KENTO KIYOHARA Kento Kiyohara

Born in Fukuoka Prefecture in 1980
In 2008, he began his career with a two-person exhibition at THE NORTH FACE Nishidori store.
First solo exhibition at other in 2024
In 2025, he held a solo exhibition at Tokanonikai, and continues to expand his activities by participating in group exhibitions and pop-ups around the country, and providing designs to fashion brands.



"I have spent half my life in the field of psychiatry. I have continued to observe the silence of crumbling hearts and resisting hearts.

At the same time, he began self-taught oil painting.
The subject of his paintings has always been the inside of humans.
Loneliness. emptiness. anxiety.
An indescribable strength lurks deep within.
My work doesn't explain emotions.
Simply engrave the fact that you are human.
Art is not decoration.
It is a testimony, a trace of existence, a proof of survival."