Bio
Makoto Kishino is a contemporary artist and painter from Tokyo currently based in New York City.
Education:
Intensive Japanese textiles workshop, Sagamihara Japan
AA Diploma, Architectural Association School of Architecture, London UK
MFA, Hunter College of the City University of New York
RCA Royal College of Art (exchange program), London UK
BFA, School of Visual Arts, New York
Exhibition & Works:
2021 “Ultra Local” group exhibition, Van Der Plas Gallery, New York NY
2021 “Breath of the Light - Precious Stone Series” Online Temporary Site Specific Exhibition, Queens NY
2016 “Ghost Flower” series of new paintings, Bushwick Open Studios, Brooklyn NY
2016 “Interior Design for an art collector” architectural design, Manhattan NY
2015 “450 million years of Forest” proposal for Wave hill Sunroom Project Space, NY
2014 “Open Nest” proposal of interior space, Blumenau Brazil
2014 “Human Touch” Design exhibition in collaboration with Bernhardt Design as part of NY x Design Week, Manhattan NY
2013 “Indigo Works” Japanese Textiles Workshop, Sagamihara Japan
2013 “Tea Stain Paintings” proposal of installation and work on paper
2004 “Tokyo Sound Museum” architectural & acoustical proposal, Akihabara Tokyo
2003, 2002, 2000, 1999 and 1998 “Unit Exhibitions” Architectural Association, London UK
2002 “Berlin Art Gallery – Distraction & Contemplation” architectural proposal, Alexander Plats Berlin
2001 “Ebisu Storefront” architectural renovation, Ebisu Tokyo
2000 “Koshirakura Sphere” landscape installation, Niigata Japan
2000 “Secret Chair” landscape furniture installation, London UK
1998 “Room Project” architectural installation, Clerkenwell London
1997 “Camouflage” Times Square Gallery, Manhattan NY
1994 “TrashScape” Times Square Gallery, Manhattan NY
1993 “Regeneration & Reflections” West Gallery, Manhattan NY
Makoto Kishino has worked in the art studios of Takeshi Kawashima, Takashi Murakami, Paul Waldman, Lucio Pozzi, and Yukinori Yanagi. He is a design consultant and founder of Kishino and Song, New York and was a collaborative designer with Bernhardt Textiles for a special exhibition in New York. He has also worked with Tony Fretton Architects and Sergison Bates Architects.