KANTO IWAMURA

1985.10.08-

Kanto Iwamura is an architect and artist currently based in Tokyo. He graduated from the Architectural Association in London and received his Diploma in 2010. He currently runs his own interdisciplinary design practice section at Iwamura Atelier in Tokyo where he works on projects that range from murals, sculptural installations as well as residential and commercial architecture design. He is a founding member of the Summer workshop “AAVS Las Pozas” taking place in Mexico since 2014 where he experiments with concrete to express abstract and geometric forms.

PAST ACTIVITIES & COMMISSIONED WORK

  • 2014 5 Solo Exhibition ”A MAZE” – Hatos Bar & Gallery Anagra, Tokyo
  • 2014 9 Gallery Weekend Mexico “Beton Machine” – Marso Galeria, Mexico City
  • 2014 10 Group Exhibition “Artom”, Tokyo
  • 2014 11 Group Exhibition “S/TE 2014/ Outdoor Sculpture Project” , Chiba
  • 2015 4 Mural painting tour ”Antidote Noctem” – Tokyo, Fukushima, Gunma, Shimane
  • 2015 7 Live painting performance “Adidas_Stan Smith activation” – Adidas Originals, Tokyo
  • 2015 9 Gallery Weekend Mexico “Family of Forms” – Marso Galeria, Mexico City
  • 2016 3 Solo Exhibition “Kanto’s PopUp Show” – Hatos Bar, Tokyo
  • 2016 9 Gallery Weekend Mexico “Beton Machine 3” – Marso Galeria, Mexico City
  • 2016 10 Mural Commission “Nakameguro Tsutaya Book Store & Starbucks Coffee”- Tokyo
  • 2016 12 Group Exhibition “ Convocatória para um Mobiliário Brasileiro” – MASP, Sao Paulo
  • 2017 2 Art Fair “Salon Acme” – Mexico City
  • 2017 3 Mural Commission “NIKE Store Harajyuku” – Tokyo
  • 2017 4 Mural Commission “Harajyuku Starbucks Coffee” – Tokyo
  • 2017 5 Mural Commission “Tokyo Mid Town Starbucks Coffee” – Tokyo
  • 2017 5 Artist Residency “BankART1929 AIR” – Yokohama
  • 2017 6 Mural Commission “Asakusa Teishoku & Diner Ashi” – Tokyo
  • 2017 7 Mural Commission “Klein Dytham Architecture HQ” – Tokyo
  • 2017 9 Mural Commission “Akasaka Intercity AIR Starbucks Coffee” – Tokyo
  • 2017 10 Design/Art Fair “DESIGNART” – Tokyo
  • 2017 10 Art Commission “J-WAVE (Japanese radio station)” – Tokyo