SHIN TANAKA was just a graffiti artist. He had been looking for an interesting canvas instead of a street-wall. One day, he hit upon an idea to draw graffiti on a toy. But he didn't have a good toy for it, then he made a toy from a paper as his new canvas. His works have two elements; ORIGAMI and STREET CULTURE. His ORIGAMI experiences helped it when he was young. And when he is designing, mega volume HIPHOP music is playing. His inspiration is the beats and rhyming flow. Because his paper toys are based on a street culture, many artists and brands are interested in them. Before now, over 500 artists and brands join in his paper toy project. His paper toys have been growing with involving pop art, graffiti art, street fashion and more.

Apr. 2005 - Paper sneakers were released
Aug. 2005 - Paper sneakers in NIKE Design Library (Portland, Oregon, US)
Sep. 2005 - Paper figure "T-BOY" was released
Oct. 2005 - Paper sneaker "BASQUIAT" (RBK/dpmih)
Feb. 2006 - T-BOY SHOW (featuring adidas) in Portland, Oregon
Feb. 2006 - Paper figure "SPIKY" was released
Feb. 2006 - Paper sneaker "Ventilator" (REEBOK) for NY FASHION WEEK
Feb. 2006 - Toy customize for nanospore in NYC
Mar. 2006 - adicolor customize for adidas taiwan
Apr. 2006 - Compound concoction in Guestroom gallery
Jul. 2006 - Toy custom for SUG SHOW (UNKLBRANDS)
Aug. 2006 - The WALLMAN custom show in Hawaii
Sep. 2006 - PAPER TOY EXHIBITION: KAMI ZOO in Berlin
Mar. 2007 - INKTHIS 2 in UK
Aug. 2007 - ROCK PAPER SNEAKERS -the paper art exhibition of SHIN TANAKA in association with NIKE-
Feb. 2008 - PAPER TOY LIVE in KENNEDY CENTER -HYPE CULTURE JAPAN-
Jan. 2009 - SYLVAN -hoophy and SPIKY BABY show- in Issey Miyake Paris, France
Apl. 2009 - PAPERSHAPERS Scion x Giant Robot at Scion installation in Los Angels
Sep. 2009 - KIMONO FUSION for Ostasiatiska museet in Sweden
Mar. 2010 - NEW YORK-TOKYO & Frannk's Chop Shop presents "SHIN TANAKA NIGHT"
Apr. 2010 - The Joy of Toy in CCC JAPAN
May. 2010 - UNIQLO + Disney + SHIN TANAKA "Mickey by..." in New York, Paris , HongKong, ShangHai, Osaka and Tokyo
Dec. 2010 - LOVE MOVEMENT colabotation exhibition with Danke Schoen in NEW PEOPLE, San Francisco, US.