Shin Murayama
Mask Maker | Soft Sculptor
Contact: contact@shinmurayama.com
- 1977
- Born in Niigata, Japan.
- 1999
- After graduation from Bunka Fashion College, Murayama joined several projects and fashion labels as a designer.
- 2006
- Began making one-of-a-kind clothing and art pieces under the name of Library Police.
- 2008
- Moved to the U.S., where he announced his mask series, for the first time exhibiting his art under his own name.
Collaborations:
- 2024
- Kenji Ozawa, 小沢健二 ‘24ツアー Monochromatique モノクロマティック
- 2023
- Kenji Ozawa, 東大900番講堂講義
- 2022
- Mahito The People, Gezan, 「誅犬」 Music Video
- 2021
- GIVENCHY, Spring Summer 2022 Runway Show, Paris
- OFF-WHITE c/o Virgil Abloh for HYUKOH, Hyukoh 2021 Online World Tour
- 2020
- Kenji Ozawa, キツネを追ってゆくんだよ Live Stream
- HYUKOH, Hyukoh 2020 World Tour
- 2019
- KOZABURO, Spring Summer 2020 Collection
- Kendrick Lamar, Festival Estéreo Picnic 2019 Bogota, Colombia
- 2018
- STUSSY, Capsule Collection “International Sewing Tribe”
- ASAP ROCKY, Testing Mask
- ALYX, Spring 2019 Collection
- 2017
- TAKAHIROMIYASHITATheSoloist., Spring Summer 2018 Collection Rakuten Fashion Week TOKYO
- HYUKOH, Hat Face Mask
- 2016
- FUCT, Hat Face Mask
- HUF, Hat Face Mask
- ALYX, Resort 2017 Collection
- TAKAHIROMIYASHITATheSoloist., Spring Summer 2017 Collection
- ALYX, Fall Winter 2016 Collection
- 2015
- TAKAHIROMIYASHITATheSoloist., Fall Winter 2015 Collection
- 2014
- Repurpose by Shin Murayama, Inventory Magazine Issue 11
- Shin Murayama x Engineered Garments Exhibition Tour, Engineered Garments, Tokyo | Nepenthes, Hakata & Osaka
Solo Exhibitions:
- 2023
- Poetry in Losing, Sukima, Tokyo
- 2022
- SHIN MURAYAMA: 平和のための習作 (Study For Peace), Cage Gallery, Tokyo
- 2021
- SHIN MURAYAMA: SOFT SCULPTURES, Cage Gallery, Tokyo
- 2013
- Lint & Magic, Nepenthes NY, NY
Selected Group Exhibitions:
- 2015
- The Saint-Etienne International Design Biennial, Cité du design, Saint-Étienne
- 2013
- Arrrgh! Monsters in Fashion, La Gaîté lyrique, Paris
- 2011
- Arrrgh! Monsters in Fashion, Benaki Museum, Athens