A characteristic of Kado’s work is to begin production by creating stereotyped objects using materials at hand. If they were not stereotypical, they could not function as ‘signs’, but would signify something more.

Another peculiarity is his generation of new meaning by combining objects into forms like jigsaws, and creating a divergence between the original function and the new meaning. The Human Nest series, combining houses and cranes, tactfully expresses the instability of our contemporary urban residential environment. It is fascinating how Kado’s work clearly looks interesting as an object as a result of a combination of familiar objects. The oscillation of meaning generated by this method has broadened in scope over the past few years.

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■Biography
-1978 born in Fukui
-2002 BA in Metal Craft at Industrial and Craft Design Department, Musashino Art University

■Solo Exhibitions
-2022 “”””Ark of Space”””” Shibuya Hikarie / Tokyo
-2021”The garden / Secret room”　Art Front Gallery / Tokyo
-2018 “”””Fountain / Sleep””””, Art Front Gallery / Tokyo
-2016 “”””Bunpei Kado : Proto-Planet””””, Art Front Gallery / Tokyo
-2014 “”””Bunpei Kado – SCAPE””””, Art Front Gallery / Tokyo
-2012 “NEST”, Art Front Gallery / Tokyo
-2011 Galerie Steine / Nagano
-2010 “Share A Table”, space cafe at Pole Pole Za / Tokyo
-2008 Diorama, Metal Art Museum, Hikarinotani / Chiba
-2006 CUBIC GALLERY / Osaka
-2003 ”SKY FISH in GARASHA” Gallery＋cafe Garasha / Tokyo
-2002 GALERIE SOL / Tokyo（’03 ’05 ’07 ’11）

The wood, fashioned into a bear figurine, is stirred by memories of the time when it once stood rooted in the earth, and from it, a tree begins to bud anew.
By reconsidering the history that a ready-made object already carries and imbuing it with additional meaning, a new story begins to unfold.

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A characteristic of Kado’s work is to begin production by creating stereotyped objects using materials at hand. If they were not stereotypical, they could not function as ‘signs’, but would signify something more.

Another peculiarity is his generation of new meaning by combining objects into forms like jigsaws, and creating a divergence between the original function and the new meaning. The Human Nest series, combining houses and cranes, tactfully expresses the instability of our contemporary urban residential environment. It is fascinating how Kado’s work clearly looks interesting as an object as a result of a combination of familiar objects. The oscillation of meaning generated by this method has broadened in scope over the past few years.

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■Biography
-1978 born in Fukui
-2002 BA in Metal Craft at Industrial and Craft Design Department, Musashino Art University

■Solo Exhibitions
-2022 “”””Ark of Space”””” Shibuya Hikarie / Tokyo
-2021”The garden / Secret room”　Art Front Gallery / Tokyo
-2018 “”””Fountain / Sleep””””, Art Front Gallery / Tokyo
-2016 “”””Bunpei Kado : Proto-Planet””””, Art Front Gallery / Tokyo
-2014 “”””Bunpei Kado – SCAPE””””, Art Front Gallery / Tokyo
-2012 “NEST”, Art Front Gallery / Tokyo
-2011 Galerie Steine / Nagano
-2010 “Share A Table”, space cafe at Pole Pole Za / Tokyo
-2008 Diorama, Metal Art Museum, Hikarinotani / Chiba
-2006 CUBIC GALLERY / Osaka
-2003 ”SKY FISH in GARASHA” Gallery＋cafe Garasha / Tokyo
-2002 GALERIE SOL / Tokyo（’03 ’05 ’07 ’11）

The wood, fashioned into a bear figurine, is stirred by memories of the time when it once stood rooted in the earth, and from it, a tree begins to bud anew.
By reconsidering the history that a ready-made object already carries and imbuing it with additional meaning, a new story begins to unfold.

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