You are based in Düsseldorf, but you also regularly travel to your grandparents' homeland – Japan – how does your environment influence your art? What inspiration do you draw from the respective places?
Tu vis à Düsseldorf, mais tu voyages régulièrement au Japon, pays de tes grands-parents. Comment ces environnements influencent-ils ton art ?
For me, my work is a kind of search for identity. I am a Japanese born and raised in Düsseldorf. However, I have never really lived in Japan. Therefore, as a young person, I always had an internal problem with the question of my belonging. However, through my work, I can answer this question of belonging by using Japanese and German aesthetics and combining them.
Pour moi, mon travail est une quête d'identité. Né et élevé à Düsseldorf, de parents japonais, j'ai toujours été en quête de mon appartenance culturelle. À travers mes œuvres, j'arrive à répondre à cette question en combinant et en harmonisant les esthétiques japonaise et allemande.