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 1952年に生まれてから現在まで、僕の歴史は音楽と映画とアートと共にある。20代のころ東京でジョン・コルトレーンやマーチン・スコセッジやラウシェンバーグやウィホールを知り、シュナーベルやバスキアやキース・ヘリングに憧れてニューヨークに来た。けれどなぜアートをやるのかを見失ってしまった。

20年の長いブランクの後、突然アイディアが降って来た。それが、資本主義を直接批判するのではなく、それを考える切っ掛けになるように意図された「Flower of Capitalism Series」です。けれど、発表の場所は簡単には見つからない。ならばストリート・ミュージシャンのようにやればいい。それが「Mobile Gallery Project」です。

そして71歳の誕生日が来て突然「Neo-Surrealism Series」が始まってしまった。長年追いかけていたものが、実は手の届く所にあった。アートは崇高なものではなく、自分と一番親密なものです。それに気が付くまで、本当に長い回り道をしてしまった。けれど、今はとてもハッピーで満足してます。あとは、多くの人が僕のイタズラ書きを見て、僕と同じように感じてほしいと強く願います。

  

About me

From my birth in 1952 to the present, my history is with music, movies and art. In my 20’s, I discovered John Coltrane, Martin Scorsese, Rauschenberg and Warhol in Japan. Then came to New York, inspired by Schnabel, Basquiat and Keith Haring. But then I lost sight of why I wanted to do art.

After a long break of 20 years, an idea suddenly came to me. It was the "Flower of Capitalism Series," which was not intended to directly criticize capitalism, but to be an opportunity to think about it. But it was not easy to find a place to exhibit my work. So I decided to do it like a street musician.

And so the "Mobile Gallery Project" was born. Last year, when my 71st birthday came, the "Neo-Surrealism Series" suddenly began. The thing I had been chasing for so many years was actually within my reach. Art is not something sublime, it is something that is closest to me. I took a really long detour before I realized that. But now I am very happy and satisfied. I also really hope that many people will see my doodle works and feel the same way as I do.

  
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Born in 1952, Shibata, JAPAN
   
2017 Group Show at SPACE 776, Brooklyn, NY
1988 Group Show, Gallery TSS, East Village, NY
1984 Solo Show at Poster House, Shibuya PARCO, Tokyo
  Group Show at Art Space Core, Tokyo
  Live painting Performance "WASSABEE 3", Aoyama, Tokyo
1983 Japan Graphic Award, Tokyo
  Sunshine Print Award, Tokyo
1982 Japan Graphic Award, Tokyo
  Live painting Performance "WASSABEE 2", Shibuya SEIBU, Tokyo
1981 Nihon Illustration Exhibition, Tokyo
1980 Live painting Performance "WASSABEE 1", Shibuya PARCO, Tokyo
  Art Space Core, Group show, Tokyo
1978 Kotan Gallery, Group Show, Tokyo
   
Award  
1983 Standard Award: Japan Graphic Exhibition, Tokyo
Standard Award: Sunshine Print Award Exhibition: Tokyo
1982 Standard Award: Japan Graphic Exhibition, Tokyo
1981 Standard Award: Nihon Illustration Exhibition, Tokyo
   
Others
2003 Became a U.S. Citizen
2015 Wrote a long essay about capitalism and labor titled "I am a capital!" (in Japanese)
2024 Wrote a long essay about art, music and movies titled "Philosophy of entertainment" (in Japanese)
   
Education
1970 Shibata Hi School / Niigata, JAPAN
1977 Bi-Gakko, Lithograph Class, Tokyo, Japan