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Shinnosuke Tojo

東城信之介

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Born in Nagano Prefecture in 1978, he graduated from the Department of Comparative Fine Arts, Faculty of Art and Design, Tokyo Zokei University in 2004, and completed his research as a research student at the same university in 2005. He embodies his own mental landscape and imaginary images that appear to be unknowingly by applying large and small scratches and rust to the surfaces of metal plates and industrial products. SHINaNOBOYa is an imaginary friend from his childhood and the first sculpture he made in his memory, which was unearthed at his parents' house in 2018. A motif that has been indispensable since then
It was also an opportunity for the restriction of materials to disappear. In recent years, he has also presented works of introverted expression in which two paintings are reflected and confined on the screen. His style of production, which focuses on existence, is not limited to painting, but has developed into a wide range of sculptures, installations, and works.

Born in Nagano, Japan in 1978, Shinnosuke Tojo graduated from Tokyo Zokei University in 2004 with a bachelor's degree in Comparative Art, Department of Fine Arts, and completed a research course at the same university in 2005. His work involves materializing his own mental landscapes and unconsciously perceived virtual images by applying large and small scratches and rust to the surfaces of metal plates and industrial products.
“SHINaNOBOYa” is the name of his imaginary friend from childhood and the first sculpture he ever made from memory. The work was unearthed at his parents' house in 2018, and since then it has become one of his essential motifs, which also helped him to remove material restrictions. In recent years, he has also been showing works that reveal an introverted expression captured by two pain tings reflected on a screen. His production style, which focuses on the theme of existence, is not limited to pain ting, but also includes sculpture and installation works.

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