About

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