Hiroki Tsukuda

Hiroki Tsukuda (b. 1978, Kagawa, Japan) Hiroki Tsukuda graduated from the Department of Imaging Arts & Sciences at Musashino Art University in 2001. The artist’s drawings and digital collage explore the turbulent, futuristic cityscapes of his imaginings. Created with meticulous detail, these intricate, monochromatic works illustrate collapsed spaces, in which mechanized worlds merge with sci-fi mythos in states of controlled chaos and organic mutation. Similarly, Tsukuda creates installation works out of raw industrial material, flora, and found objects that transpire directly from the artist’s drawings. Tsukuda’s work was featured in the 8th Yokohama Triennale (2024). He has mounted solo exhibitions at Petzel, New York (2024); Nanzuka Underground, Tokyo (2022); Petzel, New York (2020); Museum of Modern Art, Gunma (2019); Capitain Petzel, Berlin (2018); and Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, Aachen (2017), among others. He has been included in group exhibitions at Parco Museum Tokyo, Tokyo (2024); AISHONANZUKA, Hong Kong (2023); Mai 36 Galerie, Zurich (2023); Tezukayama Gallery, Osaka (2021); Jeffery Deitch, Los Angeles and New York (2019); AC Málaga, Antiguo Mercado de Mayoristas, Malaga, (2019); Mori Art Museum, Tokyo (2019); Tai Kwun Contemporary, Hong Kong (2019); Jack Hanley Gallery, New York (2016); and Brandenburgischer Kunstverein Postdam e.V., Potsdam (2015), among others. His work is represented in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art, New York; Mori Art Museum, Japan; Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary Foundation, Wein; and the Jean Pigozzi Foundation, Geneva. Hiroki Tsukuda lives and works in Hokkaido, Japan. “Technically speaking, my works are not completely monochromatic, in fact the paper I use is quite yellowish, including some colors such as silver and brown. I am assuming that they are colored paintings, yet I am eliminating the colorfulness from my works since it would then become an obstacle to the pursuit of the shapes.”