Creating volatile tableaus that straddle the line between surrealism and abstraction, Kenji Inoue's visual dynamos are a potpourri of forms, styles, themes and moods that appear to shriek from the depths of our collective subconscious. These artistic detonations defy thematic categorization, as Kenji explodes expectations as well as icons (sometimes literally), in order to yield his distinctive visions. Eruptive bursts of energy serve as Kenji's visual theme, turning even the most benign of nature's processes into its own Big Bang. Alternate personas, rips in consciousness and archetypal mental processes are often manifest as mutating serpentine entities, engaging in titanic alterations or stratospheric battles. Kenji's work is not all fantasy, however, as his choice of using the form of the explosive burst has its organic parallel in natural processes here on earth, from crystals to flowers to tree limbs.

This dialogue about explosions and destruction, as well as psychological and aesthetic transformation, contributes to the visceral complexity one feels experiencing Kenji Inoue's otherworldly paintings.