U.K. ARTIST DAN KITCHENER DEBUTS FIRST SOLO SHOW IN THE U.S. ‘TOKYO RAIN’ AT GGA GALLERY AT WYNWOOD WALLS

GGA Gallery at the Wynwood Partitions proudly presents British isles artist Dan Kitchener’s to start with solo display in the United States: Tokyo Rain. The exhibition debuted to the public on Friday, May perhaps 20, 2022, Kitchener (also recognised as DANK) will existing a assortment of by no means-prior to-viewed functions that include things like supply photography, sketchbooks, drawings and spellbinding big scale paintings. This variety of operate highlights Kitchener’s specialist draftsmanship and deft freehand spray paint approaches that reveal the interesting genesis from photograph to sketch to painting.

Whilst Tokyo Rain is Kitchener’s to start with solo display in the U.S. and at GGA Gallery, viewers might recognize his perform from his big mural painted inside of the Wynwood Partitions in 2019. It continues to be a single of the most photographed and partaking murals inside the museum walls.

A portray by Dan Kitchener often starts with a photograph he’s taken from a instant in his authentic daily life. The title of the display, Tokyo Rain, invokes a widespread scene Kitchener finds himself in: in the middle of the evening, as rain pours down, he stands however as the town scurries all-around him, functioning for protect from the storm. What sooner or later interprets to canvas is an ethereal snapshot of that second in time. He captures that kinetic vitality with saturated colours, blurred lines and epic scale seemingly impossibly by way of the nozzle of a spray can.

All over his total lifestyle, Kitchener has absorbed Japanese society from black and white samurai movies, Godzilla and monster videos, manga and even typography. These influences kind Kitchener’s otherworldly, cinematic design. This deep regard and fascination continues as Kitchener travels to new spots close to the globe. His travels now span dozens of metropolitan areas and are remembered by way of hundreds of murals still left driving.

Dan Kitchener and GGA curator Peter Tunney have labored closely with each other more than the previous yr to set with each other this astounding study of DANKs operate. Although it is really hard to think, Kitchener works by using virtually solely spray paint to build his signature is effective. The exhibition depicts scenes from Shinjuku, Shibuya, Akihabara, New York City, London and over and above. Tokyo Rain will be open up to the general public May well 20, 2022 via July 2022.

Dan Kitchener is a British artist based mostly in London, who is regarded for his procedure of freehand spray paint on the partitions of renowned cities all above the world. From New York City, Moscow, Tokyo, Hong Kong to Kazakhstan, Canada, and Europe, his massive vibrant murals depict road scenes and rainy evening cityscapes, bringing light-weight, shade and power to these environments. With a concentration on lighting, his artworks have an impressionistic good quality, providing the viewer with scenes that resonate with everyone who has at any time walked in a metropolis at night. Remaining a important portion of the avenue art/mural scene considering the fact that the begin of the movement for just about 16 decades, Dan Kitchener’s attractiveness continues to skyrocket, operating with notable celebrities this kind of as Kylie Jenner, Miley Cyrus, Sir Paul McCartney and Lenny Kravitz. He has labored his way around the planet starting to be one particular of the main figures in the road art entire world, producing a long lasting effect on metropolitan areas a single mural at a time.

GGA Gallery is situated inside of the Wynwood Partitions at 266 NW 26th St, Miami, FL 33127.