Esm-artificial explained
Kennjiro Sakurai, better known as esm-artificial, is a Canadian street artist and graphic designer.
Biography
Originally from Vancouver, British Columbia, Sakurai graduated from the Emily Carr Institute of Art & Design in 1999. His work has been included in numerous exhibitions internationally.
Works
Sakurai mass-produces screen printings on the topic of American and popular world culture. Specific subjects often include supermodels, cars, rock stars, song lyrics, and television personalities. Sakurai's work also often addressed commodification and consumerism. His design work is less text-based than his serigraphs and paintings and can be seen in many movies.
See also
External links
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- Influx
- A Nice Set group exhibition/book
- Weitere Informationen zu Streetartist
- Wooster Collective interview 2003
- Half Empty, Commissioning Street Art: Esm-Artificial 2004
- Interview from fashionlines.com, 2007
- Interview illicit exhibitions, 2009
- Interview from Domogeneous.com, 2011
- Victoria & Albert Museum, esm-artificial, Street Art, 2011
- Must see street art in Canada, 2012
- Artist analysis : esm-artificial, 2014
- Reconstruction: esm-artificial, 2014
- Carleton University Azrieli School of Architecture and Urbanism: esm-artificial, 2014
- Making Space and Place: esm-artificial, 2014
- Artist feature by Catherine Tedford, Gallery Director, Richard F. Brush Art Gallery, St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY, 2015
- York University booklet: Kenn Sakurai/esm-artificial, 2016
- 10 Canadian Graphic Designers, 2017
- Graffiti Artists |Worldwide, 2018
- Art on a Postcard, 2018
- Stickem, 2020
