BIO

Kazuhiro Miyagawa is a Japanese collage artist working primarily with analog techniques. Using found imagery, printed matter, and fragmented portraits, his work explores identity, memory, and the unstable nature of self-representation.

His work has been featured in Safari Zine (Brazil), 46pgs Magazine (Croatia), and ARTTEESHOW Journal. His work has also appeared in exhibition publications and group exhibitions in Germany and Brazil.

Through cutting, layering, and reconstructing imagery, Miyagawa creates fragmented visual narratives that exist between recognition and distortion, exploring the ways personal histories and identities are continuously shaped and reassembled.

ARTIST STATEMENT

My work begins with the human face. Through cutting, tearing, layering, and reassembling found materials, I construct portraits that
exist between recognition and disruption. Fragmentation is not used as an act of destruction but as a way of revealing the multiple histories, memories, and contradictions contained within a single identity.

Working primarily with analog collage, I combine printed imagery, typography, and visual interference to create compositions that feel both familiar and unstable.

The works submitted to TORN reflect my interest in how identity is continuously reconstructed through fragments, traces, and visual records. By recontextualizing existing materials, I seek to create new narratives that challenge fixed interpretations and invite viewers to reconsider what remains visible beneath the surface.