{"id":18561,"date":"2025-05-06T18:52:22","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T16:52:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/galerie-artima.com\/ken-yashiki-biography"},"modified":"2025-12-18T19:02:49","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T18:02:49","slug":"ken-yashiki-biography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/galerie-artima.com\/en\/ken-yashiki-biography","title":{"rendered":"Ken YASHIKI – Biography"},"content":{"rendered":"

Works<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Biography<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Born 1983 in Tokyo where he still lives and works.<\/strong><\/p>\n

After growing up in the United States and Singapore, and graduating with a degree in design and textiles, Japanese artist Ken Yashiki took up kimekomi. This technique, which dates to the Edo period (1603-1868), generally consists of carving dolls before inserting pieces of fabric into the grooves of the wood to create a garment. These dolls are handed down from generation to generation, and are exhibited every year on March 3, during the Hina Matsuri, or little girls’ festival.\u00a0 The artist has replaced wood with Styrofoam and pieces of kimono with textiles already worn. Her first works were fashioned from her daughter’s old clothes.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel that this Kimekomi technique represents the transition of an act of praying to God to an object that connects the wishes from parent to children and on to grandchildren. I create my artwork as a testament that these wishes are fulfilled.<\/p>\n

At first, I used the old clothes that my daughter wore to prove that my child was alive. Her character accumulated and proved to exist with a character with an exaggerated posture. From the perspective of her parents, her past was paused and gathered. By seeing the work with her in front of me, I can realize that she really exists now. I could imagine her in the future.<\/p>\n

And recently, the subject has changed from relatives to acquaintances and society, with the conscience of human beings. To prove that the wishes that have been passed down from the past have been fulfilled\u00a0I get modern old clothes and make it with the technique of wood grain.\u201d<\/p>\n

By applying this ancestral technique to contemporary art, Ken Yashiki offers a fresh approach to portraiture and representation, marked by transition and heritage. His work underlines the profound connection between past, present and future, while honoring Japanese tradition. These works symbolize memory, the remnants of man’s passage on earth, and explore the link between materials and human histories.\u00a0 They invite the viewer to discover the beauty hidden in everyday objects, and to reflect on the meaning of human existence through the clothes we wear.<\/p>\n

Exhibitions and fairs:<\/strong><\/p>\n

2025
\nKimekomi<\/em> – Galerie Artima – Paris – France
\nOpening – GoyoGallery – Tokyo – Japon
\nUrban Art Fair – Paris – Art to be Gallery – France
\nArt Central Hong Kong – GoyoGallery
\nArt Up – Foire d\u2019Art contemporain de Lille – Art to be Gallery – France
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2024
\nSense of Season<\/em> – NEWoMan Art Window – Yokohama
\nKimekomi<\/em>i – Art to Be Gallery – Lille – France
\nUrban Art Fair – Paris – Art to be Gallery \u2013 France
\n <\/p>\n

2023
\nModerne Art Fair – Paris – Art to be Gallery – France
\nTo be continue<\/em><\/strong> – Art Capsule + – Tokyo – Japan
\nUrban Art Fair – Paris – Art to be Gallery – France
\nBoundary Laundry<\/em><\/strong> – Foam Contemporary – Tokyo – Japan
\nArt Up – Foire d’Art contemporain de Lille – Art to be Gallery – France
\nHand in hand<\/em><\/strong> – Koichi Yamamura Gallery – Tokyo – Japan
\nOnly holy story<\/em><\/strong> – Gallery Nichido -Tokyo – Japan<\/p>\n

2022
\nFlow & connect<\/em><\/strong> – Hiro Okamoto Gallery – Tokyo – Japan
\nHankyu Umeda New Stars Art Exhibition 2022 – Osaka – Japan<\/p>\n

Shibuya Fashion Week 2022 – Tokyo – Japan<\/strong><\/p>\n

Librairie Tsutaya Marunouchi – Tokyo – Japan<\/strong><\/p>\n

All Blue<\/em><\/strong> – Shinjuku Isetan Department Store – Tokyo – Japan<\/strong><\/p>\n

Art in Tokyo YNK – Tokyo – Japan<\/strong><\/p>\n

Laveronica Galleria – Spain<\/strong><\/p>\n

Speak for Gallery – Tokyo – Japan<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

2021 <\/strong><\/p>\n

Certainly, you exist<\/em><\/strong> – Shinjuku Isetan Department Store – Tokyo – Japan<\/strong><\/p>\n

Re Marenco<\/em><\/strong> – Shinjuku Isetan Department Store Alfrex – Tokyo – Japan<\/strong><\/p>\n

Touch point<\/em><\/strong> – Wacoal Study Hall Kyoto – Kyoto – Japan<\/strong><\/p>\n

Section<\/em><\/strong> – Spiral Hall Omotesango – Tokyo – Japan<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pause –<\/em><\/strong> Shibuya Living Tokyo -Tokyo – Japan<\/strong><\/p>\n

Exhibition at Takeo Kikuchi in Ebina – Kanagawa – Japan<\/strong><\/p>\n

Exhibition & Bridge in Hitachinaka – Ibaraki – Japan<\/strong><\/p>\n

Exhibition in Shinjuku Isetan Tanseikai – Japan<\/strong><\/p>\n

Exhibition at Uniqlo – Tokyo – Japan<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

2020 <\/strong><\/p>\n

Exhibition Unkown Asia 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n

Exhibition – 246st Market au World Ltd.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Power of choice – Isetan Shinjuku ReStyle – Tokyo – Japan<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

2019 <\/strong><\/p>\n

Art Elys\u00e9es – Paris – France<\/strong><\/p>\n

Exhibition – Shinjuku Mitsukoshi Isetan – Japan<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

2009 <\/strong><\/p>\n

Mito Art Museum – Tokyo Travel Exhibition <\/strong><\/p>\n

Joined World VMD Department – Inc<\/strong><\/p>\n

Exhibition of Art Tower Mito – Contemporary Art Gallery<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Career and training:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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1983-1990 San Diego – California – USA<\/p>\n

1990-1996 Tokyo – Japan<\/p>\n

1996-1999 Singapore Japanese High School – Singapore<\/p>\n

1999-2002 Tokyo Gakugei University High School – Japan<\/p>\n

2003-2009 Sugino Fashion College Diploma – Hino – Japan<\/p>\n

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\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Prizes and awards:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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2021<\/p>\n

Kanagawa Prefectural Art Exhibition – Handicrafts Grand Prize<\/p>\n

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2020<\/p>\n

Unknown Asia 2020 ePlus – Award & Reviewer Award<\/p>\n

SICF21 Audience Award and Wacoal Study Hall – Encouragement Award – Kyoto<\/p>\n

Selected for FACE 2020 Sompo Japan Koa Art Award<\/p>\n

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2019<\/p>\n

Selected for Kanagawa Prefectural Art Exhibition<\/p>\n

Art Olympia 2019 – Award of Excellence<\/p>\n

54th Showakai Tokyo Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Award<\/p>\n

54th Showakai New York Exhibition Award<\/p>\n

1st Tagawa Art Biennale – Honorable Mention<\/p>\n

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2018<\/p>\n

25th Yuzawaya Creation Award Exhibition Grand Prize<\/p>\n

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2007<\/p>\n

JFW Japan 2008 Textile Design Competition – Newcomer Award<\/p>\n

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