BIO (Biography)

Born in Kumamoto Prefecture, his grandfather was a painter. Influenced by his art teacher at elementary school, he learned the basics of drawing and watercolor painting.

In 1985, he moved to Colorado, where his aunt lives, and diversified into restaurants, bookstores, convenience stores, etc. After that, he worked as a real estate broker (with a real estate license) in California, and in 2008 graduated from the interior design department at the New York Institute of Art and Design. While working as a real estate and interior designer, he rediscovered the need for painting.

In 2012, he began to study oil painting in earnest at the Triton Museum of Santa Clara, and in 2015, he completed the Visual Academy at the London Drawing Academy. He is currently studying daily, taking classes from master artists at Palette and Chisel Fine Art (Chicago) and Scottsdale Artist School (Arizona).

In Japan, he has been selected for the Kanagawa Prefectural Exhibition, Kamakura Artist Exhibition, IMA Exhibition, etc.

In 2022, he was selected to exhibit at Le Salon, the oldest in France, and will also exhibit at Artexpo New York in 2022.

 

Currently, he remains in the United States and is active as a painter as a member of the American Society of Oil Painters, as well as hosting paint-outs and supporting Japanese painters to be active overseas.

 

 

Message from the artist

 

Perhaps influenced by my mother, I have loved the paintings of impressionist painters since I was a child, and often went to see paintings by Caillebotte, Renoir, Monet, Degas, Trousse, Cezanne, etc., but after moving to the United States, I began to study the paintings of Sargent and other modern master artists, and was impressed by the techniques, colors, and rhythms that far surpassed those of the impressionist painters, and they continue to stimulate my curiosity even today. For me, painting is always a new challenge and a time to be impressed by the beauty of nature and humanity that surrounds me. I would like to share the joy of encountering paintings with as many people as possible.

​ Awards and exhibition history ● Kanagawa Ken Ten Exhibition Hiratsuka Mayer Award - May 2022 ● Artexpo New York - April 2022 ● Le Salon France - Feb. 2022 ● IMA Exhibition - Nov. 2020 ● Kanagawa KenTen Exhibition - May 2019 ● kamakura Bijyutuka Kyokai Exhibition - July 2018 ● FASO Bold Brush Painting Competition FAV15% - May 2018 ​ • Oil Painters of America Western Regional Exhibition - Nov. - Dec. 2017 • Host of Plein Air Rancho Palos Verdes Beach CA - Aug. 2017 • Henderson Art Festival - May 2017 • Summer Art show of Lake Las Vegas - May. - Aug. 2017 • Las Vegas Artist Guild 21st Annual Juried Show, 1st place - April 2017 • American Women Artists Spring Online Show nominate - April 2017 • FASO BoldBrush Painting Competition FAV 15% - Mar. 2017 • The gallery of Lake Las Vegas group exhibition Jan. to June 2017 ​ • Host of Holiday Paint Out New York New York - Dec. 2016 • The gallery of Lake Las Vegas Winter Holiday Open Art Show – Dec. 2016 • FASO BoldBrush Painting Competition FAV 15% - Mar. 2016 • Las Vegas Artist Guild fall member’s juried show at Henderson, honor of mention – Oct.2016 • Host of Oil Painters of America Great Paint Out – Lake Las Vegas – Sep. 2016 • Las Vegas Artist Guild Mayer’s Gallery juried show, best drawing – May. 2016 • Las Vegas Artist Guild 20th Anniversary juried show honor of mention & people’s choice – Apr. 2016 • Southern Nevada Museum of Fine Art International Masters Exhibition - Jan. to Apr.2016 ​ • Local Color III Exhibition in Green Valley Library in Henderson – Oct. 2015 • Galleria de Chavez Las Vegas Exhibition Jul. – Dec. 2015 • FASO BoldBrush Painting Competition Finalist – Sep. 2015 • FASO BoldBrush Painting Competition FAV 15% - Jun. 2015 • International Contemporary Masters juried art book acceptance - 2015 • FASO Bold Brush Painting Competition FAV 15% - Sep. 2015 ​ • Member of American Impressionist Society since 2014 ​ • 30 Artists Online Show finalist Sep.to Dec.2013 • Member of Oil Painters of America since 2013 ​ • Japan Kimono Design Contest silver award - 2012 • Palo Alto Art League juried art show “secret garden” finalist - 2012 • Santa Cruz Art League 82nd annual commonly landscape juried exhibit honor of mention - 2012