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Remember To Forget
In this artwork, a veil of gestural marks covers the surface of the painting, simultaneously denying and allowing access to the viewer. The artist’s grandparents have been depicted dining at home, eating a mix of Korean and Japanese cuisine. Meanwhile, the background is filled with a floral pattern featuring plants common in his hometown in Hawai’i.
As a second-generation American artist of Japanese and Korean descent, Shingo Yamazaki’s work addresses the complexities of cultural hybridity, identity, and the meaning of home. Yamazaki draws upon a mixture of cultures, including his upbringing in Hawai’i and his recent move to Los Angeles. His artistic practice oscillates between the real and the imaginary while exploring themes such as generational trauma, anxiety and invisibility.
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③ Artist:
As a second-generation American artist of Japanese and Korean descent, Shingo Yamazaki’s work addresses the complexities of cultural hybridity, identity, and the meaning of home. Through his paintings, he navigates having shallow personal connections to a place while being a part of communities with deep ancestral heritages. He draws upon a mixture of cultures, iconographies, and imagery from his upbringing in Hawai’i as well as his recent migration to Los Angeles. His artistic practice oscillates between the real and the imaginary, creating narratives that explore themes such as generational trauma, anxiety, and invisibility.
Shingo Yamazaki was born in 1985 in Honolulu, Hawai’i, and lives in Los Angeles, CA. He earned his BA in Art and Art History from the University of Hawai’i at Manoa in Honolulu, Hawai’i (2014).
Yamazaki mounted a solo exhibition at United Talent Agency Gallery in Los Angeles, CA (2023).
He has participated in group exhibitions at Charlie James Gallery in Los Angeles, CA (2022); Hashimoto Contemporary in Los Angeles, CA (2022); The Japanese American Cultural and Community Center in Los Angeles, CA (2022); Sow & Tailor in Los Angeles, CA (2022); and Blue Line Arts Gallery, Roseville, CA (2021) among others.
The artist received the Innovate Grant (2022) and was shortlisted for the Hopper Prize (2022), and his work has been featured in publications such as Booooooom, Friend of the Artist v. 13, and The Santa Clara Review.
In this artwork, a veil of gestural marks covers the surface of the painting, simultaneously denying and allowing access to the viewer. The artist’s grandparents have been depicted dining at home, eating a mix of Korean and Japanese cuisine. Meanwhile, the background is filled with a floral pattern featuring plants common in his hometown in Hawai’i.More
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