Kazuya KITAURA
Rokko Alpine Botanical Garden
Kazuya KITAURA
Born 1983 in Osaka, Live in Osaka.
2004 Graduated Osaka University of Arts Junior College,Department of Space design.
2005 Graduated Osaka University of Arts Junior College,Department of Fine Arts.
He combines animal and people motifs from folk toys, fairy tales, and sci-fi fantasies to create sculptures from a single piece of wood. Juxtaposing rough carving and pop colors with fantastic with surreal qualities the works cannot help but make the viewer smile.
Kazuya Kitaura exhibition "TOY !" (skiima gallery, Shinsaibashi PARCO, Osaka), 2023
Kazuya Kitaura exhibition "PUFF" (VOU, Kyoto), 2022
"MIND TRAIL" (SONI area, Nara), 2022