Tomoko Kikuchi

Biography:

Tomoko Kikuchi is a visual artist originally from Tokyo, currently based in Beijing, China. She was graduated from Musashino Art university. Her works examining the themes such as gender, social changes and war, focuses on the people who live in cracks of a dynamically transforming society. ‘’I and I’’ (2005- present) ‘’Lost boundaries’’ (2012) are the photographic and video works about young Chinese LGBT people who wander about the unclear boundaries separating men and women, where big changes are occurring in the sexuality in urban youth. ‘’The River’’ (2013) is the photography works about the life and death of contemporary society through the life of fisherman. In every project She has been involved with their community fellowship for a long period of time. These works visualize the energy of crashes out of conflicts, and the human power to overcome the contradiction and complexity of the world.