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In the Age of AI, Creating Experience Is Where Human Value LiesNew!!
In 1950, the British mathematician Alan Turing proposed a thought experiment called the "Imitation Game". Today it is known as the "Turing Test". In it, a questioner tries to tell a human from a computer through text-only exchanges. If a computer could hold a conversation so natural that it could not be distinguished from a […]
Kind Words from a Commission Client
The other day, a client let me know that their painting had arrived. It was such a gratifying message that I would like to share it here. ◆ (* partly abridged and edited) I am extremely satisfied with a result that went beyond what I had imagined. I can feel that you captured my innermost […]
Two Works Selected for "Art Olympia 2026"
I submitted two works to the international open competition "Art Olympia 2026", and both were selected. The two works I submitted are a pencil drawing and an oil painting. They differ greatly in technique and theme, but both connect to themes I have long been thinking about: "seeing", "boundaries", and "the individual and the whole". […]
Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai: Exhibited as a Contemporary Artist Active in Japan and Asia
Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai"EXPO 2025 ART BLOOM by A4gallery"Participating as an official artist[Dates] August 2025 – May 2026 [Oil paintings on display] An art project touring works by some 30 contemporary artists active in Japan and across Asia, each created using Expo intellectual property such as the official character "Myaku-Myaku". [Venues] (touring exhibition) Sep 17–30 […]
Art Direction and Paintings for a Film
A film for which I provided art direction and paintings"End of the Line" (Japanese title: Shuten no Anoko) at the Shanghai International Film FestivalWorld premiere confirmed in the GALA section[Dates] June 2025 "End of the Line" official website (Japanese)
Selected for the International Open Competition Art Olympia 2024
International open competitionArt Olympia 2024Selected[Dates] July 2024
Exhibition at Fukuoka Tenjin PARCO: "PARCO Yusuzumi"
ExhibitionFukuoka Tenjin PARCO"PARCO Yusuzumi" (Summer Evening Cool at PARCO)A display of paper lanterns by 30 featured artists[Dates] August 2023
Permanent Display at a Museum
Permanent museum displayHeld in the collection of the Yashimaru Panorama Painting Museum, atop Mt. YashimaInstallation of the painting[Dates] From August 2022 Official website
[ A Solo Exhibition Painted in Public ]
Solo exhibitionMy Plurality[ A solo exhibition painted in public ][Dates] January 20 – February 27, 2022 As a child, my father often took me to the public bathhouse. Whenever I spotted someone whose whole body was covered in tattoos, I would rush over and study them up close. Looking back, my father still laughs about […]