Susumu Kamijo is an artist born in Nagano, Japan and based in Brooklyn. He received his BFA from the University of Oregon and his MFA from the University of Washington. He’s had solo shows ar GYNP in Berlin, Harper’s Books in NYC, Sotheby’s S2 in NYC, Tortoise in LA, Masahiro Maki in Tokyo, and Marvin Gardens in Queens and he has a just opened show at Stems Gallery in Brussels.

He’s shown in group shows at Rod Barton, Turn Gallery in NYC, She Gallery in NYC, Regina Rex in Brooklyn and many more.

Susumu dropped by Brian’s studio in Bushwick for a chat about his youth moving all over, playing music, skateboarding, hitting the jackpot at the casino and how meeting a dog changed his painting life.

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