Kosuke Kawamura (BLOCK PARTY)

Artist/graphic designer.
Born in Hiroshima Prefecture in 1979.
As a collage artist, he has collaborated with other artists and participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions both in Japan and overseas.
Notable works include the creation of the main visual for Katsuhiro Otomo's first large-scale original art exhibition, "Katsuhiro Otomo GENGA Exhibition" (2012), the release of the collage work "AKIRA ART ALL PROJECT" using AKIRA (2019), the solo exhibition "TRY SOMETHING BETTER" (2021), a graphic collaboration with SAINT Mxxxxxx (2022-), the creation of the official tour T-shirt and official logo for OASIS (2024-25), and many others.
He is currently active in graphic design for apparel brands, jackets, book covers, advertising design, and art direction.
In 2021, he became UT's creative director.

Image of the work "TRY SOMETHING BETTER" (2021)

 

BLOCK PARTY

An open space where music and art, the street and the city, and the cultural memories rooted there intersect.
ESOW, Kawamura Kosuke, Face Oka, NAIJEL GRAPH, MHAK｜Masahiro Akutagawa, and LY. The six artists will launch BLOCK PARTY at MYAF2025, tracing their own musical roots and memories of the city of Tokyo.
An attempt to reexamine local culture, which has been formed through the natural intermingling and resonance of different disciplines.