Kyoko Gardiner
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Kyoko Gardiner is a Japanese poet
, artist
and theorist. Gardiner started writing poetry and making drawings at a young age, and started publishing works as a student at Tokyo University. Her first appearance in the European art scene as a kawaii Japanese artist was through the "Hitch-Snog" travels she made in the early ninetieth with her then-partner Henrik Nyberg, in the Southern region of Sweden
, which also had a purpose of raising awareness for Multiple Sclerosis
, a condition from which Nyberg suffered. Gardiner became widely known with a public poetry project called "Toilet Thoughts" she started in 1999. "Toilet Thoughts" was made in several Japanese and European cities, and the version made in Amsterdam won People's Awards in 2000, while the original version made in Tokyo was published as an artist book in 2002.
Gardiner lives and works in Scotland
, and is one of the leading young Japanese voices writing in English. Her textual works in English include a book of poetries and drawings Lacuna Diaries, a narrative poem Songs Over My Sunken Gardenhttp://www.laurahird.com/showcase/kyokogardiner.html, a book of critical essays And Kitty Shut Uphttp://www.blackcatpub.com/gardinerk amongst others. Her book of poetry and drawings is forthcoming in 2007 from MATER press in Holland.
Poet
A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
, artist
Artist
An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
and theorist. Gardiner started writing poetry and making drawings at a young age, and started publishing works as a student at Tokyo University. Her first appearance in the European art scene as a kawaii Japanese artist was through the "Hitch-Snog" travels she made in the early ninetieth with her then-partner Henrik Nyberg, in the Southern region of Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
, which also had a purpose of raising awareness for Multiple Sclerosis
Multiple sclerosis
Multiple sclerosis is an inflammatory disease in which the fatty myelin sheaths around the axons of the brain and spinal cord are damaged, leading to demyelination and scarring as well as a broad spectrum of signs and symptoms...
, a condition from which Nyberg suffered. Gardiner became widely known with a public poetry project called "Toilet Thoughts" she started in 1999. "Toilet Thoughts" was made in several Japanese and European cities, and the version made in Amsterdam won People's Awards in 2000, while the original version made in Tokyo was published as an artist book in 2002.
Gardiner lives and works in Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
, and is one of the leading young Japanese voices writing in English. Her textual works in English include a book of poetries and drawings Lacuna Diaries, a narrative poem Songs Over My Sunken Gardenhttp://www.laurahird.com/showcase/kyokogardiner.html, a book of critical essays And Kitty Shut Uphttp://www.blackcatpub.com/gardinerk amongst others. Her book of poetry and drawings is forthcoming in 2007 from MATER press in Holland.