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、福岡出身アーティストだ。
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 from Fukuoka, Japan, who has not revealed their real name, gender, age, or face as well as their face.
Backside works. thinks of their work as the “heroine” the female protagonist of a novel or movie) and its viewer the “protagonist”, encouraging the viewer to create their own story with the pieces.
As a longtime admirer of Japanese otaku and street culture since childhood, Backside works. draws the heroines as paintings, silkscreen, pen drawings, and spray paint, incorporating elements of Japanese animation, manga, and graffiti art.
Past collaboration includes brands such as Levis, Converse, Weekly Shonen Jump, and Sanrio.
Backside works.
Based in Fukuoka, Japan.
CV
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