online exclusives

after the successful koibito release party at munky king last month, i received many e-mails from over the sea/ out of the state fans. many of them expressed their excitement about koibito. and others expressed their sadness for missing the party and all the goodies which were available at the event....

personally i understand their situation very well. there have been many cases that i wished i could of been back at home in japan. i wasn't be able to attend to some of these events in the past due to financial reasons and other circumstances, including two of my brothers weddings and many of the holidays........   

so i made a decision to create online exclusive koibitos for those who couldn't make it to the official release party.  

these four colours represent the four elements of the nature: earth, fire, wind, and water.

here are some of the images:

also there  will be a very small run of "under the stars" gocco prints.

we are still working on the timing and the detail about this exclusive online release....

i will let you know as we figure it out.

待ちぼうけ。。。

it's so quiet...

happy happy joy joy:)

:)

me + mr nara

ドラエモンへ。。。。

この日，この瞬間へ僕を連れて行って下さい。

aigato:)

i want to thank all the people who came by last night to the koibito release party.

also thanks to everyone at munky king for all the support and care.

and those who couldn't make it to the event this time i hope you will be there for the next release.

over all it was a great success.

please check the links for the photos of the event:

vinylpulse.com
dalydujour.com
arrestedmotion.com

one more day...

the secret revealed......

so last weekend at the vtn (vinyl toy network), the secret color way of my toy koibito was revealed at munky king's booth.....


here is the image:






munky king exclusive color way, edition of 150

under the stars...

took me all day to finish framing these...
but i'm happy with the result.




"under the stars," edition of 25, gocco prints with hand painted background, 2008

also the secret color way/ munky king exclusive will be revealed at vinyl toynet work in pasadena:)

gocco:)

i'm working on a new series of gocco prints.
these will be available at koibito release party at munky king.

they are edition of 25.
they come with either gold ink or silver ink.
i hand painted and stencil the background so everyone is a little different from each other.

here are some process pictures:

count down begins:)

the time has been passing by me so rapidly lately.....
i can't believe we are at the last month of 2008....

but the good news is my toy koibito is finally coming out on 11th of this month!!!
i hope all of you are as excited as i am:)
and to make this occasion little bit more special i'm ruffling away an original painting.
i haven't confirmed all　the detail about with munky king, but you will have a chance to win this original koibito painting if you attend the event on the 11th.
also we are going to make a mini print out of the same image.

so here is the painting for the ruffle:


" kata-omoi: unrequited love", 24 x24, acrylic on paper, 2008

最近。。。

はまってます、Sigur Rós，

empty howl...

often i find myself having a hard time projecting my thoughts clearly into words...
speechless and redundant, my words are tumbling with each other as they try to make their way out of my mouth....
even when i try to scream i feel that there aren't any sounds that's coming out....
or it feels like it gets erased by the surroundings...

anyway here is a new work titled "empty howl"...
the work will be available through cerasoli:lebasse at aqua art miami.



"empty howl", 30 x 40, mixed media on paper, 2008

christie's....

my toy koibito is going to be auctioned at christie's.....

on sale

this past summer i was lucky enough to design a poster for linkin park's tour, projekt rev.
they hired 24 artist to design a unique silkscreen poster for each 24 cities.
and now they are on sale at their web site.
click here for the link.

here is my design

5 color silkscreen, edition of 100

vinyl pulse

got featured on vinylpulse.com:)

thanks jack!!!

artistasay.com

i got featured in artistaday .





thank you:)

thanks for your patients:)

i'm sorry for the lack of update.
there are a lot going on and i'm having a difficulty handling them all...

anyway, munk king and i confirmed on the release date for koibito.

we are still working on details about the event.
i will post more about it as i find out.

an exciting weekend!!!

a very exciting weekend for my loft mates and myself.

nate will be having his first solo show "put on a happy face" at cerasoli lebasse gallery in culver city.


Shallow, 2008, acrylic on canvas, 30 x 24 inches inches

tessar lo will be having a three person show at roq la rue.


Tessar Lo/Roq La Rue Preview from Modus Films on Vimeo.

also my friend and old loft mate scott bellcastro is having a two person show at cerasoli: lebasse gallery.


I Have Ever Felt, 2008, acrylic on panel, 30 x 40 inches


and for myself, i'm showing my new sculptures at 1988 gallery in san francisco.