Born in Fukuoka Prefecture, May 1982
Completed Master’s Degree in Art Studies, Graduate School of Art, Hiroshima City University, March 2009
Concept
Creates primarily using pro wrestling as a motif, employing Japanese painting techniques. By depicting using traditional Japanese painting styles and techniques, the work attempts to make manifest the “aesthetic formality” inherent in the motif. Additionally, wrestlers cultivate robust bodies and minds through rigorous daily training. There is a certain sublimity to their appearance that makes one wonder if something sacred dwells within it. By emphasizing the magnitude of their existence, the artist hopes they become a kind of “auspicious symbol” that receives the pain and suffering of those who view it.
Major Exhibition History
Solo Exhibitions
2019 “MUCHA LIBRE” (HASHI GALLERY, Mexico)
2019 “The German Suplex” (Iwata Shoten gallery, Mie)
2022 “Pro Wrestling Pilgrimage” (OVER ALLs store, Tokyo)
2022 “Grateful Days” (Iwata Shoten gallery, Mie)
Major Group Exhibitions
2018 “Beauty of Technique” (JILL D’ART GALLERY, Aichi)
2018 “ART ASIA 2018” (KINTEX, South Korea)
2019 “ART FAIR ASIA / FUKUOKA” (Hotel Okura, Fukuoka)
2019 “Christmas Exhibition” (s+arts, Tokyo)
2020 “Step Over Art Breaker” (The Artcomplex Center of Tokyo, Tokyo)
2022 “Royal Jumble” (Shoen-ji Temple, Tokyo)
2022 “Foreshadowing” (Eslite Gallery, Taiwan)
2022 “ART! ART! OSAKA” (Daimaru Umeda, Osaka)
2022 “ANIMAMIX” (Eslite Gallery, Taiwan)
Awards
2008 Selected for “7th Sesshu no Sato Soja Ink Painting Public Recruitment Exhibition”
2012 Selected for “6th Maeda Seison Memorial Grand Prize Exhibition”
2014 Selected for “6th Triennial Toyohashi Hoshino Shingo Prize Exhibition”
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