ARTIST INFO

Kumi KISHIDA

Kumi KISHIDA

Kumi Kishida is a contemporary artist based in Japan and New York. She lives and works in Kyoto. To foster her own visual language, Kishida studied social structure at Kansai University, exposing herself to real social issues such as globalization, and environmental problems. In 2013, she moved to the United States on her own. Kishida acquired her BFA from Brooklyn College in 2017 and won the Charles G. Shaw Art Department Award in the same year. She received her MFA from the City College of New York in 2021.

Re-contextualizing perspective, Kishida’s work is composed of biomorphic shapes and icons that represent biodiversity and the dynamism of life. Her practice is rooted in Japanese philosophy before the concept of “nature” was introduced from the West in the late 19th century. Influenced by the surrealist lexicon, Kishida materializes unseen energies produced by life activity and revisits hierarchies between not only living organisms but human societies by facilitating a reconsideration of established perspectives on the natural environment. Through constructing paintings in which all the components support and connect each other on a single pictorial plane, Kishida explores symbiosis and coexistence, musing upon contemporary society.

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Works

  • Title
    The Lotus in the Muddy Pool
    Size
    40” x 30”
    Year
    2018
    Medium
    Oil on canvas
  • Title
    The Muddy Pool Grows the Lotus
    Size
    40” x 30”
    Year
    2018
    Medium
    Oil on canvas
  • Title
    Life Force
    Size
    61” x 73”
    Year
    2017
    Medium
    Oil, Ink, Acrylic on canvas
  • Title
    Water Connects Me to You
    Size
    24” x 30”
    Year
    2018
    Medium
    Oil on canvas
  • Title
    Ibuki
    Size
    24” x 30”
    Year
    2019
    Medium
    Oil on canvas
  • Title
    The Mysterious Smile of Rhododendron
    Size
    Graphite on paper
    Year
    2018
    Medium
    Graphite on paper
  • Title
    The Lotus in the Muddy Pool
    Size
    40” x 30”
    Year
    2018
    Medium
    Oil on canvas
  • Title
    The Muddy Pool Grows the Lotus
    Size
    40” x 30”
    Year
    2018
    Medium
    Oil on canvas
  • Title
    Life Force
    Size
    61” x 73”
    Year
    2017
    Medium
    Oil, Ink, Acrylic on canvas
  • Title
    Water Connects Me to You
    Size
    24” x 30”
    Year
    2018
    Medium
    Oil on canvas
  • Title
    Ibuki
    Size
    24” x 30”
    Year
    2019
    Medium
    Oil on canvas
  • Title
    The Mysterious Smile of Rhododendron
    Size
    Graphite on paper
    Year
    2018
    Medium
    Graphite on paper

CV

1990
Born in Takarazuka, Hyogo Prefecture
2013
BA Policy Studies Kansai University, Osaka, Japan
2017
BFA Studio Art Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY
2021
MFA Studio Art The City College of New York, New York, NY

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2021
RUTEN --Pulsation of Beings, Compton- Goethals Gallery, The City College of New York, New York, NY

Selected Group Exhibitions

2023
ABSTRACTION -The Possibilities of Painting-, Gallery Yamaki Fine Art, Kobe, Japan
2020
Women Make Art 2020, CCNY Cohen Library Archives Gallery, New York, NY
2020
REALITIES, Compton-Goethals Gallery, The City College of New York, New York, NY
2018
JART8TH, Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY
2018
Flower in a Brick World, RESOBOX, New York, NY
2017
RECENT WORKS, Boylan Project Space, Brooklyn, NY
2017
Transition, Aquarius Studios, Brooklyn, NY
2016
Points, Rabbithole Studio, Brooklyn, NY

Awards

2020
Connor Merit Scholarship, The City College of New York CUNY, NY
2019
Connor Merit Scholarship, The City College of New York CUNY, NY
2017
Charles G. Shaw Art Department Award, Brooklyn College CUNY, NY ​
2013
Honors & Academic Excellence (Dean's list), Kansai University, Osaka, Japan
2012
Honors & Academic Excellence (Dean's list), Kansai University, Osaka, Japan