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 United kingdom artist Dan Kitchener’s first solo exhibit in the United States: Tokyo Rain. The exhibition debuted to the general public on Friday, Might 20, 2022, Kitchener (also identified as DANK) will current a assortment of under no circumstances-ahead of-seen will work that include source images, sketchbooks, drawings and spellbinding big scale paintings. This variety of operate highlights Kitchener’s pro draftsmanship and deft freehand spray paint procedures that reveal the intriguing genesis from photograph to sketch to portray.

While Tokyo Rain is Kitchener’s to start with solo show in the U.S. and at GGA Gallery, viewers may acknowledge his work from his huge mural painted within the Wynwood Walls in 2019. It remains just one of the most photographed and partaking murals within the museum walls.

A painting by Dan Kitchener normally starts off with a photograph he’s taken from a minute in his real lifetime. The title of the exhibit, Tokyo Rain, invokes a frequent scene Kitchener finds himself in: in the center of the night time, as rain pours down, he stands still as the metropolis scurries close to him, operating for address from the storm. What eventually translates to canvas is an ethereal snapshot of that second in time. He captures that kinetic electricity with saturated shades, blurred strains and epic scale seemingly impossibly through the nozzle of a spray can.

All over his complete daily life, Kitchener has absorbed Japanese society from black and white samurai movies, Godzilla and monster videos, manga and even typography. These influences type Kitchener’s otherworldly, cinematic model. This deep respect and fascination proceeds as Kitchener travels to new sites around the world. His travels now span dozens of metropolitan areas and are remembered via hundreds of murals remaining driving.

Dan Kitchener and GGA curator Peter Tunney have labored closely jointly more than the last 12 months to put collectively this astounding survey of DANKs perform. Though it’s tricky to imagine, Kitchener utilizes almost entirely spray paint to develop his signature works. The exhibition depicts scenes from Shinjuku, Shibuya, Akihabara, New York Town, London and past. Tokyo Rain will be open up to the community Might 20, 2022 via July 2022.

Dan Kitchener is a British artist centered in London, who is known for his system of freehand spray paint on the partitions of renowned cities all over the world. From New York Metropolis, Moscow, Tokyo, Hong Kong to Kazakhstan, Canada, and Europe, his huge vibrant murals depict avenue scenes and wet night cityscapes, bringing light-weight, coloration and vitality to these environments. With a concentration on lights, his artworks have an impressionistic quality, providing the viewer with scenes that resonate with absolutely everyone who has ever walked in a city at night time. Remaining a big part of the avenue art/mural scene due to the fact the start of the movement for almost 16 decades, Dan Kitchener’s level of popularity proceeds to skyrocket, functioning with notable superstars these kinds of as Kylie Jenner, Miley Cyrus, Sir Paul McCartney and Lenny Kravitz. He has worked his way all around the globe turning into one of the leading figures in the avenue art world, generating a long lasting effects on towns 1 mural at a time.

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