Keita Miyazaki

Miyazaki produces hybrid sculptures that present an unfamiliar aesthetic and their peculiar mix of materials creates a sense of discord. After witnessing the 2011 tsunami, the artist felt the urge to re-create debris into visual poetry. His mixed media works of discarded car engine components welded together and combined with folded origami paper, express the jarring contrasts of modern life. Miyazaki’s large sculptural forms echo the common noises of public spaces within the gallery walls. Sounds inspired by Japanese supermarkets and metro stations are incorporated through speakers that evoke blossoming flowers.

Keita Miyazaki was born in 1983 in Tokyo. He lives and works in Tokyo and London. He studied at Tokyo University of the Arts and at the Royal College of Art. He has exhibited at the Victoria & Albert Museum (London), Mori Arts Centre (Japan), Palazzo Sant’ Apollonia (Italy), and Palais de Tokyo (Paris).