Photo by Genya Yoshida
菊地 慎 / Shin Kikuchi
Photo&Video grapher, Painter, Designer, Creative director, & CEO of the SCHOLE INC.
Music Project with Itoko Toma: synfilums
プロダクションカンパニー「SCHOLE」主宰。大学在学中に音楽レーベル『Schole Records』を音楽家の小瀬村晶、映像作家の齋藤雄磨と共に設立。以来、写真・映像・デザイン・絵画など、自身の視覚表現を音楽と融合させた作品を数多く発表し続けている。
国内外のアーティストのプロデュースやアニメや映画などの劇伴制作に携わる傍ら、音楽制作に踏み込んだ新たな表現を模索すべく2020年よりピアニスト当真伊都子とのデュオプロジェクト『synfilums』を始動。「音楽とアートワークの不可分な融合」をテーマに活動している。
Shin co-founded an independent music label “Schole Records” with a musician Akira Kosemura and a visual artist Yuma Saito while they are still in college. His photographs, visual art, website, design, and paintings appears with the music album releases from the label.
After graduation, he co-founded SCHOLE INC., and start working in music production, and publishing as a label owner.
Until now, he worked as art director of CD/LP releases, designer, artwork creator, visual production, and overseas artist management, tour and concert booking, and exhibition planning as well.