For Keia Kodama, Sneakers Aren't Just Shoes — They're Markers Of History
info@hypebae.com (Hypebae) Mon, 18 Nov 2024 HypebaeIf Keia Kodama's passions for sneakers and artistic expression were added into a Venn diagram, they wouldn't be anywhere near mutually exclusive. In fact, you could say that she's the living embodiment of their intersection. As a multidisciplinary artist, Kodama is dedicated to showing the world not only what that intersection can look like, but what it can mean.
For Kodama, you could say that her deep rooted, early love of sneakers is what really got the fire burning. Her first-ever customs were made back in junior high school where she would play around with different designs using her Vans and Converse. Continuing to build upon those initial foundations for self-expression, today, Kodama is busy whipping up creative concepts from transforming the Nike Air Max Plus into a delicate Mary Jane to creating projects rooted in cultural history like her "Hair Force 1."
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