Born in Tokyo. Painter. Using black, white, and over 30 shades of gray, he paints cityscapes he has visited overseas and landscapes he has imagined since childhood. In recent years, he has begun to use colors other than gray, such as pink and brown, which he has acquired through changes in his lifestyle, and his expressions and stories have begun to expand in a variety of ways.
The work features a monster called "LUV," which is a projection of the artist's own feelings and thoughts, wandering around.
He started drawing at art school at the age of seven, and discovered street art when he was in high school, where he discovered the appeal of murals and graffiti and was influenced by them.
LY_CVImage of the work "Living with LUV", London, 2023 (2023)
BLOCK PARTYAn open space where music and art, the street and the city, and the cultural memories rooted there intersect.
ESOW, Kawamura Kosuke, Face Oka, NAIJEL GRAPH, MHAK|Masahiro Akutagawa, and LY. The six artists will launch BLOCK PARTY at MYAF2025, tracing their own musical roots and memories of the city of Tokyo.
An attempt to reexamine local culture, which has been formed through the natural intermingling and resonance of different disciplines.