eryn kimura

collage on paper

12'“ x 14”

oakland, ca

2023

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commission for renshi love letter project

featuring: 1960s national geographic nihon clips, chiura obata watercolor of topaz prison camp, hand folded petals with upcycled paper, flora and fauna prints, washi, collage paper scraps

collage on paper

8” x 10”

san francisco, ca

2020

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featuring: early-1970s photo along san francisco’s hyde street; photo capturing view from sherman island, from charles kennard’s 1987 ‘landmarks: reflections of four centuries’'; 富士山 (mt. fuji) captured by sekai bunka photo, published in 1997 ‘japan': the cycle of life’; 1765 painting from my favorite kyoto artist of edo period 伊藤若冲, snippets from a (small) advertisement flyer of his 200 year anniversary in kyoto; hand marbled paper picked up in firenze, italia in fall of 2018; random scraps from found print

collage on paper

10" x 8"

kyoto, japan

2016

nowhere but everywhere solo exhibition ・ osaka, japan

collage on paper

8.5” x 11”

san francisco, ca

2021

collage on paper

8” x 10”

san francisco, ca

2020

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muni raised me group exhibition・san francisco, ca

featuring: 1964 ford thunderbird, 1969 magazine photo of san francisco from the vantage point of the excelsior, washi paper, french early 20th century flower illustrations, hand marbled paper, muni transfer

collage on paper

8" x 10"

kyoto, japan

2016

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nowhere but everywhere solo exhibition・osaka, japan

featuring: quote from early-1930s national geographic magazine article on japan (face) ; printed photo of fog rolling through japan’s moutains (hair)

collage on paper

san francisco, ca

2020

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featuring: national geographic clip of post-wwii hawai’i + 2 chinese-american sistas; hella foliage; 1961 thunderbird advertisement; hand marbled paper from firenze; flamingos; 1994 map of sf (arboretum aka where some of my fondest childhood memories took place); origami instructions (pointing to the fractal nature of things, while also this folding/manipulation of bodies/cultures); mushrooms reminding me of composting + processing toxicity, trauma, ancestral pasts + generating fertile soil for future generations; butterflies / moths are everywhere in my pieces not just because i came up on a huge book of butterflies, but also because in chinese + japanese cultures they represent ancestors floating in from the past

collage on paper

10” x 8

san francisco, ca

2021

collage

7.5” x 5.5”

paris, france

2019

collage on paper

8" x 11"

san francisco, ca

2019

collage on paper

11” x 14”

san francisco, ca

2020

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featuring: late 1960s photo of tokyo sista on the pay phone; animal depictions by my favorite kyoto artist of the mid-edo period, ito jakuchu; hand marbled paper i found in firenze; lots of washi paper; fragments of block print by utagawa kunisada; early 1960s phone advertisement; origami instructions; san francisco map; minuscule scraps from flyers + pamphlets i collected when living in japan; late-1960s thunderbird; 1969 belgian travel pamphlet photo of japan’s rice field; horenso (japanese greens); butterfly from albertus seba’s 18th century plates

6” x "6”

collage

san francisco, ca

2019

collage on paper

12" x 12"

san francisco, ca

2014

collage on paper

8" x 11"

san francisco, ca　

2018

collage on paper

8.5" x 11"

kyoto, japan

2016

collage on paper

8.5” x 11”

oakland, ca

2022

collage on paper

6" x 8"

kyoto, japan

2016

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nowhere but everywhere solo exhibition ・osaka, japan

collage on paper

8” x 10”

san francisco, ca

2018

collage on paper

6” x 6”

san francisco, ca

2020

collage on paper

3” x 4”

san francisco, ca

2020

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muni raised me group exhibition・san francisco, ca

featuring: 1970s national geographic photo of bride au japon, ito jakuchu exhibition flyer (kyoto, 2017), early-1990s photography book (fukuyama book-off, 2016)

collage on paper

4” x 6”

kyoto, japan

2016

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featuring: hand marbled paper, gold washi, vintage shoyu ad

collage

8.5" x 11"

kyoto, japan

2016

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nowhere but everywhere solo exhibition・osaka, japan

collage on paper

11” x 8.5”

san francisco, ca

2015

8” × 10”

collage on paper

paris, france

2019

collage on paper

8.5” x 11”

oakland, ca

2022

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muni raised me group exhibition・san francisco, ca

collage on paper

8” x 10”

paris, france

2019

5" x 7"

pen on paper

san francisco, usa

2013

acrylic on wood

4' x 3'

san francisco, usa

2013

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thank you for failing exhibition kearny street workshop・oakland, ca

collage on paper

8” x 10”

paris, france

2019

collage on paper

8” x 10”

san francisco, ca

2017

ink on paper

11” x 8.5”

san francisco, ca

2015

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resistance group exhibition・san francisco, ca

collage on paper

8” x 10”

san francisco, ca

2018

collage on paper

kyoto, japan

2017

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featuring: hand marbled paper, vintage flower print, the miseducation of lauryn hill album cover

collage on paper

4” x 6”

kyoto, japan

2016

mixed media collage on paper

8" x 11"

san francisco, ca

2013

collage on paper

8” x 10”

san francisco, ca

2020

ink on paper

7" x 10"

san francisco, ca

2015