Keigo Kuyama
Born in Kobe, Japan, I loved drawing insects, scenery, people, and anything else I could see on paper. After graduating from high school, I studied drawing and watercolor painting at a preparatory school with the aim of becoming a Japanese painter, and then majored in painting techniques using Japanese art materials at university. The animated movies and rakugo I saw while being locked out due to the coronavirus made me decide to become an artist who draws stories.
When I create something, I create it by giving form to things that don't have a clear form, such as emotions, thoughts, stories, phenomena, and moments, using my own interpretation.
To achieve this, I create a more specific image, backbone, and character of the subject.
I also design and produce a variety of objects, including two-dimensional works, three-dimensional works, and video works, depending on the purpose and medium.
career background
2000 born in Kobe,Japan
Born in Kobe. I grew up in a port town. My childhood was spent playing around in the sea and mountains and drawing pictures of the insects, animals, and plants he found.
2018 graduate highschool
After learning Japanese painting from my high school teacher, he moved to Kamakura with the aim of becoming a Japanese painter.
2019 Work under a foil, ryoshi, and suminagashi craftsman
Haku, ryoshi, and suminagashi are all crafts using traditional techniques that have been around since the Heian period(1185-1192).
2020 garaduacte prepschool
Studied drawing and watercolor painting at a prep school and graduated.
2020 enter the Tokyo universityof of art
Entered Tokyo University of the Arts. I major in Japanese painting. I move to Tokyo.
2021 get a job as a preparatory school teache
Utilizing the drawing, watercolor, Japanese painting, and foil skills that I had acquired up until then, I teach as a preparatory school teacher.