Art Incubation Series14『ニューヨーク公募展2025春夏』開催予定! 詳細はこちら
The source of my creation is the people I love.
There is no such thing as completion in art. There are only things we give up on along the way.

私は運の強い絵描きです。
3歳の時、大きな川に落ちましたが、無事生還しました。
スペインでマドリードリアリズムを学び、十数年後、抽象画に目覚めた私は、これからも多くの人に癒しと幸運を与えられる絵画をお届けします。

I am a lucky painter.
When I was three years old, I fell into a big river, but survived.
I studied Madrid Realism in Spain, and a decade later I turned to abstract painting, and I will continue to bring paintings that will bring healing and good luck to many people.

Dear all
I am a lucky painter.
When I was three years old, I fell into a big river, but survived.
And I am a professional interviewer who changed jobs 23 times and met many good people.
I studied Madrid Realism in Spain, and after more than a decade, I got into abstract painting, and I will continue to bring paintings that can heal and bring good luck to many people.

I was born in the peaceful town of Inaka, Asahi City (formerly Higata Town), Chiba Prefecture, where I lived until I graduated from high school.
He was a member of the baseball team until high school.
I love baseball so much that I intend to play on the field even when I become an old man.
After graduating from high school, I spent five years as a working adult and used the money I saved to go to Spain by myself to study art for about a year & to sightsee art in Paris and Switzerland.

One day, however, I saw a painting by Hiro Yamagata called ‘Perrier’ at a general store and was so struck by it that I stood there for about 20 minutes looking at it, immobile and upright, as if I was in bondage.
Painting had been my forte since I was a child, so from that moment on I started aiming to become a painter and went west with the same momentum.

At the age of 23, I studied art in Madrid, Spain.
I met various artists and was strongly influenced by Madrid Realism.
During my life with art with a long history, I met people of my generation who aspired to become painters and painters who were already working professionally.
Every day I had the best encounters, including those I met at my part-time job in a Japanese restaurant.
In the midst of all this,
I was still wondering ‘What can I do with my paintings?
I still remember worrying about what I could do with my paintings every day.

It was a great experience to learn about art, culture and the unique atmosphere of Madrid for about a year (the siestas were comfortable).

Based on realism, in my 20s and 30s I sought my own expression, and in my 40s I started to change to abstract painting.
The time I spend drawing without thinking is like doing sutra chanting.

I want to create a lot of expressions that make viewers and buyers feel happy and that interest people who are not interested in art.

AKIYOSHI SHIMIZU