Name Kyoko Gardiner Role Artist | Education University of Tokyo | |
Kyoko (Kiki) Gardiner (born Kobatake) is a poet, artist and theorist.
Career
Gardiner started writing poetry and making drawings at a young age, and started publishing works as a student at Tokyo University.
Gardiner became widely known with a public poetry project called "To-i Thoughts" she started in 1999. "To-i 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. Her textual works in English include a book of poetries and drawings Lacuna Diaries, a narrative poem Songs Over My Sunken Garden, a book of critical essays And Kitty Shut Up, amongst others. Her book of poetry and drawings "She Didn't" was published in 2007 from MATER press in the Netherlands.