 in)
Spray paint, acrylic, inkjet on canvas
Z Gallery Arts, Vancouver, BC
Clear Skies, 2017
Kinu Kamura
120 x 92cm(47 x 36 in)
Spray paint, acrylic, inkjet on canvas
Z Gallery Arts, Vancouver, BC
My Hurricane, 2017
Kinu Kamura
120 x 92cm(47 x 36 in)
Spray paint, acrylic, inkjet on canvas
Z Gallery Arts, Vancouver, BC
Blast, 2017
Kinu Kamura
120 x 92cm(47 x 36 in)
Spray paint, acrylic, inkjet on canvas
Z Gallery Arts, Vancouver, BC
Overcast Day, 2017
Kinu Kamura
120 x 92cm(47 x 36 in)
Spray paint, acrylic, inkjet on canvas
Z Gallery Arts, Vancouver, BC
Fuyuzora (ciel d’hiver)冬空 （front), 2019
Kinu Kamura
Diptych 102 x 62inches
each panel 51 x 31inches
Spray paint on foam paper
Z Gallery Arts, Vancouver, BC
Fuyuzora (ciel d’hiver)冬空 （back) ,2019
Kinu Kamura
Diptych 102 x 62 inches
each panel 51 x 31 inches
Spray paint on foam paper
Z Gallery Arts, Vancouver，BC
Sold
Jacquemus FW1617 + Béton ciré, 2016
numeric collage (3 panels 1 x 1 m)
100 × 300 cm (39.3 × 118.1 in)
Kinu Kamura Paris, France
Z Gallery Arts, Vancouver, BC
Barbe à Papa, 2016
numeric collage
100 × 70 cm (39.3 × 27.5 in)
Kinu Kamura Paris, France
Z Gallery Arts, Vancouver, BC
Mme Aki, 2016
numeric collage
100 × 70 cm (39.3 × 27.5 in)
Kinu Kamura Paris, France
Z Gallery Arts, Vancouver, BC
sold
Tragicomdy, 2016
numeric collage | plexiglass
100 × 70 cm (39.3 × 27.5 in)
Kinu Kamura Paris, France
Z Gallery Arts, Vancouver, BC
sold
Le Nuage et Soulages, 2016
28cm × 20cm (11 in × 7.8 in)
Acrylique, encre, collage
Kinu Kamura Paris, France
Z Gallery Arts, Vancouver, BC
sold
La tête dans les nuages, 2016
28cm x 20cm (11 in x 7.8 in)
Acrylique, encre, collage
Kinu Kamura Paris, France
Z Gallery Arts, Vancouver, BC
sold
La tête dans Soulages, 2016
Acrylique, encre, collage
28 x 20 cm (11 in x 7.8 in)
Kinu Kamura Paris, France
Z Gallery Arts, Vancouver, BC
Hermès WSS2016 + Central Saint Martins, 2016
numeric collage (3 panels 1 x 1 m)
100 × 300 cm (39.3 × 118.1 in)
Kinu Kamura Paris, France
Z Gallery Arts, Vancouver, BC
Angel Chen SS16 + Jade ceramic, 2016
numeric collage (3 panels 1 x 1 m)
100 × 300 cm (39.3 × 118.1 in)
Kinu Kamura Paris, France
Z Gallery Arts, Vancouver, BC
Not available
By the River
2013
Acrylique sur toile
55 x 92 cm (diptyque)
Kinu Kamura Paris, France
Z Gallery Arts, Vancouver, BC
Born in Paris, France
Lives and works in Paris, France
Education
2011-2012
– BEAUX ARTS DE PARIS: External courses: Traditional oil painting techniques/Art History
2009-2011
– CENTRAL SAINT MARTINS: Bachelor with Honors, Fine Art Degree
2008-2009
– PARSONS NEW SCHOOL OF DESIGN: Fine Art Degree, Painting/2D
2007-2008
– ATELIER DE SÈVRES: Art Foundation School
2006-2007
– BEAUX ARTS DE PARIS: External courses: Art history courses
2006
– SNG, Shinjuku Nihongo Gakkō (Tokyo): Japanese language school
2003-2006
– SCIENCE BACCALAURÉAT DEGREE: Charlemagne high school
Exhibitions
2018
-May 2019, Post Matter, solo exhibition, Vancouver. Z Gallery Arts
-July 2018, SCRIMS & BLURS Group show, New York. Los Sures Museum
-May – July 2018, Residency Unlimited, New York. Artist residency program
– May 2018, Z Gallery Arts @ Art New York presented by Art Miami
-March 2018, Z Gallery Arts @ Scope Art Fair, New York
-December 2018, Group show Alter Urbain at Galerie Joseph, Paris
2017
-Z Gallery Arts @ Context Art Miami, Miami, Fl
– June 15th 2017 – July 31st 2017: Shiki, Z Gallery Arts, Vancouver [Solo Exhibition]
2016
– November: EARLYWORK.COM, Paris [Group Show “Binôme”]
2016
– May: ODONART.COM, Paris [Group Show]
2015
– November: SAATCHI ONLINE, USA [Nominated “Artist of the Day” by Saatchi Online team]
2011
– June: CENTRAL SAINT MARTINS SCHOOL, London [Group Show: Degree Show]
2009
– June: PARSONS PARIS NEW SCHOOL OF DESIGN, Paris [Group Show: Degree Show]
POST MATTER | KINU KAMURA
Artist Reception: Thursday, May. 16th 2019, 6 PM – 8 PM
On View: May 16th – June 30th, 2019
Location: 102 – 1688 West 1st Avenue, Vancouver, BC Canada V6J 1G1
Contact: [email protected]
Gallery Hours: Fri – Sat, 11am – 5pm
And by Appointment
Fuyuzora (ciel d’hiver) 冬空 (front), 2019
Spray paint on foam paper
Diptych 102 x 62 inches (260 x 158 cm)
each panel 51 x 31 inches (130 x 79 cm)
Z Gallery Arts, Vancouver, BC
In this era of social media and cameras on mobile devices, it seems the value of an image and its subject matter aren’t as strong as our craze for taking « snaps ». It seems everything has to be documented for some reason and shared online, generally with so little, if any, explanation, resulting in just an abyss of visual recordings.
When considering the latter, can we still take for granted the images we are looking at? How this overconsumption of images has affected the way we look at pictures? How much are we influenced by what we see? The eye no longer lingers on “watching” but just “seeing” a constant stream of images which at the end becomes unreadable if not blurry. Being an artist and short-sighted, this visual world is more than ever a source of inspiration.
Post Matter reveals how the line between Appropriations and inspiration has become so thin and confusing indeed. Screenshots of Instagram accounts related to art (artist, gallery or museum) and representing others’ artworks are roughly reproduced into simple and blurry compositions: blocs of colours and shapes.
This project is also an attempt to understand and analyse (re) interpretations of an artwork nowadays, addressing, therefore, the fundamental but challenged elements of the contemporary art world, that is the paternity of the work, authenticity, creativity, intellectual property.
BIOGRAPHY
Born in 1988, Kinu Kamura is a young French-Japanese artist. She spent most of her studies abroad between Tokyo, Paris and London. She attended the Parsons School Paris and got graduated from the Central Saint Martins in 2011.
After her degree, Paris is finally the place where the artist decides to settle. She discovers and works in a different field such as digital marketing for luxury brands and film production.
All these experiences have inspired her artistic process and make it what it is today.
Nearsighted since childhood, she finds in the fussiness surrounding her, a way to feed her imagination. Everything she sees and feels must be materialized and then reintroduced into the real world. Using a variety of media, her work is built through direct inspiration from her experiences and introspection. Motivated by a real need to understand and learn, her paintings and installations contain all kinds of unconscious analyzes, inexpressible sensations and emotions that can only be conveyed by colors, shapes and textures.
The world apart from that Kinu Kamura creates is open to free interpretation and that is certainly why she practices abstraction. This is how she materializes her unique perception of the world surrounding her while allowing the viewer to construct his own interpretation. Her work is a form of non-verbal language, reading of being, accessibility to oneself for others: a kind of second skin. She compares it to the way we dress to show us. It tells the world who we can and would like to be in all situations of life and allows us to make ourselves accessible to those who see us.
Kinu Art Bio & Statement
Kinu Kamura
