Kozyndan

Kozue Kitchens, born in Yamanashi, Japan.
Dan Kitchens, born in Long Beach, California, USA.
Both live and work in Los, Angeles, USA.

Kozyndan is comprised of husband and wife Dan and Kozue Kitchens. This Los Angeles-based duo create work that traverses both the fine art and commercial realms. Hailing respectively from Yamanashi, Japan and Orange County, California, Kozy and Dan's personal and artistic collaboration began in art school in the late 1990's. Now widely acclaimed for their digitally painted pencil drawings of contemporary urban cityscapes and cleverly re-interpreted Japanese ukiyo-e prints, Kozyndan's work reflects their "unease and love of the modern world." In their finely rendered urban panoramas, Kozyndan visualize an alternately utopic and dystopic universe, where East meets West, and absurd characters and situations playfully encompass everyday life.

Kozyndan have exhibited with Magic Pony in Lactaid Dreams (September 2004), Touch My Bunny (March 2005), Cats Are the New Bunnies (February 2006), Give a Little (December 2006), Ilavska (February 2007), Tales of the Bunnyfish (June 2007), and Noble Fir (December 2007). In October 2009, Kozyndan will be exhibiting a new collection of drawings, The Unknown Portraits with Narwhal. A special publication will be accompanying the exhibition.

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