For immediate release
Destroy All Monsters
Tomoko Arakawa, Ichiro Irie, Alejandro Garcia Contreras, Yoshinari Susaki
Ryohta Shimamoto, Yuka Nakajima and Aiko Higuchi
September 25 - October 16, 2021
eitoeiko is pleased to announce the second in a series of exhibitions called ‘Four
Exhibitions about Japanese Cultures’. The current show is titled ‘Destroy All Monsters’
and consists of artworks by seven artists. Destroy All Monsters (1968) was originally aJapanese movie directed by Ishiro Honda, and its Japanese-language title wasKaiju-Soushingeki, meaning "Total Monster Attack." In 1973, Mike Kelley, Jim Shaw andtheir friends formed a rock band named after the movie, and some years later, Japaneseapparel brand Hysteric Glamour used photos and images of the band in their clothing andmarketing. Since then, the name became known in Japan again in the context of fashion.
This exhibition attempts to search for the road to recovery from the blockage, division anddestruction of culture to the iteration and repetition of cultural imports and exports thathave gone back and forth like a game of catch. The exhibition features Tomoko Arakawa,Ichiro Irie, Alejandro Garcia Contreras, Yoshinari Susaki, Ryohta Shimamoto, Yuka
Nakajima and Aiko Higuchi. The artists work in a variety of media including painting,sculpture, photograph, video and ceramics.
Artists
Tomoko Arakawa
B.1988, Kyoto. 2011, voluntarily drop out from Kyoto Saga University of Arts. Recentexhibitions include Reflection, KUNST ARZT, 2021, Myaku-Myaku, solo exhibition,
KUNST ARZT, 2021, Bubble Wrap, Contemporary Art Museum Kumamoto, 2018, 21stTaro Award Exhibition, Taro Okamoto Museum of Art Kawasaki, 2018, and others.
Ichiro Irie
B.1969, Tokyo and raised in Los Angeles. MA from Claremont Graduate University, 2001.
Studied in Mexico by Fulbright fellowship. Teaches at Oxnard College and Ryman Arts.
Exhibited museums and galleries in the US, UK, Germany, Netherlands, Poland, Mexico,
Argentina, and many others. Recent exhibitions include Body/Color/Space, Art/OF,Germany, 2020, Impermanence, solo exhibition, La Estacion Gallery, Mexico, 2019, The
Imposters, solo exhibition, eitoeiko, 2018, Secrets for the Moon, Harris Gallery, US, 2018,and others.
Alejandro Garcia Contreras
B.1982, Tapachula, Mexico. BA from ENPEG La Esmeralda, 2008. Director of Dedazo Art
Residency. Exhibited museums and galleries in Mexico, US, Canada, Switzerland, France,Columbia, Italy, Netherlands, Ireland and many others. Recent exhibitions include EndResult, street in the world by postering, 2020, Festival of the Resurrection, eitoeiko 2019,and others.
Yoshinari Susaki
B.1987, Aichi. MA from Kyoto Seika University, 2013. Assistant of Seian
University of Art and Design. Recent exhibitions include Hanga Uprising, solo exhibition,yuge, 2021, Public Relations, kumagusu SAS, 2021, Printed Sculptural Image Show, soloexhibition, KUNST ARZT, 2020, and others. Upcoming solo exhibition, Takegata, 11.2-7,
KUNST ARZT, 2021.
Ryohta Shimamoto

B.1986, Tokyo. BA from Tama Art University, 2009. Selected Taro Award Exhibition, 2009,2010, 2011, 2012(include collaboration with other artist). Dedazo Art Residency, 2018.
Recent exhibitions include Bodies of Masks, solo exhibition, Billion, 2021, Festival of theResurrection, eitoeiko, 2019, and others.
Yuka Nakashima
B.1989, Saitama. BA from Musashino Art University, 2013. Canon New Cosmos ofPhotography, selected by Noi Sawaragi, 2014. Recent exhibitions include Gardens PTDX,Shinjuku Ganka Gallery, 2017, Marumoku, solo exhibition, CCAA Art Plaza, 2017, FUGU,
solo exhibition, Shinjuku Ganka Gallery, 2015, and others.
Aiko Higuchi
B.1985, Kanagawa. MA from Joshibi University of Art and Design, 2011. Recentexhibitions include 4 emerging female artists exhibition, Hankyu Umeda, 2019, Global
Women-Women's Art, Thailand, 2019, Kyushu International Art Camp, Gallery Kaze,
2019, Journey to the West, solo exhibition, Shonandai Gallery, 2018, and others.

Above left: Yoshinari Susaki, Bunshin(excerpt),
2020
Above right: Yuka Nakashima, Hose study-1,2021
Left: Alejandro Garcia Contreras, UFOAbduction, 2019

Information
Exhibition Title: Destroy All Monsters
Artists: Tomoko Arakawa, Ichiro Irie, Alejandro Garcia, Contreras, Yoshinari Susaki,
Ryohta Shimamoto, Yuka Nakashima, Aiko Higuchi
Schedule: September 25 - October 16, 2021
Open Hours: 12PM - 7PM
Closed on Sunday and Monday
Venue: eitoeiko
Address: 32-2 Yaraicho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-0805, JAPANWebsite: www.eitoeiko.com