Soh Souen

Soh Souen has been presenting paintings, installations, and performance that examine phenomena related to lives through the relationships with the body not only in Japan but also oversea. He's been developing his own career as a contemporary artist by collaborating with Sara Milio, an artist in the Netherlands for a performance project which began during COVID-19, and also performing with Agathe Naito's installation work at Ginza Maison Hermès Le Forum.

For his major exhibitions, “Winds of Artis in Residence 2022”(Fukuoka Asian Art Museum), “It's been breaking, and still breaking (yet not broken)” (rin art association), “FATHOM - Chiharu Shiota, Sumi Kanazawa, Soh Souen (Kyoto Seika University Gallery Terra-S)” , and many others. Participated in the Artists in Residency program at Fukuoka Asian Art Museum in 2022. In 2024, the installation work “Bellybutton and Breathing” entered the collection of Fukuoka Art Museum.

• Graduated from College of Art, Kyoto Seika University in 2019.
• Born in Fukuoka, Japan in 1995