InterviewFeatured Artist

When I was in my third year of high school, I decided to take the art school entrance exam, but until then, I didn't draw much, even though I liked to draw. But after I decided to take the exam, it caught fire all at once, and I drew desperately every day. However, I had a desire to become an artist for a long time.
When I was in kindergarten, I already naturally thought that I would become an artist in the future, and that was the norm for me. It may sound like a boast, but I was good at drawing from that time on, and I had unfounded confidence that I was good at drawing.

What left an impression on me was that when I was given a task to draw a picture of my father and mother in kindergarten, everyone drew a similar picture with a large face and painted their skin color, but I dared to draw a stick figure. I thought that I should draw more freely, and that the same would be boring. To put it bluntly, I wanted to wake everyone up (laughs).
I don't really want to brag about it, but I had a sense of conviction that I could do something from that time. It's so-called unfounded confidence. But I think it's because of that feeling that I can continue to do art today.

There are two works, but the first is a work using newspaper. The title is "Untitled". I created a variety of sizes, and all of them left a deep impression on me. The impetus for the creation was not a special concept, but an intuitive idea of "let's make it suddenly."

I stack several sheets of newspaper, fold them into strips, and stick them to the board, but in fact, only the outside is glued. That's why the inside is a little floating, and it's in a state where it's about to peel off. The slight shadows and air gaps created by the floating air make the viewer feel as if they are approaching us. I think that this balance, which seems to be stable and unstable, creates a unique sense of tension and drama throughout the work.

When I first made it, it was almost intuitive, and I left it to my senses. However, I always have a desire to create works that engage with society and ask questions. In particular, in this newspaper work, I am a little conscious of the idea of SDGs. It is the beauty and potential of things that are usually treated as "garbage" in our lives. I thought that by turning such things into works, I could create new value. The theme of the work is not just the recycling of materials, but the act of "changing value" itself.

This is an installation created on a university campus and features an irrational arrangement of desks. I don't have a specific title, but I intend to ask the viewer the obviousness of everyday life. Normally, desks are arranged reasonably to make it easy to sit and easy to use in stores and classrooms. However, in this work, I dared to remove that common sense and put it in a position that I felt was beautiful.

The intention was to shake up the sense of "normal" and "normal" buried in everyday life. We usually touch our smartphones and spend time in an environment without nature without questioning anything. However, it is actually a biased and unnatural behavior, and once you get used to the flow of daily life, you will no longer feel uncomfortable. This also limits the way to solve the problem. That's why I created this work with the aim of breaking that stereotype.

By making the desk feel beautiful sensibly, it awakens a person's innate sense of beauty. I believe that this feeling will also lead to solving problems that cannot be reached by conventional rational thinking. Irrational solutions give rise to new ideas and ideas. I created it as if I were experimenting. By having a small experience of seeing everyday life from a different angle, your senses and thoughts become more flexible little by little. This accumulation eventually leads to new creations and ideas. So this work is meant to be not only fun to watch, but also to be a thought-provoking one.