He studied printmaking during his university days and started working as a freelancer after graduation. As I continued to create works mainly for exhibition activities, the works changed little by little, and the number of colors increased accordingly, and before I knew it, they became much brighter. As the number of colors increased, the materials used such as acrylic, woodblock prints, and copperplate prints also diversified. From that time on, I began to work on illustrations with a touch of printmaking and watercolor, and in my exhibition activities, I create original prints and acrylic paintings, and when I work on illustrations, I mainly work with hand-drawn paintings and digitally processed them. I create works with the hope that I can weave sudden stories and landscapes in everyday places softly and carefully.
Biography: 1975 ・Born in Kanagawa Prefecture 1999 ・Graduated from the Department of Fine Arts, Faculty of Arts, Japan University 2001,02,03 ・Solo exhibition (Galerie MABUI Tsurumi) 2004 ・Solo exhibition "Machitsuzuki" (artist in Ginza) 2009 ・Solo exhibition "Mai Nichi no Piece" (The Artcomplex Center of Tokyo) 2010 ・Solo exhibition "Kurage, Last Bus, Bangohan" (The Artcomplex Center of Tokyo ) 2011 ・Solo exhibition ~Two Pillars~ (Gallery Goto 2nd room) 2013 ・"Kitchen Story" "~A Little Story on Your Usual Dining Table and Kitchen~" (Hankyu Umeda Main Store, Art Up Deco / Mini Mini Gallery) 2015 ・Solo Exhibition Sankan Shion (Gallery219) 2017 ・Solo exhibition Wataru Hankatsu (Gallery219) 2021 ・Solo exhibition Tomorrow's neighbor (Gallery219) ・Exhibited in many other group exhibitions and art fairs
【Awards】 1998 ・National University Print Exhibition Purchase Award 2000 ・Shunyo Exhibition ('00, '01, '02) 2018 ・Kazanlak International Contemporary Print Mini Print Exhibition 2019 ・Kazanlak International Contemporary Print Mini Print Exhibition Honorary Mentions 2021 ・Awagami International Mini Print Exhibition Selected