CARSTEN NICOLAI

2012.4.16　 Text: Mitsuhiro Takemura

When he was a boy, he was charmed by bats and he thought we can communicate with them. Now he has grown up and became an international artist inspired by his childhood belief. His name is Carsten Nicolai. He works in ...

THE RUNAWAY BUNNI THEATRE COLLECTIVE

2012.4.10　 Text: Bertina Appel

The Runaway Bunni Theatre Collective started with a small group of Drama Honours students at Rhodes University in 2008. One of their founders, Robert Haxton who helped start this initiative, looked to help promote the...

JANNE KYTTANEN

2012.4.3　 Text: Satsuki Miyanishi

Janne Kyttanen, founder of Freedom Of Creation and pioneer in 3D printing will be the protagonist during the 48 Hours live innovation that will start the Heineken Sustainable Challenge, 3-5 April 2012. The competition...

CHEN MAN

2012.3.14　 Text: Satsuki Miyanishi

Super star of Chinese photography who many of celebrities such as Cindy Crawford, Faye Wong and Gong Li desired to be taken by her will make her first appearance in Japan at DIESEL ART GALLERY. Chen Man was brought up...

DIEGO FELLAY

2012.2.6　 Text: Shotaro Okada

Diego Fellay is a graphic designer born in Switzerland who works between Paris and his own country. I met him when he was staying in the Swiss House in the Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris (international uni...

RYOKO SUZUKI

2012.2.5　 Text: Ayaka Sato

Ryoko Suzuki, an artist from Hokkaido, win popularity not only in Japan, but also in abroad. Her works remind us humanism and make us to reconsider original ourselves somehow. Besides to her past works, her new exhibi...

TOSHIHIKO SHIBUYA

2011.12.26　 Text: Satsuki Miyanishi

Toshihiko Shibuya, an artist based on Sapporo, Hokkaido, creates artwork wishing for a resonance to a place. He is one of the few artists who shows new art expressions through a theme on this region with heavy snowfal...

HOMEWORK

2011.12.15　 Text: Yoshiko Kurata

Homework is a design studio based in Denmark, Scandinavia. Founder and creative director Jack Dahl has worked with several renowned firms including Self Service magazine and the creative strategic Paris agency, Petron...

HIDEKI IINUMA

2011.12.6　 Text: Yu Miyakoshi

Most of people named “Hideki Iinuma” as being asked about a noteworthy artist at an art fair “TOKYO FRONTLINE” this February. That was his first show in Japan after he had studied and worked in Europe. Walking lady...

MAKITO TAKAGI

2011.12.5　 Text: Memi Mizukami

Makito Takagi’s illustrations are meta-visual characters. They seem to have inherent superpowers and are set in ordinary scenes using simple colors. His illustration chosen for the cover of SHIFT 2012 calendar is a de...

HUSK MIT NAVN

2011.11.29　 Text: Victor Moreno

Probably you are wondering what is the meaning of his name. Well, it is Danish for “Remember my name”. Copenhagen-based artist Husk Mit Navn is one of the current references in the illustration and street art from Sca...

BEEZER

2011.11.29　 Text: Wakana Kawahito

From November 18th, Diesel Art Gallery has been exhibit the work of the UK/Bristol-born documentary photographer Beezer, who spent time with Massive Attack, Mark Stewart and Tricky in the 80’s and photographed them. ...