Artist

Teppei KANEUJI

Blank map, The National Museum of Art, Osaka, 2011
photo: kazuo fukunaga

Teenage Fan Club (Giant), 2015

tower(THEATER), 2017,KYOTO EXPERIMETN Kyoto international Performing Art Festival 2017,ROHM Theater Kyoto, South Hall,
photo: yuki moriya

Teppei KANEUJI

Born 1978 in Kyoto, Live in Kyoto.
2003 Master degree in Sculpture, Kyoto City University of Arts

He gathers everyday objects and uses collage-like techniques for his works. He has been exploring various forms of expression, including sculpture, painting, video, and photography, and has consistently sought to devise a modeling system that reveals the relationship between material and image. In addition to exhibitions in Japan and abroad, he has produced numerous pieces of stage art and book covers. He also directed “tower (THEATER)” (ROHM Theater Kyoto South Hall, Kyoto Experiment 2017), a theatrical adaptation of his film.

Major Exhibitions

Solo exhibition"Eraser Forest"21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art (Ishikawa) , 2020
Solo exhibition"ZONES"Marugame Geniciro-Inokuma Museum of Contemporary Art (MIMOCA) (Kagawa) , 2016
Solo exhibition"Teppei KANEUJI: Melting City/ Empty Forest" Yokohama Museum of Art (Kanagawa) , 2009

Major Awards

The 29th Takashimaya Art Prize, 2018
Encouragement Prize at “Kyoto Cultural Award 2014 (No.33)”, 2014
Best Young Artist Award by City of Kyoto, 2013
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