Born in Gifu Prefecture, Japan, in 1986.
Their artistic practice is shaped by an ongoing consideration of art in relation to language. This approach stems from a longstanding difficulty with words since childhood, an interest in the art world where images and language are deeply intertwined, and encounters with linguistics through their professional work.
They currently paint fallen leaves as something of a lifelong practice. The sight of a child, no more than a year old, picking up a fallen leaf in a park and holding it up left a lasting impression on them, though they are not entirely sure why. This experience led them to begin painting fallen leaves. Looking back, I feel I may have been drawn to the question of how a fallen leaf appears before it is labeled through language.
