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Sneakerwolf dans son atelier à Tokyo — Sneakerwolf in his Tokyo studio

Saitama-born, Tokyo-based artist Sneakerwolf is renowned for his exploration of Edomoji, traditional design characters derived from stylized calligraphy, visible on landmarks like Kaminarimon, Hanten, and Senja-fuda. His extensive research led him to declare Edomoji as the world's first graffiti art, inspiring him to create his own original Edomoji alphabets integrated with kanji characters.

Although he initially worked privately from around 2000, Sneakerwolf launched his full-fledged artistic career in 2017, merging graffiti and pop art textures into a unique artistic style. Since then, he has collaborated with and supplied artwork for prominent brands such as NIKE, ASICS, Supreme, BAPE, and FCRB, creating several sneaker designs, including ""Nike Air Force 1 Ueno Sakura^[1]", now being reedited.^[2]

Through his diverse artistic pursuits, Sneakerwolf seeks to dissolve boundaries between Eastern and Western cultures, letters and paintings, high and low art, and other traditional dichotomies.

"Super Deformism"

Super Deformism is a concept proposed by Sneakerwolf based on super deformation in Japanese anime culture. Super Deformism is a drawing expression that emphasizes cuteness rather than realism by shrinking characters and motifs to two to four heads in height through exaggerated expressions.

In the course of his creative activities over the years, Sneakerwolf has come to the conclusion that Edomoji, a super-deformed form of calligraphy, is the origin of such expression, and then coined "Super Deformism" term to express this belief.

He explores this concept and creates abstract works with Japanese originality by super deforming brushstrokes rather than letters or calligraphy, in order to show more clearly the aesthetic sense and spirituality of the Japanese people.

Exhibitions

2017 Solo exhibition^[3] "A" at PORTER Gallery (Omotesando, Tokyo)
2018 Solo exhibition "Edo to END BURNERS" at HENRY HAUZ (Harajuku, Tokyo)
2019 Solo exhibition "Tokyo Saikou Keikaku" at HOTEL KOE (Shibuya,Tokyo)
2020 Solo exhibition "SUPER DEFORM" at in the house Gallery (Harajuku, Tokyo)
2021 Solo exhibition "NEW ABNORMAL" at elephant STUDIO (Shibuya, Tokyo)
2021 Solo exhibition "(INSTRUMENTAL)" at elephant STUDIO (Shibuya, Tokyo)
2021 Joint exhibition "#FR2×SNEAKER WOLF ʻFXXCKING WOLFʼ" at #FR2GALLERY (Harajuku, Tokyo)
2023 Joint exhibition "TRADMAN'S × sneakerwolf ʻSUPER TRADʼ" at WATOWA GALLERY (Asakusa, Tokyo)
2023 Group exhibition "SUMMER FREESTYLE"^[4] at COURT TREE COLLECTIVE (Brooklyn, New York)
2023 Solo exhibition "Off the wall" at SOFT CORNER^[5] (Seoul, Korea)
2024 Solo exhibition "L(I)FE"^[6] at i_Gallery (Shinsaibashi, Osaka)
2024 Group exhibition "The Summer Feeling"^[7] at COURT TREE COLLECTIVE (Brooklyn, New York)
2024 Solo exhibition "Super Deformism" at HCC Paris^[8] (Paris, France)

Artistic Competitions

Selected, FACE 2024
Selected, Art Olympia 2024^[9]

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References

^ https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/nike-air-force-1-low-ueno-sakura-2024
^ https://hypebeast.com/2023/9/nike-air-force-1-low-ueno-sakura-2024-release-info
^ "Sneakerwolf's Kanji-Graphy Exhibition Channels Edo Period Aesthetics With a Rebellious Flair". Hypebeast. 2017-06-13. Retrieved 2024-10-03.
^ "Summer Freestyle — Court Tree". courttree.com. Retrieved 2024-10-03.
^ "SOFT CORNER". softcorner.kr (in Korean). Retrieved 2024-10-03.
^ "SNEAKERWOLF "L(I)FE"". i GALLERY OSAKA (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-10-03.
^ "The Summer Feeling — Court Tree". courttree.com. Retrieved 2024-10-03.
^ "HCC Paris". Helinox Europe. Retrieved 2024-10-03.
^ https://artolympia.jp/result_announcement_2024

[1] ttps://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/nike-air-force-1-low-ueno-sakura-2024

[2] ttps://hypebeast.com/2023/9/nike-air-force-1-low-ueno-sakura-2024-release-info

[3] "Sneakerwolf's Kanji-Graphy Exhibition Channels Edo Period Aesthetics With a Rebellious Flair". Hypebeast. 2017-06-13. Retrieved 2024-10-03.

[4] "Summer Freestyle — Court Tree". courttree.com. Retrieved 2024-10-03.

[5] "SOFT CORNER". softcorner.kr (in Korean). Retrieved 2024-10-03.

[6] "SNEAKERWOLF "L(I)FE"". i GALLERY OSAKA (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-10-03.

[7] "The Summer Feeling — Court Tree". courttree.com. Retrieved 2024-10-03.

[8] "HCC Paris". Helinox Europe. Retrieved 2024-10-03.

[9] ttps://artolympia.jp/result_announcement_2024

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