Vol. 16
2019
Charcoal, ink and pencil on paper, wood panel, with silkscreen printed acrylic frame
69.37 x 49.69 inches
Hiroki Tsukuda (b. 1978, Kagawa, Japan)
Hiroki Tsukuda was born in 1978 in Kagawa, Japan. He graduated from the Department of Imaging Arts & Sciences at Musashino Art University in 2001. Tsukuda lives and works in Tokyo.
The artist’s drawings and digital collage explore the turbulent, futuristic cityscapes of his imaginings. Created with meticulous detail, these intricate, monochromatic works illustrate collapsed spaces, in which mechanized worlds merge with sci-fi mythos in states of controlled chaos and organic mutation. Similarly, Tsukuda creates installation works out of raw industrial material, flora, and found objects that transpire directly from the artist’s drawings.
Tsukuda’s work was featured in the 8th Yokohama. Triennale (2024). He has mounted solo exhibitions at Nanzuka Underground, Tokyo (2022); Petzel, New York (2020); Museum of Modern Art, Gunma (2019); Capitain Petzel, Berlin (2018); and Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, Aachen (2017), among others. He has been included in group exhibitions at Parco Museum Tokyo, Tokyo (2024); AISHONANZUKA, Hong Kong (2023); Mai 36 Galerie, Zurich (2023); Tezukayama Gallery, Osaka (2021); Jeffery Deitch, Los Angeles and New York (2019); AC Málaga, Antiguo Mercado de Mayoristas, Malaga, (2019); Mori Art Museum, Tokyo (2019); Tai Kwun Contemporary, Hong Kong (2019); Jack Hanley Gallery, New York (2016); and Brandenburgischer Kunstverein Postdam e.V., Potsdam (2015), among others.
His work is represented in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art, New York; Mori Art Museum, Japan; Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary Foundation, Wein; and the Jean Pigozzi Foundation, Geneva.
“Technically speaking, my works are not completely monochromatic, in fact the paper I use is quite yellowish, including some colors such as silver and brown. I am assuming that they are colored paintings, yet I am eliminating the colorfulness from my works since it would then become an obstacle to the pursuit of the shapes.”
Hiroki Tsukuda
Installation view, Visionary Sensibility, Nanzuka, 2007
2007 First solo exhibition at Nanzuka Gallery, Tokyo
2009 Awarded the Bacon Prize at Art Fair Tokyo
2010 First group institutional exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art Gunma
2011 Solo exhibition at Ten Haaf Projects in The Netherlands
2015 Participates in a residency in Berlin curated by Nanzuka
Installation view, Monolog in the Doom, Musuem of Modern Art, Gunma, 2019
2016 First solo exhibition with Petzel Gallery in New York
2017 Hour of Excavation, Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, Aachen
2019 First solo institutional exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, Gunma, titled Monolog in the Doom
Included in the group exhibition, Roppongi Crossing, at Mori Art Museum in Tokyo
2020 They Live opens at Petzel Gallery
