giorgiko
Giorgiko (pronounced JOR-jee-koh) is the moniker of husband-and-wife artists Darren and Trisha Inouye. Giorgiko’s work deals with the affective dimension of the human experience through their childlike characters and mysterious dogs who represent the innocence and carnality of the human spirit and soul.
Giorgiko’s work combines the simple sweetness of Trisha’s characters with Darren’s street influence, classical painting techniques, and playfully anachronistic elements, allowing their characters to transcend space and time. Through the harmonious blending of classical and contemporary in their paintings and drawings, Giorgiko explores recurring themes of feeling displaced, discovering empathy, holding onto hope, and retaining innocence. Characters in urban clothing seem stranded in the wilderness, while characters with historical attire loiter in apocalyptic urban landscapes. Long-forgotten space dogs dream of home, and so do pink-haired girls. Through moody landscapes and childlike characters, Giorgiko hopes to create a universe paralleling our own that opens a window into seeing ourselves and others sincerely and truthfully in all of our flaws and beauty.
Darren and Trisha first met during orientation at their alma mater ArtCenter College of Design in Pasadena, California. Trisha hails from a Korean immigrant family in the San Francisco Bay area and was always drawing instead of doing homework. Meanwhile, Darren is a 4th generation Japanese-American from Los Angeles who fell in love with street art in his youth. They sat next to each other in Design 1, and the rest is history. The creative duo resides in the greater Los Angeles area with their twin children.
Giorgiko has exhibited their work in North America, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and Australia.
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Selected Exhibitions
NOW SHOWING - Mar-Sept 2024 - Japanese American National Museum, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Jan-Feb 2024 - “As Friends & Partners Vol 2” group show, WOAW Gallery, Singapore
Nov 2023 - “Serendipity” group show with Beautiful Bizarre Magazine, Haven Gallery, Northport, NY, USA
Sep 2023 - Kiaf SEOUL art fair with EM Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Aug-Sep 2023 - “Utopia | Dystopia” group show, Beinart Gallery, Melbourne, Australia ( Beinart )
Jul 2023 - “Escape of Life” group show, CAN Art Fair with WOAW Gallery, Ibiza, Spain ( ArtPlugged )
Jun-Jul 2023 - “THIN PLACES” Solo Show, Ojiri Projects, London, UK
Apr-May 2023 - “THE SEED OF PEACE” Solo Show, WOAW Gallery Wan Chai, Hong Kong ( Vogue HK, LifestyleAsia, CreativeBoom, HypeBeast )
Mar 2023 - “F Cancer” charity benefit group show, Thinkspace, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Mar 2023 - “Imaginary Spaces” group show, Nucleus Portland, OR, USA
Feb 2023 - “Daydream” group show, Beinart Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
Sep 2022-Jan 2023 - “DARK MATTER” Solo Show with Thinkspace, Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum, Mesa, AZ, USA ( MesaContemporary )
Dec 2022 - “Post-It Show 18” group show, Giant Robot, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Sep 2022 - “Vanguard Invitational” group show, Outré Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
Jul 2022 - “Across the Pond” group show with Thinkspace, Espacio Gallery, London, UK
Jul-Aug 2022 - “Vanguards of the Cosmos” group show, Everyday Mooonday, Seoul, Korea ( HypeBeast )
Jun-Jul 2022 - “Small Works Show” group show, Beinart Gallery, Melbourne, Australia ( Beinart )
Jun-Jul 2022 - “Unity” group show with Thinkspace, Volery Gallery, Dubai, UAE ( StreetArtNews )
May-Jun 2022 - “Knotenpunkt“ group show, Affenfaust Galerie, Hamburg, Germany
May 2022 - “Salut! 7“ group show, Nucleus Portland, Portland, OR, USA
Apr 2022 - “Rakugaki” group show, Giant Robot, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Oct 2021 - “WONDER & FRIENDS” Solo Show, Giant Robot, Los Angeles, CA, USA ( GiantRobot )
Oct 2021 - “LAX / ORD III” group show with Thinkspace, Vertical Gallery, Chicago, IL, USA
Aug-Sep 2021 - “Mr. Men Little Miss 50th Anniversary” global artist collaboration, Times Square Hong Kong, Hong Kong
May-Sep 2021 - “POW! WOW!: The First Decade” group show with Thinkspace, Bishop Museum, Honolulu, HI, USA ( Thinkspace )
Apr 2021 - “WHAT IS and what is not” Solo Show, Thinkspace, Los Angeles, CA, USA ( Thinkspace, SourHarvest )
Apr 2021 - “Rakugaki 3” group show, Giant Robot, Los Angeles, CA, USA ( GiantRobot )
Dec 2020-Jan 2021 - W1 Curates x Giorgiko, London, UK ( W1Curates , Flannels )
Dec 2020 - “Post-it Show 16” group show, Giant Robot, Los Angeles, CA, USA ( GiantRobot )
Jul 2020 - “8” x 8” group show”, Giant Robot, Los Angeles, CA, USA ( GiantRobot )
Apr 2020 - “Rakugaki 2" group show, Giant Robot, Los Angeles, CA, USA ( GiantRobot )
Feb-Mar 2020 - “HORIZON LIGHT” Solo Show, Thinkspace Project Room, Los Angeles, CA, USA ( Thinkspace, SourHarvest, BeautifulBizarre )
Jan 2020 - “15 Years of Thinkspace”, Thinkspace, Los Angeles, CA, USA ( Thinkspace )
Dec 2019 - “Post-it Show 15” - “Second Drop”, Giant Robot, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Oct 2019 - Moniker Art Fair 12x12 group show with Thinkspace, London, England ( Thinkspace )
Sep 2019 - “LUX AUREA” Solo Show, The Garage Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands ( Juxtapoz, ArrestedMotion, Artsy )
Jun-Jul 2019 - “WONDERFULL” Solo Show, Giant Robot, Los Angeles, CA, USA ( Juxtapoz, HiFructose, GiantRobot )
Jun-Jul 2019 - “LAX / SFO Pt. III” with Thinkspace, Heron Arts, San Francisco, CA, USA ( Thinkspace )
Mar 2019 - “Rakugaki” group show, Giant Robot, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Feb 2019 - "POW! WOW! Hawaii" group show with Thinkspace, Honolulu, HI, USA ( Thinkspace, PowWow )
Jan 2019 - "Fast Forward" group show, Giant Robot, Los Angeles, CA, USA ( GiantRobot )
Dec 2018 - "SCOPE Art Show" group show with Thinkspace, Miami Beach, FL, USA ( Thinkspace )
Dec 2018 - "Post-it Show 14"-"Second Drop", Giant Robot, Los Angeles, CA, USA ( Colossal )
Oct-Nov 2018 - "Universes" group show, Tales Of Art Gallery, Imola, Italy ( Juxtapoz, ArrestedMotion )
Aug-Sep 2018 - "Plants Show" group show, Giant Robot, Los Angeles, CA, USA ( GiantRobot )
Aug 2018 - "GR2 @ 15 Years" group show, Giant Robot, Los Angeles, CA, USA ( Toysrevil )
Mar 2018 - "Cosmic Connections" group show, Giant Robot, Los Angeles, CA, USA ( GiantRobot )
2017 - "Post-it Show 13"-"Second Drop", Giant Robot, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2017 - "Featured artist" Sanctuary Coffee, Claremont, CA, USA
2016 - "Post-it Show 12"-"Second Drop", Giant Robot, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2016 - "Featured artist", Art Depot Gallery, Fontana, CA, USA
2015 - "Post-it Show 11"-"Second Drop", Giant Robot, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2015 -"The Coaster Show" La Luz De Jesus, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2014 - "Post-it Show"-"Second Drop", Giant Robot, Los Angeles, CA, USA )
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