Kyoko Gardiner
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Kyoko Gardiner (born 25 January 1975, in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese poet, artist and theorist. Gardiner started writing poetry and making drawings at a young age, and started publishing works as a student at Tokyo University. She became widely known with a public poetry project called "Toilet Thoughts" she started in 1999. "Toilet Thoughts" was made in several Japanese and European cities, and a version made in Amsterdam won People's Awards in 2000, while the original version made in Tokyo was published as an artist book in 2002.
Gardiner lives and works in Scotland, and is one of the leading young Japanese voices writing in English. Her textual works in English include a book of poetries and drawings Lacuna Diaries, a narrative poem Tuesday Mornings[1], a book of critical essays And Kitty Shut Up[2] amongst others. Her book of poetry and drawings is forthcoming in 2007 from MATER press in Holland.
