金氏徹平 / Teppei Kaneuji

Teppei Kaneuji

Artist, Lecturer at Kyoto City University of Arts

Born in 1978, Kyoto. Resides in Kyoto. In 2001, while attending Kyoto City University of Arts, he studied at the Royal College of Art (London) as an exchange student. He graduated with a M.A. in sculpture from Kyoto City University of Arts, where he currently serves as lecturer. He collects everyday objects to create sculptures adopting a collage-like method. He uses various forms of expression such as sculpture, painting, video and photography to explore a consistent system of formulation that actualises the relationship between material and image. His works have been shown in various domestic and international venues including solo exhibitions “Melting City / Empty Forest” (Yokohama Museum of Art, 2009), “Towering Something (Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, 2013), “Cubed Liquid, Metallic Memory” (Kyoto Art Center, 2014) and “Teppei Kaneuji’s ‘ZONES’” (Marugame Genichiro-Inokuma Museum of Contemporary Art, 2016). His works have been used as covers for numerous books, while he has also designed the stage for various plays such as “We Can’t Understand Each Other Like Household Appliances” (Produced by Owl Spot) and KAAT Kids Program 2015 ‘Yummy and Fun Play’ “Wakatta-san’s Cookies.” He made “tower(THEATRE)” (2017), a theatrical adaptation of his video.