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Hiroki Tsukuda - Artists - Petzel Gallery

Hiroki Tsukuda (b. 1978, Kagawa, Japan)

Hiroki Tsukuda was born in 1978 in Kagawa, Japan. He graduated from the Department of Imaging Arts & Sciences at Musashino Art University in 2001. Tsukuda lives and works in Tokyo.

The artist’s drawings and digital collage explore the turbulent, futuristic cityscapes of his imaginings. Created with meticulous detail, these intricate, monochromatic works illustrate collapsed spaces, in which mechanized worlds merge with sci-fi mythos in states of controlled chaos and organic mutation. Similarly, Tsukuda creates installation works out of raw industrial material, flora, and found objects that transpire directly from the artist’s drawings.

Tsukuda’s has mounted solo exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art, Gunma (2019); Capitain Petzel (2018); Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, Aachen, Germany (2017); and Nanzuka, Tokyo (2014), among others. He has been included in group exhibitions at the Mori Art Museum, Tokyo (2019); Tai Kwun Contemporary, Hong Kong (2019); Jack Hanley Gallery, New York (2016); and Brandenburgischer Kunstverein Postdam e.V., Potsdam (2015), among others.

“Technically speaking, my works are not completely monochromatic, in fact the paper I use is quite yellowish, including some colors such as silver and brown. I am assuming that they are colored paintings, yet I am eliminating the colorfulness from my works since it would then become an obstacle to the pursuit of the shapes.”

Hiroki Tsukuda

Career Highlights

Hiroki Tsukuda - Artists - Petzel Gallery

Installation view, Visionary Sensibility, Nanzuka, 2007

2007 First solo exhibition at Nanzuka Gallery, Tokyo

2009 Awarded the Bacon Prize at Art Fair Tokyo

2010 First group institutional exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art Gunma

2011 Solo exhibition at Ten Haaf Projects in The Netherlands

2015  Participates in a residency in Berlin curated by Nanzuka

Hiroki Tsukuda - Artists - Petzel Gallery

Installation view, Monolog in the Doom, Musuem of Modern Art, Gunma, 2019

2016  First solo exhibition with Petzel Gallery in New York

2017  Hour of Excavation, Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, Aachen

2019  First solo institutional exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, Gunma, titled Monolog in the Doom
Included in the group exhibition, Roppongi Crossing, at Mori Art Museum in Tokyo

2020  They Live opens at Petzel Gallery

Installation view, They Live, Petzel Gallery, New York, 2020

Installation view, They Live, Petzel Gallery, New York, 2020

Installation view, Hiroki Tsukuda: Roppongi Crossing, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, 2019

Installation view, Hiroki Tsukuda: Roppongi Crossing, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, 2019

Installation view, Monolog in the Doom, Musuem of Modern Art, Gunma, 2019

Installation view, Monolog in the Doom, Musuem of Modern Art, Gunma, 2019

Installation view, Hiroki Tsukuda: Hour of Excavation, Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, Aachen, 2017

Installation view, Hiroki Tsukuda: Hour of Excavation, Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, Aachen, 2017

Installation view, Enter the O, Petzel Gallery, 2016

Installation view, Enter the O, Petzel Gallery, 2016

Installation view, New drawings, some journey and some memories, Ten Haaf Projects, 2011

Installation view, New drawings, some journey and some memories, Ten Haaf Projects, 2011

Installation view, Visionary Sensibility, Nanzuka, 2007

Installation view, Visionary Sensibility, Nanzuka, 2007