PUTOS' solo exhibition "DISPOSITION" held
At VALIANT GALLERY until December 22nd
From Saturday, November 23rd to Sunday, December 22nd, VALIANT GALLERY in Imaizumi, Fukuoka will be holding a solo exhibition by graffiti artist PUTOS , titled "DISPOSITION."
The concept of this exhibition is "the arrangement of materials."
By combining each piece like arranging flowers, new relationships are formed between the items.
Check out our exciting new style canvas series.
We look forward to seeing you in our gallery.
Solo exhibition overview
"DISPOSITION"
Date: Saturday, November 23, 2024 - Sunday, December 22, 2024
Time: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 20:00-24:00 / Saturday 15:00-24:00 / Sunday 15:00-22:00 Closed: Mondays Venue: VALIANT GALLERY.bar
Address: 2-3-18 Imaizumi, Chuo Ward, Fukuoka City
Presence: Dates of presence and live painting are yet to be decided. We will announce them on the VALIANT GALLERY official Instagram .
Artist Profile
PUTOS -Yoka Paint- (Instagram @yokapaint )
PUTOS is a street art artist born in Melbourne, Australia.
He was based in Australia, but moved to Los Angeles in the US due to an increase in requests from overseas.
After that, he participated in mural paintings and exhibitions in various parts of Europe, gained fame, and returned to his hometown of Melbourne. His wife HIRO was styling models in the fashion industry in Melbourne at the time, but in 2019 they decided to move to Japan together and pursue art. They founded Yoka Paint in HIRO's hometown of Fukuoka and started their business.
During his 24 years of experience in street art, he has been involved in projects with the government, such as tourism, art production to support reconstruction, and depopulated town development. He transforms what is needed into art, creating things that inspire people and that can be felt by people who happen to see the wall while walking by, and continues to evolve along with history.
He pursues the various issues faced by people, places, things, and the times, and creates works based on the theme of the value that arises from empathy and harmony.
Next year, 2025, he will return to Australia for the first time in six years. We are looking forward to his mural creations, which will decorate Australian cities with a variety of art, utilizing the sensibilities he has cultivated in Japan.
Past representative works
| 2013 | Victoria, Australia: Historical Building Tourism and Street Art Map Project (Giant Dragon Mural on a Building) |
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| 2016 | Live painting on a huge two-storey container at the F1 Grand Prix in Australia |
| 2020 | Won the grand prize at the DAIMARU Matsuzakaya x Hakkendou competition and held a solo exhibition "PUTOS SOLO EXHIBITION" at Hakata Daimaru |
| 2020 | Creation of a mural to support urban development at Maruyama Park, Tagawa City, Fukuoka Prefecture's "Sakura Festival" |
| 2024 | Hiroshima Prefecture Joint Procurement Promotion Project (Reconstruction Support Urban Development Giant Mural Production) |
| 2024 | Yanmar Yodoko Sakura Museum, Osaka (Street art mural production) |
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