Artist StatementPainting, like language, is an act of giving boundaries to things, and at the same time, an act of dissolving those boundaries. I paint as a way of naming the nature and the world before me, one thing at...
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Painting, like language, is an act of giving boundaries to things, and at the same time, an act of dissolving those boundaries. I paint as a way of naming the nature and the world before me, one thing at a time, while also undoing that act of naming.
My practice moves between figuration and abstraction within the picture itself. Traditional Japanese painting materials, including mineral pigments, allow forms to bleed, settle, and dissolve through both intention and chance.
By creating spaces between one painting and another, or by painting an image within an image, I keep a deliberate distance from the canvas and from painting itself. Through this process, I explore how images emerge, disappear, and re-form, seeking a new territory for contemporary painting.
Biography
Born in 1987. Majored in Japanese painting at university and has continued to develop a practice grounded in painting, mineral pigments, and mixed media. Founded SHAVASPACE in 2022. Distinctions include selection for THEAPPWHISPERER, a UK-based online art platform, in 2020–2021, and the donation of a work to the Helen Keller National Center in 2024. Solo exhibitions include Blue sheet Exhibition at Wako University, Tokyo, in 2008, and Dirty Dog Waltz at Dobin Gallery in 2012. Group exhibitions include Indépendants – Art Week in Wako ’07 in 2007, comma at BankART Studio in 2009, Site/Sight – Mizu to Chokoku no Oka in 2009, Birth at Territory Gallery in 2024, and TROLLEY at Shonan T-SITE in 2026.
