In 1994, I studied abroad in London. I quit my high school art teacher and decided to move to England, where I had no acquaintance at all, and enter university again from scratch to study art.

It was a big decision to quit my job, but I still want to be an artist.

I felt strongly that studying abroad in London was the best way to fulfill that dream that I couldn't throw away.

Anyway, it is the start of my new life, abandoning a stable life. And this was my second youth, and a turning point that changed my artist life.

I stayed in London for 4 years, and before that, I went to a language school in the town of Hove in the south of England to study English, so the total study abroad period is 4 and a half years, but I'm really glad I studied abroad. I think it was.

If I hadn't studied abroad in England, I wouldn't be there now. My life was completely different.

During my four years in London, I worked hard every day from morning till night. I've never been so absorbed in production.

But at this time, I enjoyed making it more than anything else, and I could feel my evolution every day. It was the most fulfilling and immersive time in my artist life.

Studying in London was the biggest turning point for me as an artist. It was an encounter with contemporary art.

The artist I was most influenced by at the time was Sol LeWitt. I wanted to draw as simple as possible by contrasting lines and surfaces (shapes), organic and inorganic, and eliminating colors. I wanted to draw a minimal drawing rather than a painting.

 And on the next stage, I met conceptual art and faced a new style change, and in parallel with this, this series of minimum drawings continued throughout my stay in London.

Let's start with this series of abstract works.

９４－１－１/ Screen print on paper / 770 x 560 mm / 1994 / ED.10


　
９４－１－２/ Screen print on paper / 770 x 560 mm / 1994 / ED.10


 　
９４－１－６/ Screen print on paper / 770 x 560 mm / 1994 / ED.10

 　
９６－１－１/ Screen print on paper / 1120 x 770 mm / 1996 / ED.25
９６－１－２/ Screen print on paper / 1120 x 770 mm / 1996 / ED.25



 　
９６－１－３/ Screen print on paper / 1120 x 770 mm / 1996 / ED.25
９６－１－４/ Screen print on paper / 1120 x 770 mm / 1996 / ED.25


      

９６－１－５/ Screen print on paper / 1120 x 770 mm / 1996 / ED.25
９６－１－６/ Screen print on paper / 1120 x 770 mm / 1996 / ED.25


  

９６－１－７/ Screen print on paper / 1120 x 770 mm / 1996 / ED.25
９６－１－８/ Screen print on paper / 1120 x 770 mm / 1996 / ED.25


　
９６－１－９/ Screen print on paper / 1120 x 770 mm / 1996 / ED.25
９６－１－１０/ Screen print on paper / 1120 x 770 mm / 1996 / ED.25

Exhibition at Central St. Martins College, London / 1996









９７－１  / Screen print on paper / 720 x 720 mm / 1997 / Ed. 6




９７－２－１(Red)  / Screen print on paper / 770 x 770 mm / 1997 / Ed. 5




９７－２－２(Red)  / Screen print on paper / 770 x 770 mm / 1997 / Ed. 9