Kazuki Okamura（Japanese b.1983) creates paintings with bright colors and a floating feeling, using drawings from his daily life and while traveling as clues. What begins as a real landscape is transformed into a screen with a mysterious atmosphere, as if it were floating somewhere far away. At the same time, this illusion-like landscape somehow feels familiar to me.

 

Through Okamura's works, you can experience the boundary between reality and illusion. This experience not only gives us a new perspective on our daily lives, but also gives us hints on how to solve problems with creativity in all kinds of difficulties.

 

Graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Painting, majoring in Oil Painting (2007), Graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate School of Fine Arts, Master's Program, majoring in Painting (2009). Received the Tagboat Special Award and the Tomio Koyama Jury Special Award at Independent Tokyo 2022 (2022).