Canadian street artist and graphic artist
Kennjiro Sakurai , better known as esm-artificial , is a Canadian street artist and graphic designer .
wall of postcards by esm-artificial
Biography
Originally from Vancouver , British Columbia , Sakurai graduated from the Emily Carr Institute of Art & Design in 1999. His work has been included in numerous exhibitions internationally.
Works
Sakurai mass-produces screen printings on the topic of American and popular world culture. Specific subjects often include supermodels , cars, rock stars, song lyrics, and television personalities. Sakurai's work also often addressed commodification and consumerism . His design work is less text-based than his serigraphs and paintings and can be seen in many movies.[citation needed ]
itchy worms, 2012
i just fucken love you, 2010
esm-artificial stickers in Tokyo, 2006
esm-artificial stickers in tokyo, 2006
See also
External links
Official website
Planet of the Arts
Influx
A Nice Set group exhibition/book
Weitere Informationen zu Streetartist
Wooster Collective interview 2003
Half Empty, Commissioning Street Art: Esm-Artificial 2004
Interview from fashionlines.com, 2007
Interview illicit exhibitions, 2009
Interview from Domogeneous.com, 2011
Victoria & Albert Museum, esm-artificial, Street Art, 2011
Must see street art in Canada, 2012
Artist analysis : esm-artificial, 2014
Reconstruction: esm-artificial, 2014
Carleton University Azrieli School of Architecture and Urbanism: esm-artificial, 2014
Making Space and Place: esm-artificial, 2014
Artist feature by Catherine Tedford, Gallery Director, Richard F. Brush Art Gallery, St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY, 2015
York University booklet: Kenn Sakurai/esm-artificial, 2016
10 Canadian Graphic Designers, 2017
Graffiti Artists |Worldwide, 2018
Art on a Postcard, 2018
Stickem, 2020