TRAMPOLINE (japan) 
My Friend 我が友
SOLO EXHIBITION 
17.02.2023 - 20.04.2023 
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We discovered her work and fell in love with the mysterious dark and playful world she creates, including cute characters and fun objects with a touch of surrealism. TRAMPOLINE will present a collection of limited riso prints at Grafik. For this solo exhibition TRAMPOLINE created illustrations about the love of friends, best friends and family, and the various forms it takes! 

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Trampoline likes to mix dark and very pop drawings at the same time, to create a strange but also playful, childish atmosphere. She loves to play on these paradoxes. This is also reflected in her characters. For example, she will draw a cute character who cries or has a big shadow on his face. She is attracted to these contradictory visuals. This "weirdness" that exists in her illustrations is a bit of a reflection of what the brain, the imagination of a small child might be. Born and raised in Kyoto, Trampoline has always loved drawing and painting. She went on to study typography at Kyoto University of the Arts. Stopped for a while with drawing. But after her son was born, the illustrator found a new lease of life within her work. She rediscovered the interest in expressing her daily life. Bringing us into the present, we now see Trampoline as a fully formed artist: an illustrator and a mother, creating some of her most exciting work to date. Mixing a combination of light and dark impressions with pop-style characters and a hint of childlike playfulness, these fascinating images embody Trampoline’s wealth of experience. Although there is no overriding message underlining her bold works, there is certainly a desire to entertain.
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Vernissage 17.02.2023 I 19:00-22:00
Exhibition from 17.02-20.04.2023
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