Pyuupiru


Pyuupiru is a Japanese artist born in Tokyo, where she is currently living and working. Her art work deals with her body as well as gender. She also works with mediums such as costume design, writing, and character design.
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Artistic expression

Some of her more acclaimed works are the creation of three dimensional body-based objects that speak both of reality and fiction. Her gender clarification surgery as well as struggles with gender fueled much of her early work. The mix between gender, fashion and body have created a surge in her popularity in recent years. She refers to herself as "an incomparable, transcended-gender existence."
She has exhibited internationally as well as nationally. She exhibited several times with several projects and the Yokohama Triennale, Yokohama Museum of Art as well as Arnhem Fashion Biennale.

Exhibitions

Pyuupiru's works have been shown at the Uppsala Gallery, Yokohama Museum of Art, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, and the Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei.

Selected works

  • "PLANETARIA" - Three-dimensional works of 9 bodies that have been produced in knit. Exhibited at Tokyo GALLERY SPEAK FOR.
  • "LOVE REINCARNATION" - a three-dimensional work including 50000 golden paper cranes, and video projection on a circular pedestal. Exhibited at Yokohama Triennale 2005.
  • "GRAND MOTHER" - Exhibited at Taipei MOCA, Taipei.
  • "SELF PORTRAIT" - documents the artist’s experience with sex reassignment surgery via self-portraits taken over several years.
  • "VIRGIN WHITE"
  • "GODDESS" - First solo exhibition in 12 years that expands on GODDESS, a series that pictures a "GODDESS" that is divine, evil, and sometimes humorous". Debuted on November 22, 2019 at Diesel Art Gallery in Tokyo.

Public collections