Nick West - Artist in Tokyo

Nick West

I'm an artist in Tokyo, Japan

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About me

I am an artist and researcher from the UK.

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My Creations

  1. A storm in a teacup

    9 September 2015
    A storm in a teacup

    This was the result of a discussion with a designer about English and Japanese cultural stereotypes.

  2. Subway

    10 September 2015
    Subway

    This is a painting I made that combines the Tokyo Metro map with the folds in origami paper. Not for use on trains.

  3. An article about murals in Tokyo lately:

    29 September 2015
    An article about murals in Tokyo lately:

    http://www.gensojapan.org/tokyo-murals-2/

  4. From Masato Nakamura's ''Luminous Despair''.

    21 November 2015
    From Masato Nakamura's ''Luminous Despair''.

    Just my photo of the entrance to the exhibtion. Here's my review: http://www.gensojapan.org/from-light-to-craft/ …

  5. Finding poetry in the everyday, Lenka Clayton's 'Accidental Haiku':

    4 December 2015
    Finding poetry in the everyday, Lenka Clayton's 'Accidental Haiku':

    http://www.gensojapan.org/accidental-haiku/

  6. Donald McDonald

    18 August 2016
    Donald McDonald

    Donald Trump even manages to feature in a sticker bomb posted in Shibuya. Here's that photo and a few more - http://www.gensojapan.org/shibuya-sticker-bombs/

  7. 100 Years of Dada

    3 September 2016
    100 Years of Dada

    Published last week on Tokyo Art Beat, here's a recap of some of the Dada celebrations that took place in Tokyo this summer. Edited by Emma Ota and Jennifer Pastore. http://www.gensojapan.org/100-years-of-dada/

  8. In Rainbows

    4 October 2016
    In Rainbows

    A row of prisms inserted in a roof cast indoor spectrums in Olafur Eliasson’s ‘Sunspace for Shibukawa’: http://www.gensojapan.org/in-rainbows/

  9. An interview with Yuka Otani

    16 November 2016
    An interview with Yuka Otani

    An interview with Yuka Otani, an artist whose work "Anicca" is formed of figurines of Buddha cast from candy that dissolve over time: http://www.gensojapan.org/anicca/

  10. Wrapping a temple in a mantra

    2 December 2016
    Wrapping a temple in a mantra

    A short survey of Supergraphics in Tokyo: http://www.gensojapan.org/tokyo-supergraphics/

  11. Suburbia at Night

    17 December 2016
    Suburbia at Night

    An introduction to Tomoyuki Sakaguchi's photo book 'Home' which uses long-exposure photography to illuminate the suburbs: http://www.gensojapan.org/suburbia-at-night/

  12. A review of Masatake Kozaki's "Tougen, Anjin" (2011)

    29 January
    A review of Masatake Kozaki's "Tougen, Anjin" (2011)

    http://www.gensojapan.org/a-secluded-utopia/

  13. Nightfall

    14 March
    Nightfall

    Paint on canvas, 80cm x 80cm (2017)

  14. ‘Transparency’ (2017)

    7 June 18:42
    ‘Transparency’ (2017)

    ‘Transparency’ (2017) (detail) Paint on board. 100 x 70 x 3cm. This painting combines two elements; the patterns found on transparent jpeg backgrounds with the folds of a physical, paper map.