Kenji MAKIZONO was born in Fukuoka. He is based in Fukuoka, Japan. In recent years, he has done projects in South Korea and Taiwan. Using interviews and collaborations as a core methodology of his work. He seeks to confront the history and social systems hidden in everyday life that he has learned from his interactions with people, mainly the various problems posed by modernization and nuclear energy, as well as Japan’s ongoing responsibility for the World War II.
Solo Exhibitions
| 2017 |
Cultural Park, Soulangh Cultural Park, Tainan, Taiwan Counting Dreams, Himeshima Island, Fukuoka, Japan |
| 2015 | hari / pass, art space tetra, Fukuoka, Japan |
| 2013 | morning, art space tetra, Fukuoka, Japan |
| 2012 | news, Studio Kura, Fukuoka, Japan |
Group Exhibitions
| 2021 |
Jakarta Biennale 2021 – ESOK, National Museum of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia Itoshima International Art Festival 2021: Itoshima Arts Farm – Human Scale, Studio Kura, Fukuoka, Japan |
| 2020 |
Immediacy of Image, Idealoka Gallery Virtual Space, Bandung, Indonesia Kyushu New Art, Hankyu Department Store Hakata, Fukuoka, Japan Why, (k)not? Kyushu Fragments vol.1, art space tetra, Fukuoka, Japan |
| 2019 |
Fictional Organic, Daecheong Ho Museum of Art, Cheongju, Korea Foreshadows, Tokyo Arts and Space, Tokyo, Japan 3331 ART FAIR 2019, 3331 Arts Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2018 |
Exchange, Taitung Art and Culture Center, Taitung, Taiwan Day of Bathing with Art, Complex Cultural Space Haenghwatang, Seoul, Korea Itoshima International Art Festival 2016: Itoshima Arts Farm, Studio Kura Residence 3, Fukuoka, Japan 18th ASIAN ART Biennale Bangladesh 2018 (curator: Mahbubur Rahman), National Academy of Fine and Performing Arts, Dhaka, Bangladesh The Art of Travel, MMCA Residency Goyang, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Goyang, Korea Pecha Cucha Link up project 2, art space tetra, Fukuoka, Japan |
| 2017 | Barehands Asian Artist Residency Project, Kuala Lumpur 2017, Vol 1., National Visual Arts Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| 2016 |
Itoshima International Art Festival 2016: Itoshima Arts Farm, Studio Kura Residence 3, Fukuoka, Japan FULL CONTACT, art space tetra, Fukuoka, Japan Views of Chikugo — Exploring Primal Scenes, Kyushu Geibun Kan Museum, Fukuoka, Japan |
| 2014 | Itoshima International Art Festival 2014: Itoshima Arts Farm, Fukuoka, Japan |
| 2013 |
Jog Video Art Exhibition, Shilpakala Academy, Chittagong, Bangladesh Open Kura 2103 Summer, Matsue Gonkuro Shrine, Fukuoka, Japan |
| 2012 |
OGA AP studio Exhibition 6, OGA AP Studio, Fukuoka, Japan Itoshima International Art Festival 2012: Itoshima Arts Farm, Itoshima Arts Farm, Fukuoka, Japan |
| 2011 | EYEBREAKER Short Documentary Festival, art space tetra, Fukuoka, Japan |
Artist-in-residence program
| 2018 |
Craft Taitung (2018 International Craft and Design Exchange Program), Taitung, Taiwan MMCA Residency Goyang, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea |
| 2017 |
Taipei Artist Village (TAV × Soulangh Artist Village Exchange Residency Program), Taipei, Taiwan Soulangh Artist Village, Tainan, Taiwan Studio Tikus: Samsudin Wahab’s studio (Barehands Asian Artist Residency Project 2017), Shah Alam, Malaysia |
| 2013 | Jog Alternative Art Space (Jog Media Art Residency Program 2013), Chittagong, Bangladesh |
Grants and Fellowships
| 2019 | Grant for exhibition 2019 CMOA Daecheong Ho Museum of Art, Cheongju, Korea (with Dohee Kim and Luo Jr-Shin) |
| 2018 | Tokyo Arts and Space (TOKAS) Exchange Program: Tokyo-Seoul |
| 2017 | AIR in Tainan selected artist, Taiwan |
Ongoing Projects and Activities
2012 to present: participating artist and co-organizer of Itoshima International Art Festival: Itoshima Arts Farm, Fukuoka, Japan
Itoshima Arts Farm, held since 2012 once every two years in rural environment, Itoshima city in Fukuoka. It is organized by not only artists, but people such as programmers, musicians, dancers, and researchers.
2016 to present: a member of Asian Arts Air FUKUOKA, Fukuoka, Japan
Conducting a talk event focusing on visiting Asian artists.
2012 to 2021: a member of art space tetra, Fukuoka, Japan