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 provides British isles artist Dan Kitchener’s initial solo display in the United States: Tokyo Rain. The exhibition debuted to the general public on Friday, May perhaps 20, 2022, Kitchener (also acknowledged as DANK) will existing a assortment of under no circumstances-before-viewed will work that contain supply images, sketchbooks, drawings and spellbinding huge scale paintings. This assortment of get the job done highlights Kitchener’s skilled draftsmanship and deft freehand spray paint approaches that display the interesting genesis from photograph to sketch to portray.

Despite the fact that Tokyo Rain is Kitchener’s to start with solo demonstrate in the U.S. and at GGA Gallery, viewers could understand his do the job from his enormous mural painted inside of the Wynwood Walls in 2019. It stays one of the most photographed and participating murals inside the museum walls.

A painting by Dan Kitchener often begins with a photograph he’s taken from a minute in his serious lifetime. The title of the demonstrate, Tokyo Rain, invokes a popular scene Kitchener finds himself in: in the middle of the night, as rain pours down, he stands nonetheless as the town scurries around him, jogging for address from the storm. What eventually translates to canvas is an ethereal snapshot of that minute in time. He captures that kinetic electrical power with saturated hues, blurred lines and epic scale seemingly impossibly via the nozzle of a spray can.

All over his complete lifestyle, Kitchener has absorbed Japanese tradition from black and white samurai films, Godzilla and monster films, manga and even typography. These influences sort Kitchener’s otherworldly, cinematic model. This deep regard and fascination continues as Kitchener travels to new sites around the world. His travels now span dozens of towns and are remembered via hundreds of murals remaining at the rear of.

Dan Kitchener and GGA curator Peter Tunney have worked carefully collectively more than the last yr to set collectively this astounding study of DANKs do the job. While it’s difficult to imagine, Kitchener employs pretty much totally spray paint to create his signature performs. The exhibition depicts scenes from Shinjuku, Shibuya, Akihabara, New York City, London and beyond. Tokyo Rain will be open to the public Could 20, 2022 by means of July 2022.

Dan Kitchener is a British artist primarily based in London, who is recognised for his technique of freehand spray paint on the partitions of renowned metropolitan areas all about the planet. From New York City, Moscow, Tokyo, Hong Kong to Kazakhstan, Canada, and Europe, his huge colorful murals depict street scenes and wet night cityscapes, bringing light, coloration and energy to these environments. With a focus on lighting, his artworks have an impressionistic high quality, supplying the viewer with scenes that resonate with everyone who has ever walked in a city at evening. Remaining a major element of the road artwork/mural scene considering that the commence of the motion for practically 16 a long time, Dan Kitchener’s popularity carries on to skyrocket, working with noteworthy superstars this sort of as Kylie Jenner, Miley Cyrus, Sir Paul McCartney and Lenny Kravitz. He has worked his way about the planet turning into one particular of the primary figures in the avenue artwork earth, creating a lasting effects on metropolitan areas a single mural at a time.

GGA Gallery is found within the Wynwood Walls at 266 NW 26th St, Miami, FL 33127.