{{Short description|Japanese-Canadian musician (born 1987)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2018}} {{Infobox artist | name = Jesse Kanda | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|06|23}} | birth_place = Kanagawa, Japan | education = | alma_mater = | known_for = {{flatlist| *Visual arts *digital art *animation *sculpture *photography}} | style = | movement = | awards = <!-- {{awd|award|year|title|role|name}} (optional) --> | website = {{URL|jessekanda.com}} | module = {{Infobox musical artist | embed = yes | alias = Doon Kanda | genre = {{flatlist| *Electronic *experimental *ambient *abstract}} | occupation = {{flatlist| *Musician *producer}} | years_active = 2017–present | label = Hyperdub | associated_acts = {{flatlist| *Arca *Björk *FKA twigs}} }} }}
'''Jesse Kanda''' (born June 23, 1987),<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.jessekanda.com/|title=Jesse Kanda|website=www.jessekanda.com|access-date=2018-03-30}}</ref> 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,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Simpson |first=Dave |date=2015-07-06 |title=Arca and Jesse Kanda review – entertaining sensory musical barrage |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jul/06/arca-and-jesse-kanda-review-entertaining-sensory-musical-barrage?CMP=gu_com |access-date=2025-01-04 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> FKA Twigs and Björk.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Klingelfuss |first=Jessica |date=2018-04-04 |title=What makes Björk and Jesse Kanda's creative relationship tick? |url=https://www.wallpaper.com/art/bjork-jesse-kanda-wetransfer-documentary |access-date=2025-01-04 |website=Wallpaper |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Jesse Kanda directs Björk inside a giant silicon slug for Arisen My Senses video (NSFW) |url=https://www.itsnicethat.com/news/bjork-jesse-kanda-arisen-my-senses-music-video-film-201217 |access-date=2025-01-04 |website=www.itsnicethat.com |language=en}}</ref>
==Early life== Kanda was born and partly grew up in Japan and raised in Canada.<ref name="thequietus">{{Cite web |date=2020-02-06 |title=Doon Kanda — Labyrinth |url=https://thequietus.com/quietus-reviews/doon-kanda-labyrinth-review/ |access-date=2025-01-04 |website=The Quietus |language=en-GB}}</ref> 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."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-12-19 |title=Arca: Xen master |url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/22973/1/arca-xen-master |access-date=2022-07-05 |website=Dazed |language=en}}</ref>
==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.<ref name="WeTransfer">{{Cite news|url=https://wepresent.wetransfer.com/story/wetransfer-presents-arisen-my-senses-a-video-by-bjork-and-jesse-kanda/|title=WeTransfer presents: 'Arisen My Senses' a video by Bjork and Jesse Kanda.|work=WeTransfer|access-date=2018-05-17|language=en-US}}</ref> 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.<ref>Jessica Canjemanaden, [https://www.dazeddigital.com/beauty/soul/article/46985/1/jesse-doon-kanda-artist-musician-labyrinth-debut-album-interview Jesse Kanda on the beauty of organs, loneliness, and new album Labyrinth], ''Dazed'', 29 November 2019</ref>
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.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-10-01 |title=Open-Source Craftsmanship: An interview with Isamaya Ffrench and Ben Gorham of BYREDO |url=http://www.teethmag.net/isamaya-ffrench-ben-gorham-byredo-interview/ |access-date=2022-07-05 |website=Teeth Magazine}}</ref> 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''.<ref>[https://www.grammy.com/artists/jesse-kanda/18521 Artist: Jesse Kanda], ''Grammy.com''</ref>
== Discography == '''Albums''' * ''Labyrinth'' (2019)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Beaumont-Thomas |first=Ben |date=2019-11-29 |title=Doon Kanda: Labyrinth review – welcome to the haunted fun fair |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/nov/29/doon-kanda-labyrinth-album-review |access-date=2025-01-04 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Lodewick |first=Colin |title=Doon Kanda: Labyrinth |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/doon-kanda-labyrinth/ |access-date=2025-01-04 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> * ''Galatea'' (2022) * ''Celest'' (2023) * ''Lili'' (2024)
'''EPs''' * ''Heart'' (2017)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Doon Kanda - Heart · Single Review ⟋ RA |url=https://ra.co/reviews/20564 |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=Resident Advisor |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=doon kanda │ Exclaim! |url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/doon_kanda-heart |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=doon kanda │ Exclaim! |language=en}}</ref> * ''Luna'' (2018)<ref>{{Cite web |title=jesse kanda's new ep and everything else you need to listen to rn |url=https://i-d.co/article/jesse-kandas-new-ep-and-everything-else-you-need-to-listen-to-rn/ |access-date=2025-01-04 |language=en-GB|website=I-D}}</ref>
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