Jes Kalled - Artist in Tokyo

Jes Kalled

I'm an artist in Tokyo, Japan

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About me

I am a multidisciplinary artist living in Tokyo. I've been in Japan for almost ten years now, and I am looking for creative work. Last summer I started a live painting practice, and I would love to perform at your event ~

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  1. ch. 1

    22 June 2022
    ch. 1

    "blue swallows window"

    to exhibit this weekend:
    ROSES & CASTLES XII ✨🌹
    DATE: JUNE, 25th, 2022.
    TIME: 17:00pm - 22:00pm.
    VENUE: INSPIRATION CULT BAR & GALLERY.
    SHIBUYA, TOKYO.

    Project statement:

    I’m responding to strong feelings. Recently it comes out in color and texture and words. Fragments of a story. I... continue reading (1, 1 image)

  2. soft

    29 June 2022
    soft

    "soft" is a piece from my latest oil painting project titled "blue swallows window." Fragments of a story are told through each painting. Here, in "soft," there are windows and passenger seats, pine trees and gentle memories untouched.

  3. looking out the window from the passenger side

    21 November 2022
    looking out the window from the passenger side

    Since June 2022, I've been painting my memories and emotions from a relationship that confused me very much. This project is called "blue swallows window."

    Every time I look at this piece, "looking out the window from the passenger side," I feel as if I'm still sitting in his car.

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  4. the Title of everything

    18 July 2023
    the Title of everything

    Acrylic, newspaper, poem & charcoal on wood
    24cm x 28.5cm

    On display at my recent solo exhibition "A year of forgetting the pines" at Gallery Paradiso in Yoyogi Uehara.

    I started doing live paintings last summer, this one is from a performance on 3/15/2023 at 1 oak in Roppongi.

    Live... continue reading (1, 1 image)