river kenji fujimoto

River Kenji Fujimoto is a Japanese-Sicilian, yonsei, multidisciplinary artist, maker and printmaker based in Tkaronto, ON. Their research broadly combs through the complexities of being mixed race, queer, trans, disabled and a descendant of Japanese Canadian incarceration camp survivors. Their practice is a selfstudy that primarily uses relief printmaking techniques and text to explore their relationship as being part of a diaspora and their positionality as a settler for many generations.

In their recent works, they have focused on themes of accessibility, imposter syndrome, and perfectionism through relief and screenprinting methods. They are interested in our relationships with others, ourselves and the body. Much of their work can be interpreted as self portraiture, as they use their practice to better understand navigating spaces and systems. More recently, they have been creating through paper marbling, chine-collé, bookmaking, screen printing and intaglio print techniques. 

You can find them @river_makes on Instagram.