| Birth date | June 23, 1987 (age 39) |
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| Birth place | Kanagawa, Japan |
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| Website | jessekanda.com |
| Alias | Doon Kanda |
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| Years active | 2017–present |
| Label | Hyperdub |
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Jesse Kanda (born June 23, 1987),[1] also known by his stage name Doon Kanda, is an artist, animator and musician based in London. Besides his solo career, he has collaborated with musicians including Arca,[2] FKA Twigs and Björk.[3][4]
Early life
Kanda was born and partly grew up in Japan and raised in Canada.[5] Since age 13, he has shared his work online with the advent of artistic social networks deviantArt.com and mp3.com in the early 2000s. He met musician Arca "on a DeviantArt forum when Kanda was 15 and Arca was 13."[6]
Artistic career
Common themes in Kanda's work have been growth, decay, death, freedom, fantasy, empathy, dream, innocence, subconscious, sexuality, sensuality, pain, suffering, euphoria, the body, movement, and magic. Kanda often employs a balance of aesthetic beauty and the grotesque. Juxtaposing life and death; or love and fear. Although he is mostly known for his sculptural mixed media images, animations and music, he has also ventured into traditional filmmaking, sculpture, fashion, painting and photography.[7] His figures often exist in a dream-like spatial environment, often disfigured but with a sense of empathy and strength. His visual works are sometimes inspired by internal body parts, and Kanda admits "The inside of our body is much more beautiful than the skin that coats it, yet we're afraid of it." He transforms painful organ-looking heuristics into aesthetic visual pieces.[8]
He has often used the music video as his artistic medium, either creating the music himself, or collaborating. In 2020 he provided visuals for beauty company Byredo.[9] He has also provided visuals for fashion label Hood By Air.
Awards
Kanda was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Recording Package during the 57th edition of the event (2015) for FKA Twigs' debut studio album LP1.[10]
Discography
Albums
EPs
References
- ^ "Jesse Kanda". www.jessekanda.com. Retrieved 2018-03-30.
- ^ Simpson, Dave (2015-07-06). "Arca and Jesse Kanda review – entertaining sensory musical barrage". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2025-01-04.
- ^ Klingelfuss, Jessica (2018-04-04). "What makes Björk and Jesse Kanda's creative relationship tick?". Wallpaper. Retrieved 2025-01-04.
- ^ "Jesse Kanda directs Björk inside a giant silicon slug for Arisen My Senses video (NSFW)". www.itsnicethat.com. Retrieved 2025-01-04.
- ^ "Doon Kanda — Labyrinth". The Quietus. 2020-02-06. Retrieved 2025-01-04.
- ^ "Arca: Xen master". Dazed. 2014-12-19. Retrieved 2022-07-05.
- ^ "WeTransfer presents: 'Arisen My Senses' a video by Bjork and Jesse Kanda.". WeTransfer. Retrieved 2018-05-17.
- ^ Jessica Canjemanaden, Jesse Kanda on the beauty of organs, loneliness, and new album Labyrinth, Dazed, 29 November 2019
- ^ "Open-Source Craftsmanship: An interview with Isamaya Ffrench and Ben Gorham of BYREDO". Teeth Magazine. 2020-10-01. Retrieved 2022-07-05.
- ^ Artist: Jesse Kanda, Grammy.com
- ^ Beaumont-Thomas, Ben (2019-11-29). "Doon Kanda: Labyrinth review – welcome to the haunted fun fair". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2025-01-04.
- ^ Lodewick, Colin. "Doon Kanda: Labyrinth". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2025-01-04.
- ^ "Doon Kanda - Heart · Single Review ⟋ RA". Resident Advisor. Retrieved 2025-01-05.
- ^ "doon kanda │ Exclaim!". doon kanda │ Exclaim!. Retrieved 2025-01-05.
- ^ "jesse kanda's new ep and everything else you need to listen to rn". I-D. Retrieved 2025-01-04.