Heisuke Kitazawa

Although his answers are terse, Heisuke Kitazawa’s art speaks at great lengths. His images are clean and graphic as PCP, his pseudonym; vibrant scenes of limp female bodies dangling mid air with earphones on and cryptic collages of odd objects strewn across compositions. Every image is a story of a place and a person for just a moment -- perhaps suggesting that this is the only moment in the subject’s life that is interesting enough to portray. Each piece feels like what a drunken Polaroid should really look like -- the eerie truth about a still frame.

Do your parents hate that you're an artist?

not so anymore, they hated it when i first started and sucked at it..

Where do you think you art will be in the next ten years?

hopefully doing more books. i like picture books.

Are you pretentous enough to call yourself a starving artist?

no. i feed myself, my wife and our cat pretty well.

Do you think you have to suffer for your art?

yes. not just physically, but more mentally.

Are you on any medication?

not pcp.

Has your art ever gotten you laid?

i met my wife at my art show.

If you weren't showing your work, what do you think you'd be doing?

drawing more.

If you had to get a tattoo at gunpoint, what would it be?

gun.

What was your first big break?

not yet.

How did you begin creating work?

took illustration class in college.

What animal do you most want to pluck from the wild and keep?

live deers

Who inspires you to keep producing work?

godspeed you! black emperor

What does your Sunday routine look like?

mostly same as weekdays. wake up, write emails back, eat breakfast, draw, eat lunch, draw, take a nap, play with cat or my wife, draw, eat dinner, draw, play nintendo ds, sleep.

What does your playlist for working consist of?

godspeed you! black emperor

What is your favorite combination of two colors?

pink/light green

Do you go through any certain processes while trying to produce your work?

sketch, draw, paint, print, and forget.

Had you always planned on being an artist [or had you other hopes]?

not before going to college.

Have you had any formal training in art (what was it, if any)?

yes, in college. master of art, illustration at california state university of fullerton.

Heisuke Kitazawa

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