{"id":5889,"date":"2023-10-27T02:36:53","date_gmt":"2023-10-26T17:36:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biscuitgallery.com\/?p=5889"},"modified":"2026-02-16T17:56:36","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T08:56:36","slug":"kosuke-ajiro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biscuitgallery.com\/en\/kosuke-ajiro\/","title":{"rendered":"Kosuke Ajiro"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"cnt-gr-box page-end-sp\">\n<div class=\"exb-top-box\">\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Kosuke Ajiro<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cnt-box-f\">\n<figure class=\"lob-r5\">\n<div class=\"cnt-box-f\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5081\" src=\"https:\/\/biscuitgallery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Kosuke_Ajiro.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">\u64ae\u5f71\uff1a\u5c0f\u4fe3\u88d5\u7950<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div class=\"lob-l5\">\n<ul class=\"bogo-language-switcher list-view\"><li class=\"en-US en current first\"><span class=\"bogoflags bogoflags-us\"><\/span> <span class=\"bogo-language-name\"><a rel=\"alternate\" hreflang=\"en-US\" href=\"https:\/\/biscuitgallery.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5889\/\" title=\"English\" class=\"current\" aria-current=\"page\">English<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"ja\"><span class=\"bogoflags bogoflags-jp\"><\/span> <span class=\"bogo-language-name\"><a rel=\"alternate\" hreflang=\"ja\" href=\"https:\/\/biscuitgallery.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5889\/\" title=\"Japanese\">\u65e5\u672c\u8a9e<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"ko-KR ko\"><span class=\"bogoflags bogoflags-kr\"><\/span> <span class=\"bogo-language-name\"><a rel=\"alternate\" hreflang=\"ko-KR\" href=\"https:\/\/biscuitgallery.com\/ko\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5889\/\" title=\"Korean\">\ud55c\uad6d\uc5b4<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"zh-CN zh last\"><span class=\"bogoflags bogoflags-cn\"><\/span> <span class=\"bogo-language-name\"><a rel=\"alternate\" hreflang=\"zh-CN\" href=\"https:\/\/biscuitgallery.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5889\/\" title=\"Chinese\">\u4e2d\u6587<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>\u00a0<\/h3>\n<h3>Profile<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Kosuke Ajiro<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\">\n<div class=\"section\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p>1980\u3000Born in Tokyo<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<h3>Selected Exhibitions<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Solo Exhibitions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2025<\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cInner Mythology\u201d biscuit gallery, Tokyo<\/p>\n<p><strong>2023<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8220;Cloudy&#8221; noir\/NOKTA, Shizuoka<br \/>\n&#8220;Sally&#8221; arflex Tokyo, Tokyo<br \/>\n&#8220;Herururu&#8221; Kousagisha Gallery, Kyoto<br \/>\n&#8220;Jukai&#8221; (Sea of Trees), nijigaro Gallery, Tokyo<\/p>\n<p><strong>2022<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8220;Kiri No Naka De&#8221; (In the Mist), LIBRAIRIE6, Tokyo<br \/>\n&#8220;BARBACHICA&#8221; SUNNY BOY BOOKS, Tokyo<br \/>\n&#8220;Sally Ocho&#8221; (Sally Dynasty), noie extent, Tokyo<br \/>\n&#8220;Owari No Nai Yume&#8221; (Endless Dream), NADiff modern, Tokyo<\/p>\n<p><strong>2021<\/strong> <br \/>\n&#8220;Labyrinth&#8221; URESICA, Tokyo<\/p>\n<p><strong>2020<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8220;PARADISE&#8221; Native Village, Tokyo<br \/>\n\u00a0&#8220;Sore Ha Maboroshi&#8221; gallery hydrangea, Tokyo<br \/>\n\u00a0&#8220;Kamisamatachi&#8221; (Gods), NADiff modern, Tokyo<br \/>\n\u00a0&#8220;A Happy Tea Party&#8221; Kiri to Ribbon, Tokyo<br \/>\n&#8220;Yagi Wo Daiteneru&#8221; (Sleeping With A Goat), noir\/NOKTA, Shizuoka<\/p>\n<p><strong>2019<br \/>\n<\/strong>&#8220;Sokonashi&#8221; martha, Osaka<br \/>\n&#8220;Sara To E&#8221; URESICA, Tokyo<br \/>\n&#8220;attic&#8221; ondo, Tokyo<\/p>\n<p><strong>2018<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8220;Orenji Yori Gorudo&#8221;\u00a0nowaki, Kyoto<br \/>\n&#8220;\u041e\u0433\u043e\u043d\u0451\u043a&#8221; SUNNY BOY BOOKS, Tokyo<\/p>\n<p><strong>2017<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8220;Sally No Sekeizu&#8221; (Sally&#8217;s Plan), URESICA, Tokyo<br \/>\n&#8220;Po to Pou&#8221; nijigaro Gallery, Tokyo<br \/>\n&#8220;Coal-Tar Night&#8221; Galerie LE MONDE, Tokyo<br \/>\n&#8220;Mo Hitotsu No Hanashi&#8221; (One More Story), ON READING, Nagoya<\/p>\n<p><strong>2016<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8220;Reinette&#8221; ondo, Tokyo\/Osaka<br \/>\n&#8220;Kimi No Shiranai Machi&#8221; greenray+mar\u00fcte, Taichung, Taiwan<br \/>\n&#8220;Soko Ni Todomaru Monotachi&#8221; Galerie LE MONDE, Tokyo<\/p>\n<p><strong>2015<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8220;Kimi No Shiranai Machi&#8221; ondo, Osaka<\/p>\n<p><strong>2014<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8220;SCROLL&#8221; ondo, Osaka<br \/>\n&#8220;Kitto So Iu Koto&#8221; gallery ie, Osaka<\/p>\n<p><strong>2013<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8220;Yozuri&#8221; ondo, Osaka<\/p>\n<p><strong>2011<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8220;Saaberu Fujin&#8221; (Madame Saber), Shinjuku Ganka Art Gallery, Tokyo<\/p>\n<p><strong>2010<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8220;fogbound&#8221; Shinjuku Ganka Art Gallery, Tokyo<\/p>\n<p><strong>Group Exhibitions<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>2024<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8220;6 drawings vol.2&#8221; biscuit gallery, Tokyo<\/p>\n<p><strong>2023<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8220;Bountiful&#8221; QUIET GALLERY, Hong Kong<\/p>\n<p><strong>2021<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8220;Collectors\u2019 Collective Vol.5&#8221; biscuit gallery, Tokyo<\/p>\n<p><strong>2020<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8220;ART NAGOYA&#8221; HARMAS GALLERY\u3001Nagoya<\/p>\n<p><strong>2019<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8220;aupuni&#8221; Shinjuku Ganka Art Gallery, Tokyo<\/p>\n<p><strong>2018 \u00a0<\/strong> <br \/>\n&#8220;Sasa&#8221; experiment at 7th, Kaohsiung, Taiwan<br \/>\n&#8220;REUNION&#8221; Sioribi, Nagano<\/p>\n<p><strong>2014<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8220;YONA YONA&#8221; MAISON D&#8217;ART, Tokyo<\/p>\n<p><strong>2013<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8220;Tsuji&#8221; Shinjuku Ganka Art Gallery, Tokyo<\/p>\n<p><strong>2010<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8220;YOUNG ARTISTS JAPAN VOL.3&#8221; tagboat, Tokyo<br \/>\n&#8220;WONDER SEEDS 2010&#8221; Tokyo Arts and Space (formerly Tokyo Wonder Site), Tokyo<\/p>\n<p><strong>Art Fair<br \/>\n<\/strong>Art Fair Tokyo 2026 (biscuit gallery booth)<br \/>\nArt Fair Tokyo 2025 (biscuit gallery booth)<br \/>\nArt Fair Tokyo 2024 (biscuit gallery booth)<br \/>\nKiaf SEOUL 2024 (biscuit gallery booth)<\/p>\n<h3>Concept<\/h3>\n<p>Kosuke Ajiro (b.\u00a01980) is a Tokyo-based artist. He continues his pursuit from childhood to capture the &#8220;other world&#8221; within himself. His practice centers on acrylic painting, and also includes ceramics, sculpture, animation, music, and more.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This &#8220;other world&#8221; is based on the artist&#8217;s childhood memories, influences, and familiar events, but is presented as the narrative of &#8220;an unknown civilization that died out in the medieval period of its development.&#8221; It is fiction, but at the same time, it is the artist&#8217;s internal reality. As an archaeologist excavating this lost civilization, Ajiro paints and records the history of the distant past as it unfolds before his eyes one after another. The works are ancient relics, which is why they show signs of aging, as if they have decayed. Each work has its own historical setting and context, the characters and imaginary monsters are sometimes given proper names, and the scenes depicted have meaning. The scenes can be labeled as origin myths, lessons, fables, or minor events. These detailed settings develop into the grandiose backdrops of dynasties, creation myths, and civilizations, the full scope of which is still unknown, even to the artist himself. In the &#8220;other world,&#8221; freed from constraints, we find a variety of absurdities. It is no wonder that cruelty and humor, grotesqueness and cuteness coexist. The artist often has doppelgangers in which he witnesses himself in the form of a &#8220;girl&#8221; and records them in pictures.<\/p>\n<p>In Ajiro&#8217;s works, we can see elements of traditional Japanese picture scrolls, European medieval manuscripts, and various folk religious art from the East and West, especially the influence of Hieronymus Bosch. In terms of the expression of a deeper consciousness, the works can be related to Jung, surrealist visionary art, and outsider art, and also have a close affinity with contemporary Japanese character culture.<\/p>\n<p>\u25a0Publications<\/p>\n<p>2022 \u00a0 <em>BARBACHICA<\/em>,\u00a0SUNNY BOY BOOKS<br \/>\n2021 \u00a0 <em>Tegami Ga Kitana Kishishishishi<\/em>, Mishimasha<br \/>\n2018 \u00a0<em> Saaberu Fujin (Madame Saber)<\/em>, Shogakukan<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"sns-lk-in\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/kosukeajiro\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/kosukeajiro\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kosuke Ajiro \u64ae\u5f71\uff1a\u5c0f\u4fe3\u88d5\u7950 \u00a0 Profile Kosuke Ajiro 1980\u3000Born in Tokyo Selected Exhibitions Solo Exhibitions 2025 \u201cInner Mythology\u201d biscuit gallery, Tokyo 2023 &#8220;Cloudy&#8221; noir\/NOKTA, Shizuoka &#8220;Sally&#8221; arflex Tokyo, Tokyo &#8220;Herururu&#8221; Kousagisha Gallery, Kyoto &#8220;Jukai&#8221; (Sea of Trees), nijigaro Gallery, Tokyo 2022 &#8220;Kiri No Naka De&#8221; (In the Mist), LIBRAIRIE6, Tokyo &#8220;BARBACHICA&#8221; SUNNY BOY BOOKS, Tokyo &#8220;Sally [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5808,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"page-artists.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_locale":"en_US","_original_post":"https:\/\/biscuitgallery.com\/?p=5806"},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biscuitgallery.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5889"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biscuitgallery.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biscuitgallery.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biscuitgallery.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biscuitgallery.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5889"}],"version-history":[{"count":35,"href":"https:\/\/biscuitgallery.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5889\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11684,"href":"https:\/\/biscuitgallery.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5889\/revisions\/11684"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biscuitgallery.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biscuitgallery.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biscuitgallery.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biscuitgallery.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}