Naho Awaji

My creative concept is to convert the emptiness and boredom that lurks in the crevices of everyday life into art and fill it up.
I'm mainly inspired by nature, the dream world, memories and nostalgia, and I'm trying to find out how much of it I can share with other people in terms of expression....

My creative concept is to convert the emptiness and boredom that lurks in the crevices of everyday life into art and fill it up.
I'm mainly inspired by nature, the dream world, memories and nostalgia, and I'm trying to find out how much of it I can share with other people in terms of expression.

I've been influenced a lot by the way I express myself, but one of the most recent influences is Haruki Murakami's idea of "going down to the second basement floor".

My paintings are not meant to be one-sided, but to share with you. I want to make people realize that it's possible to paint this way, and that there is freedom of expression, and to become more free, even if only a little bit. If I can share that kind of experience through my paintings, that makes me really happy.