Teaming up with 12 young artists who are attracting attention from around the world
A multimedia art exhibition.


This art exhibition will feature rare creations including toys, footwear, apparel, skateboards and furniture.

 

A BATHING APEA brand that handles ®︎ art.BAPE GALLERY™️ is a creative space that connects various elements such as fashion, art, culture, and music, and transmits innovative contemporary art from Japan to the world. It was started in 2002 as a comprehensive art platform. did.

BAPE For 20 years since its establishment, GALLERY™ has collaborated with many internationally renowned artists, designers, and creators such as Hajime Sorayama, KAWS, FUTURA, STASH, Toru Nishiyama, and Takahiro Miyoshita, and has created events that create art and culture. has been held.


this time,BAPE®To celebrate the 30th anniversary ofBAPE GALLERY™, inviting 12 young artists from around the world to exhibit 16 new pieces of art.

World tour"BAPE The first edition of GALLERY™ will open in Beijing from January 1th to June 12th, before expanding to New York, London and Tokyo.

 

"BAPE GALLERY™ Beijing Exhibition

Event period: January 2023th to June 1th, 12

Event hours: 10:00-22:00

Location: LG1-21 & LG2-19, Parkview Green FangCaoDi, No. 9 Dong Da Qiao Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing

 

The venue has an area of ​​1584 m2. The second floor space is divided into various areas, displaying real and digital art pieces, special toys, unique furniture, and more.

 

MoreoverBAPE®︎'s masterpiece items,BAPE STA sneakers will also be on display, taking visitors on a journey through the past, present and future.

 

BAPE® ART

 

BAPE®︎ Noteworthy art pieces are on display on the first floor of the venue, named ART.

 

Adam Lister, Alvaro Ilizarbe, Arkiv Vilmansa, Eric Inkala, Jasper Wong, LILKOOL, Sam Taylor, Simone Legno, Steven Harrington, Tomotatsu Gima, Oso de Agua,SHARK The art created in collaboration with 12 talented artists, SEIJIN, is representative ofBAPE®Using the camouflage pattern of the brand and the ape head logo, the designs are created based on the aesthetics of each artist.BAPE®Redesigning the iconic trademark of

 

Furthermore, artisticSHARK Sculptures by SEIJIN and Arkiv Vilmansa will be on display.BAPE®It showcases the brand's influence on fashion, art and culture and presents compelling visuals.

 

"BABY MILO®️ & MICKIV IN BANANA BOAT"
ARKIV VILMANSA

 

BABY MILO® and MICKIV riding a banana boat with Mickey MouseBAPE®A playful sculpture combining icons of

 

“DOMMA | APE HEAD" (left), "DOMMA | BABY MILO®️ HEAD" (right)
ARKIV VILMANSA

 

BABY MILO® andAPE HEADWorks inspired by

 

(B)APETAVERSE

 

BAPE® The creativity of the world is expanding beyond the real world at a speed beyond imagination. The (B)APETAVERSE Digital Art Trial area, where limited edition precious digital art pieces are on display,BAPE®This area allows visitors to experience art from various angles through interactive touch screens, featuring artwork inspired by the iconic ape head.

 

BAPE® PLAY

 

BAPE® The PLAY area will display a variety of classic toys that have been released over the 30 years since the brand was founded.

 

The exhibition will feature a metal BABY MILO®, 34 BE@RBRICK 1000% figures that have been produced in various collaborations, a skateboard collection, and more.BAPE®You can enjoy the playful collection of the brand's past to your heart's content.

 

 

There will be 34 special models, including a collaboration model with the world-famous Japanese artist, Hajime Sorayama.BAPE® BE@RBRICK 1000% will be on display. In the same area, a skateboard collection featuring the brand's iconic camouflage patterns will also be on display.

 

BAPE® HOME

 

BAPE® The HOME area is divided into a living room and a bedroom.BAPE® × FABRICK × KARIMOKU, ABC CAMOThe sofa, folding table, and square shelf are the highlights.BAPE®The lineup includes cushions, cafe tables, skateboards and more designed based on the brand's signature camouflage, ape head and shark designs.BAPE®We have created a space that incorporates the brand's DNA into everyday life and fuses lifestyle and street style.

In addition, art pieces that are the highlights of the exhibition will be on display and for sale on the walls of this area.

BAPE® MERCHANDISE

 

40 pairsBAPE An impressive wall displaying STA™ was installed.BAPE®︎ MERCHANDISE area.BAPE New STA™️ sneakers and apparel will also be on sale.

 

 

SHARK SEIJIN Figure

BAPE®The iconic iconSHARK "SEIJIN" will be available in six different styles.
It is available in a wide variety of colors, including the original black and white, milky white, electric silver, and silver and gold plating.SHARK "SEIJIN" isBAPE®The attention to detail is clearly reflected in the beautifully finished product. Only 30 units will be available for sale at the venue.

 

 

(B)APETAVERSE

 

In the (B)APETAVERSE area, hoodies, sweatshirts, T-shirts and more will be on sale as an original collection exclusive to the venue. The design source is (B)APETAVERSE's digital art. By incorporating 3D digital art into apparel, the collection transcends reality and virtual space.

 

 

BAPE STA™ 2023 S/S Collection


BAPE The STA™️ 2023 S/S collection introduces new models with a variety of styles. Made from high-quality materials and trendy colors, they can add a fresh accent to your everyday outfits.

 

 

BAPE® HOME Home Collection

BAPE® ABC by × FABRICK × KARIMOKU CAMOThe sofa, folding table, square shelf, andBAPE® × ABC by TENDO CAMOSpoke chairs, etc.BAPE® A large collection of HOME furniture.


Based on the concept that "trends come from lifestyles",BAPE®The iconic pattern of the ︎ has been incorporated into furniture.BAPE®Incorporating the identity ofBAPE®︎ We create a lifestyle space with HOME.

 

ADAM LISTER


ADAM LISTER
BAPE® HEAD YELLOW & BLACK, 2021

 

ACRYLIC ON CANVAS
W.150cm x H.150cm x D.5cm

 

Artist Bio
1978, New York, USA
Born in Beacon, New York, ADAM LISTER is a multidisciplinary artist known for his geometric interpretations of iconic imagery and pop culture. He breaks down classic images to their most basic forms, combining geometric shapes, cube-like compositions, and the minimalist beauty of pixelated graphics to visually capture mental images. It expresses the complexity and simplicity of imagination and visual imagery.

Instagram: @adamlisterstudio

 

Creative Inspiration
This work recreates the traditional original Ape Head logo using a pixel painting technique from a nostalgic and mathematical perspective. This work, one of a series of five paintings, explores color (contrast between yellow and black),BAPE®expresses the essence of

ALVARO ILIZARBE


ALVARO ILIZARBE
BAPE® x ILIZARBE ABC CAMO BLUE, 2022

 

ACRYLIC ON CANVAS
W.100cm x H.100cm x D.3.5cm

 

Artist Bio
1978, Lima, Peru
Born in Lima, Peru and based in Los Angeles, ALVARO ILIZARBE is a multidisciplinary artist who creates works that interact with everyday environments. He uses patterns, cyphers, Pre-Columbian filigree, and the language of advertising to form multiple dialogues with space, place, and art, creating works that explore the energies between things. His work places himself within a complex landscape, often engaging with architecture, transforming it completely. It offers the viewer a different world, as if stepping onto the other side of the mirror.

 

Instagram: @alvaroilizarbe

 

Creative Inspiration
The distorted ape head, angular contrast, and grid-like graphic lines conceal the message in plain sight, like traditional camouflage. Each square is a letter of the English alphabet that has been reinterpreted to create an encrypted code.

ARKIV VILMANSA

 

ARKIV VILMANSA
ARCHIVES CAMO, 2022

 

ACRYLIC ON CANVAS
W.130cm x H.130cm x D.5cm

 

 


ARKIV VILMANSA
PARADISE, 2022


ACRYLIC ON CANVAS
W.250cm x H.180cm x D.5cm

 

Artist Bio

1979, Bandung, Indonesia
Indonesian contemporary artist ARKIV VILMANSA's iconic cartoon-inspired artwork emphasizes two-dimensional forms with bold outlines and vibrant colors. Traditionally trained as an architect, his structural and critical methodology contrasts with free artistic expression. Inspired by pop culture, his works make full use of color, organic forms, and canvas shapes, exploring non-representational art and cartoon character paintings, and uniquely controlling the surface and texture of the paint. We are pursuing ways to express this through the formulas we create. The use of color, shape, and line is influenced by creative industry leaders Takashi Murakami and NIGO.

 

Instagram: @arkivvilmansa

 

Creative Inspiration
He transformed the brand's house codes with his signature cartoon-inspired style. Combining his characters Mickiv and Apehead, the curves and colors areBAPE®Inspired by our heritage, we present a transcendent creative vision.

ERIC INKALA


ERIC INKALA
BAPE® x ERICKINK ABC CAMO GREEN, 2021


ACRYLIC ON CANVAS
W.90cm x H.90cm x D.3.5cm

 

Artist Bio
1982, Minneapolis, USA
ERIC INKALA is a Brooklyn-based painter whose highly visual and evolving style has matured from graffiti to pop art to contemporary art. Her work is inspired by her relationship with color, her love of abstract painting, and her various life experiences. Recent collaborations include exclusive footwear and mural campaigns in collaboration with Coach, large-scale murals for clients including Common (@hi.common), ODA New York, and Oddfellows NYC, and various collaborations with The Bushwick Collective. I am working on. His work has also been exhibited at art fairs such as Art Madrid, Affordable Art Fair UK, Affordable Art Fair Brussels, and ARTITLEDcontemporary (Netherlands).

Instagram: @drinkala

 

Creative Inspiration
BAPE®Incorporating his signature elements into the iconic camouflage pattern, he was the first artist to incorporate pattern work. Make each painting a variation of the others, and arrange and flip the paintings to create an animated look.

JASPER WONG


JASPER WONG
ONLY HAVE EYES ON YOU (BLACK_WHITE), 2021

ACRYLIC ON CANVAS
W.100cm x H.100cm x D.3.5cm

 

Artist Bio

1983, Honolulu, USA
JASPER WONG is an artist, illustrator and curator with exhibitions around the world. He has presented work with Hulu, NBA, Uniqlo, Versace, Microsoft, Toyota, Marvel, and more, and has dedicated his career to fostering new connections through art, rethinking the dialogue about public and private spaces, and how art and NFTs can be used as inclusive tools. He is also the founder of the Hong Kong gallery ABOVE SECOND, creator and lead director of World Wide Walls (formerly POW! WOW!), co-founder of the community art center LANE LANE STUDIOS, and spends most of his free time teaching art classes at Palama Settlement, a community center in an underserved area.

 

Instagram: @mrjasperwong

 

Creative Inspiration
BAPE®We put a unique spin on classic camouflage to highlight the power and beauty of. "BAPE®Based on the concept that all eyes will be on you when you wear ︎, we have transformed all the patterned parts into faces with big eyes.

LILKOOL


LILKOOL
UNTITLED, 2021


ACRYLIC ON CANVAS
W.100cm x H.100cm x D.7cm

 

Artist Bio

1985, Dallas, USA

LILKOOL Studios creator Joshua Maupin, a Brooklyn resident, is fascinated by the bold lines of classic cartoons and is a graffiti writer turned painter. Inspired by 1990s culture and the accompanying skate scene, LILKOOL pays homage to pop art legends through colorful pieces, while also drawing from the streets of New York, classic cartoon culture, and the underground comic book scene of the 1970s. I'm inspired.

Instagram: @lilkool

 

Creative Inspiration
Inspired by the ever-changing graffiti art that creates camouflage with layers of spray paint on the facades of New York buildings.BAPE®The camo pattern is reinterpreted to express the industrial scene of New York.

OSO DE AGUA


OSO DE AGUA
COLOR MULTIVERSE, 2021

ACRYLIC ON CANVAS
W.100cm x H.100cm x D.3cm

 

Artist Bio

Diego Florez Gonzalez 1988, Lima, Peru
Brunella Berscia Ciccia 1990, Chiclayo, Peru


Oso de Agua is an art duo formed by figurative artist Diego Florez Gonzalez and audiovisual communicator Brunella Berscia Ciccia. Working in a variety of mediums including canvas, murals, and sculpture, they are inspired by nature and express it in abstract form.

 

Instagram: @osodeagua_arte

 

Creative Inspiration
Inspired by nature, Apehead is expressed in an abstract manner. The visual details magnify the biological structures of nature, creating organic, abstract patterns and a colorful palette.

SAM TAYLOR


SAM TAYLOR
UNTITLED, 2021

ACRYLIC ON CANVAS
W.100cm x H.100cm x D.4cm

 

Artist Bio

1988, Leicester, England

SAM TAYLOR is known for his bold line work, bright colors, and fun character designs that blend with a variety of pop culture, including commissions from NIKE, Samsung, Nickelodeon, and publishers such as Bloomberg Businessweek, The Guardian, and The New Yorker. All of his work is fueled by humor and excitement. His work is closely connected to his daily life.

 

Instagram: @sptsam

 

Creative Inspiration

the character he drewBAPE®took over the logo and twisted, blended, and combined it into a pop art-inspired design. Cartoon elements interact with classic icons to create a “Got very wormy” pop visual.

SHARK SEIJIN


SHARK SEIJIN
BAPE® MULTI CAMO, 2021

ACRYLIC ON CANVAS
W.100cm x H.100cm x D.4cm

 

Artist Bio

1993, Tokyo, Japan

mysterious contemporary artistSHARK SEIJIN isBAPE® He is a contemporary artist who symbolizes GALLERY. With a background in fashion and fine art media, this artist deftly navigates the boundaries between aesthetic consideration and functional expression, creating a unique relationship between art and fashion.BAPE®They create works with their own unique interpretations. mysterious yet experimentalSHARK SEIJIN focuses more on its work than itself.

 

Creative Inspiration
BAPE®It colorfully expresses the camouflage that is the icon of the brand, and has been loved for a long time as a brand icon.SHARK It expresses SEIJIN's unique world view. A fusion of art and fashion with psychedelic colors and abstract shapes.BAPE®focuses on the legacy of

SIMONE LEGNO

 

SIMONE LEGNO
ICE TIGER CAMO, 2021

ACRYLIC ON CANVAS
W.150cm x H.175cm x D.3cm

 

Artist Bio
1977, Rome, Italy
Co-founder and chief creative officer of tokidoki. Born in Rome, Italy, SIMONE LEGNO was devoted to drawing as a child. A box of chewed, broken, and unsharpened pencils began a passion for art that eventually led him to found tokidoki. Since its official founding in 2005, tokidoki has grown into an internationally recognized pop culture lifestyle brand, with a big character, major partnerships, apparel, bags, interiors, and even slots. We have gained enthusiastic fans with our wide range of products, including machines.

Instagram: @simonelegno

Creative Inspiration
BAPE®'s icon and SIMONE LEGNO's design are mixed,BAPE®︎Duck, BABY MILO®, etc.BAPE®characters appear with the "tokidoki" sign, expressing an Eastern and Western aesthetic, drawing inspiration from world city icons, subcultures, American-style icons, and Japanese pop culture.

 

STEVEN HARRINGTON


STEVEN HARRINGTON
A BATHING MELLO, 2023

ACRYLIC ON CANVAS
W.132cm x H.132cm x D.20.5cm

 

Artist Bio
1979, Los Angeles, USA
Los Angeles-based artist and designer Steven Harrington is known as a leader in contemporary California psychedelic pop art, renowned for his vibrant, iconic compositions that encourage dialogue between artist and audience. His playful yet meditative work is inspired by California's mystique, vast and diverse landscapes, and vibrant mix of cultures. Embracing a multimedia approach, his work includes large-scale fiberglass and steel installations, hand-painted canvases, limited edition books, skateboards, and sculptures.

Instagram: @s_harrington

 

Creative Inspiration
BAPE®Harrington has put his own spin on the iconic icon ofBAPE®He reconstructed the duck and created "A BATHING MELLO." His most famous character that viewers can find isBAPE®It pays tribute to the creative worldview that has been developed over the years.

TOMOTATSU GIMA


TOMOTATSU GIMA
BAPE® APE HEAD POP-GREEN 2021

CARDBOARD
W.52cm x H.80cm x D.2.5cm

 

Artist Bio
1976, Okinawa, Japan
Born in Okinawa Prefecture, Choryu Gima grew up influenced by Japanese and American anime and pop art. His work ``POP COLLAGE'', which is a collage of logos and color prints on cardboard boxes, is made from discarded cardboard boxes and reuses the garbage generated in the process. Products carried in cardboard boxes become the motif of the work, and by creating works using globally recognized products, we aim to provide an opportunity to think about the meaning of "distribution" and "consumption." I am.

Instagram: @tomotatsu_gima


Creative Inspiration
BAPE®To prove that has evolved as a brand and a culture, heBAPE®duck, ape head,BAPE STA™ has been reproduced using cardboard.BAPE®It is a reminder of the global community connected through the company's iconic creations.

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