ABOUT | Shun Sudo

1977年に東京で生まれたSHUN SUDOは、現在、東京を拠点に活動。SUDOは20代で渡米し、世界中を旅するなかでアートの技法を独学で身につけた。ペインティングを中心としたSUDOの芸術実践は多岐にわたる複数の要素から構成され、そこにはアメリカのポップカルチャーの要素、日本の伝統的な日本画や墨絵からインスピレーション、西洋を中心とした近現代美術画家からの影響などが含まれる。SUDOの作品では、それらの要素が互いに異質さを保持したまま、しかし不思議と調和的な仕方で混在している。
そしてその作品群の多くは、より美しく平和な世界に向かってあらゆる国の人々がアートを通じてつながることを願うSUDOの願いが現れている。
その象徴として彼の作品の中にたびたび登場するモチーフ「BUTTON FLOWER」と制作のモチベーションについてSUDOはこう述べている。

BUTTON FLOWER
花が好き。その凛とした佇まいやフワッとした可憐さで私たちの心を癒してくれるから。
ボタンは2つの別々のものを結びつけ、1つにするものの象徴です。
ボタン・フラワーは、この2つの力強いシンボルを結びつけ、私が望む哲学の核心であり、異なる民族、国家、文化の心がひとつになることを願うものなのです。

Born in Tokyo in 1977, SHUN SUDO is currently based in Tokyo. SUDO travelled to the United States in his 20s and taught himself art techniques while wandering around the world.
SUDO's attractive artworks cannot be described as or fit in one genre. His artistic practice is comprised of a wide variety of ingredients, such as elements of American pop culture, inspirations from traditional Japanese paintings and "sumi-e" (Japanese ink wash painting), and influence from modern and contemporary artists mainly from the West. In his works, these elements remain distinct from each other, yet blended in a strangely harmonious manner.
Many of his works reflect SUDO's desire to connect people from all over the world toward a more beautiful and peaceful world through art.
The "BUTTON FLOWER" which often appears in his work is a symbolic motif of this belief. SUDO's artist statement on this motif and his motivation for the creation are as follows:

BUTTON FLOWER
Flowers. With their nobility and grace, their sweetness and charm, they have a special ability to heal our hearts.
The Button, is, in my mind, the perfect embodiment of something that connects two separate things and makes them one.
The “Button Flower” brings these two powerful symbols together and is really at the very core of my personal philosophy of hope and my wish that the hearts of different peoples, nations, and cultures will be joined into one.

2023: “ART LAND” solo exhibition, Spiral Garden, Tokyo, Japan
2021: “ARTdemic” solo exhibition, MU GALLERY, Tokyo, Japan
2021: “Patio” solo exhibition, The Tokyo EDITION Toranomon, Japan
2020: “2020” solo exhibition, ANB Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
2019: “SOLITUDE” solo exhibition, Seibu Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
2018: “INNOCENT FOREST” solo exhibition, Onishi Gallery, NY, USA
2017: “Paint Over” solo exhibition, Nakame Gallery Street, Tokyo, Japan
2016: “Paint Over” solo exhibition, Onishi Gallery, NY, USA
2015: “Paint Over” solo exhibition, Onishi Gallery, NY, USA

2022: “Palm Beach Modern + Contemporary” GR Gallery,Miami, FL, USA
2021: “PRIDE ART 2021” Clifford Chance, Tokyo, Japan
2021: “Art Fair Tokyo” Seibu Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
2020: “SUMMER GATHERING” group exhibition, GR Gallery, NY, USA
2019: “ARCUS PRIDE ART 2019” Clifford Chance, Tokyo, Japan
2018: “Art Miami” Miami, FL, USA
2018: “pop & street” Seibu Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
2017: “Art New York” NY, USA
2017: “pop & street” Seibu Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
2016: “Aqua Art Miami” Miami, FL, USA
2015: “SCOPE Miami Beach” Miami, FL, USA
2015: “Bushwick Open Studios” Brooklyn, NY, USA

2023: “ tao × SHUN SUDO “ 2023 Spring & Summer collection
2022: ”Taycan Soul Canvas”Porsche - Art car project,Tokyo,Japan
2022: “GINZA SONY PARK PROJECT” Mural,Tokyo,Japan
2021: “Olympic - TOKYO 2020” Mural, Tokyo, Japan
2021: “The mural project - Let’s Spring” Seibu Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
2020: “GINZA SONY PARK PROJECT” Mural, Tokyo, Japan
2019: “Live session” STARBUCKS RESERVE®ROASTERY TOKYO, Tokyo, Japan
2019: “TOKYO CREATIVE GUILD - Key visual” Apple Marunouchi store, Tokyo, Japan
2018: “Miami Design District” Mural, FL, USA
2017: “NIKE AIR FORCE 1: 35 Anniversary - Jump Around” NIKE KICKS LOUNGE, Tokyo, Japan