Takashi Murakami is the originator of the “Superflat” Theory and the artist most associated with its tenets. He has maintained a multifaceted career as an artist, curator, collector, film director, and the founder of Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd.

As a curator, Murakami organized a trilogy of exhibitions, beginning with SUPERFLAT ( which traveled from Parco Gallery, Shibuya to MOCA, Los Angeles and other museums) and continuing with Coloriage (Fondation Cartier pour l'Art Contemporain), and ending with Little Boy (NY Japan Society), which was awarded the prize for Best Thematic Show by AICA-USA (International Association of Art Critics United States).

In 2016, the first episode of the original anime series 6HP (Six Hearts Princess) was aired on TV. He is currently preparing to release a new live action feature film, Jellyfish Eyes 2.

Takashi Murakami

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KYNE’s signature subjects are cool, sable-haired women who he immortalizes in monochrome silkscreen prints. In 2019, he met Takashi Murakami, and the pair have since collaborated on prints that set KYNE’s moody portraits against Murakami’s brash and gaudily colored graphics. The artists bonded over their shared training in nihonga painting, which KYNE studied in university. The style continues to inform his graphic language, as do Showa-era manga cartoons and 1980s Japanese pop culture. Known only by his pseudonym, KYNE first became a familiar name in his hometown of Fukuoka, where he initially spread images of his iconic, nonchalant subjects through stickers and graffiti art. Since 2016, KYNE has co-run On Air, a studio, gallery, and radio show headquartered in Fukuoka.

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