Ryo Nakao

 

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Born in 1998, currently living in Shiga Prefecture. Belongs to Yamanami Studio since 2017. Originally, he liked to make and look at the propellers for his favorite electric fan out of paper, but when he saw staff imitating his writing and tracing letters on windows with their fingers, he started painting. He has many works that feature English letters and numbers, and when he paints, he finishes in no time without any hesitation or hesitation, and his momentum and strength are also reflected in the font of the English letters and numbers. He often changes colors and traces over the letters multiple times with a brush, pen, or sometimes his finger, giving the work more depth. Recently, he has been creating works that depict not only letters, but also people and things he likes, and his unique sensibility is reflected in his works along with his cool style.

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Born in 1998, residing in Shiga Prefecture and a member of ATELIER YAMANAMI since 2017. One of Nakao's favorite things to do is to stare at fan blades he made of paper. Although this was something that he used to do on a regular basis, the staff also enlightened Nakao tracing some of the letters the staff had written or outlining something that looked like the alphabet on the window. Seeing this, the staff gave him a newspaper written in English to see if it would spark Nakao's interest. Sure enough, Nakao started to copy the letters and numbers in the newspaper onto a sheet of construction paper. Nakao works on impulse but always knows what he wants to incorporate into his piece. He does not spend a lot of time on his projects but the finished pieces express power and certainty. Nakao usually uses a brush or a pen with different colors and sometimes even uses his fingers to go over what he has already drawn, adding depth to his work. He recently started to incorporate people and things that he likes into his pieces, reflecting a hint of his personality into the unique art style.