CHIM↑POM

Chim-Pom (stylized \"Chim↑Pom\") is an artist collective formed in Tokyo in 2005, when all the members were in their twenties. The six members are Ellie (エリイ), Ryuta Ushiro (卯城竜太), Yasutaka Hayashi (林靖高), Masataka Okada (岡田将孝), Toshinori Mizuno (水野俊紀) and Motomu Inaoka (稲岡求).The group is somewhat influenced by Makoto Aida, as three of the members had been apprentices and Ellie had modeled for him. The collective has been described as \"neo-Dadaist\" and \"the enfant terrible of Japan’s art world\". Many of their projects have tackled provocative social themes.