Backside works.は、顔だけではなく本名も性別も年齢も顔も明かしていないアーティストだ。ただし、作品の中の様々なヒントを通じて、福岡出身であることがわかる。なぜ Backside works.は正体を隠すのか?Backside works.とのインタビューで、自分が大衆に前に出ないことについて、冗談混じった答えで、ルックスに自信がなくて、と答えた。
Backside works.は、作品を見る観客を主人公と思い、その観客と一緒に物語を作るヒロイン(小説や映画の女性主人公)という可愛い女の子を描き、ヒロインと共に自分の物語を想像してほしい、そんな想いで作品を制作している。
当然のように、幼い頃から日本のオタク文化やストリート文化に憧れ影響を受け、技術面でも日本のアニメや漫画、グラフィティアートの要素を取り入れたペインティング、シルクスクリーン、ペン画、スプレーペイントなど、様々な素材を使用している。リーバイス、コンバース、週刊少年ジャンプ、サンリオ、その他多くのブランドとのコラボレーションも行っている。
Backside works. is an artist who has not revealed the name, gender, age, as well as face. However, through various hints in the works, we learn that the artist hails from Fukuoka, Japan. Why do artists hide who you are? In an interview with the writer, the writer replied, in a mixed joking response, that it is because I am not confident about my looks, about the fact that I do not appear in front of the public.
The artist should think of the audience who sees the work as the protagonist, and draw a pretty girl named Heroine (the female protagonist in a novel or movie) who will create a story together with this audience, and imagine your own story together with Heroine. It is with this in mind that the artist creates the art.
Naturally, the artist has been fascinated and influenced by Japanese Otaku culture and Street culture since childhood, and uses a variety of materials such as painting, silkscreen, pen drawings, and spray painting with elements of Japanese anime, manga, and graffiti art. Backside works. has also collaborated with Leviʼs, Converse, Weekly Shonen Jump, Sanrio and many other brands.
Backside works.
Based in Fukuoka, Japan.
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2024
「볶음밥」 Solo Exhibition (SH GALLERY SEOUL, Seoul, Korea)
Kiaf SEOUL 2024 (COEX, Seoul, Korea)
Hello Kitty 50th Anniversary Special Exhibition (DDP, Seoul, Korea)
“Backside works. × SANRIO CHARACTERS 「 50 five-o 」 ,SH GALLERY, Tokyo, Japan
“Tokyo Art Fair 2024”, SH GALLERY, Tokyo, Japan
2023
“你好” Powerlong Museum, Shanghai, China
“VALIANT GALLERY.Bar” Fukuoka, Japan
“。、展” Komyo-in Templeyo, Tokyo, Kyoto
2022
“週刊少年” SH GALLERY, Tokyo, Japan
“ART TAIPEI 2022” SH GALLERY, Taipei,Taiwan
“KIAF SEOUL 2022” SH GALLERY, Seoul, Korea
“ボンジュール福岡” Valiant gallery, Fukuoka, Japan
“ヒロイン中毒” SH GALLERY, Tokyo, Japan
“へ、じゃなくてヒロイン！” SH GALLERY, Tokyo, Japan
Pop-up “plant chain” VELVET,Osaka,Japan
2021
“URBAN BREAK 2021 Art Fair”, Seoul, Korea
“Group Exhibition” SH GALLERY, Tokyo, Japan
“Tokyo Art Fair 2021”, SH GALLERY, Tokyo, Japan
“CONVERSE TOKYO × Backside works. Collab, Tokyo, Japan
“Skateboard of Backside works. commemorative exhibition” Monster, Tokyo, Japan
“Adopted as a character for Tokyo Shoseki English Textbook for High School Students 2022
2020
“BLACK MARKET 2020” Backside works.×BOTANIZE, Tokyo, Japan
artTNZ Art Fair SH GALLERY, Tokyo, Japan
Art Hunting SH GALLERY, Tokyo, Japan
Backside works. & Erika Naka SH GALLERY, Tokyo, Japan
Solo exhibition “CHAPTER #GINZA” SH GALLERY, Tokyo, Japan
Pop-up “CHAPTER #SAGA” RoughCafe Saga, Japan
Illustration for cover of textbook “Junior High School Health and Physical Education 2021” by Gakken
Appointed as a character for FOSSILE “BIG TIC
Adopted as a character for Kawaijuku 2020
2019
UNKNOWN/ASIA, SH GALLERY Osaka, Japan
Pop-up store “DECADE FUKUOKA” Fukuoka, Japan