Kanae Entani – Embroidery Artist 刺繍アーティスト

 

１９歳の時に渡英。Donna Wilson, Lizzie Finnなどの元でアシスタントをした後に独立。
Nikeのプロモーション用の刺繍アートワークを担当するなどフリーランスで活動する。
２０１１年に帰国し、個展を中心に刺繍アーティストとして活動を始める。その他、ファッションブランド “mother”に刺繍デザインを提供、２０１３年にはNHK EテレのCMの刺繍アートワークを担当するなど活動の幅を広げている。
インスピレーション源は、花や動物などの可愛いものから、ホラー映画やミステリー小説、ロックミュージックなど様々。
伝統的な刺繍の技法を使用して現代的な作品を作る事をテーマとしている。夢はミシェル・ゴンドリー監督の映画の為に作品を作る事。
 

Kanae moved from Japan to the UK when she was 19 to study Textile Design. After being an assistant to London based designers Donna Wilson and Lizzie Finn, she started a career as a freelance embroidery artist working for clients such as Nike, creating artwork for promotions and advertisement.
Since 2011 she has been continuing her embroidery work back in Japan, and has had several solo exhibitions in galleries and shops. She has created embroidery designs for Japanese fashion label ‘mother’ and in 2013 a stop motion animation of her embroidery work was produced for an educational TV programme, NHK Japan.
Her inspiration comes from not only flowers and animals but also horror films, mystery novels, and alternative rock music. She would like to use traditional embroidery skills to create something modern and contemporary. Her dream is to create work for a film by Michel Gondry.
 

Exhibitions

 

Stole Stall
Tote – Tokyo – September 2013
 

Double Museum (with knit artist CIANSUMI)
Object by gallery deux poissons – Tokyo – June 2013
 

Garden
Violet and Claire – Tokyo – December 2012
 

Sweet Horror
Nidi Gallery – Tokyo – July 2012
 

植物採集
drole 中目黒 – Tokyo – March 2012 – more info
 

夢の中で訪ねた場所
Nidi Gallery – Tokyo – November 2011 – more info
 

Kanae Entani Solo Exhibition
monster in my daydream – Tokyo – July 2011 – more info
 

Stockists

 

Ocaille
ocaille.com
 

Monster In My Daydream
monster-and.me
 

tote
utoutotote.com
 

violet and claire
violetandclaire.com