Biography
Kadan Suzuki is a multidisciplinary artist born in East Tokyo and currently based in London. From an early age, they immersed themself in art and music, learning instruments such as the clarinet, piano, drums, and guitar, nurturing a sensitivity for translating complex emotions into sound and image. They later studied video expression and theory at university, and have since deepened their creative practice through hands-on experience in video production and editing, blending visual and sonic elements into their work.
Suzuki's artistic activities span a range of forms—from singer-songwriter and composer to videographer, draughtsman, and drag performer—but they are all unified by a consistent underlying theme: the search for identity and belonging, and the act of giving shape to inner memory and emotional landscapes through artistic expression.
In music, Suzuki explores emotional terrain through sound, words, and visuals, constructing immersive narratives that reflect pain, isolation, and the flickers of hope that emerge from them. In contrast, their drawing practice embraces a more abstract, nonverbal approach. These works often manifest as intricate, instinctive patterns composed of ballpoint pen lines—repetitive, proliferating, eroding—evoking bacterial growth in a petri dish, topographic maps, or expanding fields of anxiety. The act of drawing becomes a kind of ritual, a necessary process for mapping the intangible and tracing the contours of internal states.
In recent years, Suzuki has also developed a deep interest in fragrance as a sensory medium for recalling memory and evoking atmosphere. Working in the field of perfume sales, they continue to explore how scent—like sound and image—can serve as a powerful form of storytelling and emotional resonance.
Across all media, their work is driven by a single intention: to give form to emotions that have yet to find words.
