Bangkok illustration fair 2026

SHOWCASE

/ ARTIST / 2021

ARTIST:	TOMOAKI MURAYAMA
COUNTRY/REGION:	Japan
CONTACT:	https://tomoakiart.wixsite.com/tomoakiart https://www.facebook.com/tomoaki.murayama.7/ https://www.instagram.com/tomoaki_art/ https://twitter.com/tomoaki_art
Born in 1989. He lives in Kyoto, Japan. I grew up in a mountain village since I was a child, and after graduating from an agricultural school, I start farming. After that, he graduated from design specialty. Moved to a mountain village from 2020 and set up a production space "atelier MOKU" while cultivating rice. The main activities are installation, mural production, live paint appearance, etc. With the theme of harmony and fellowship with nature, I draw animals and plants with detailed drawings. In the two-dimensional work, innumerable creatures are intertwined to create a new shape and express life beyond individual boundaries. In addition, by modeling plants drawn by drawings and creating a space that combines them, he creates works that express the intersection of man-made objects and nature, solids and planes, and fantasy and reality. [Solo exhibitions / Awards] 2014.03 Sozosha Design College Graduation Exhibition School Award (Osaka Japan) 2015.11 ART STREAM2015 Encouragement Award / Intergroup Award(Osaka Japan) 2016.09 Solo exhibition Shibatacho Gallery (Osaka Japan) 2016.10 Young Creters Award 2016 Support Award (Osaka Japan) 2017.10 Solo exhibition GALLERY Tatsuya (Aichi Japan) 2018.01 Solo exhibition Backs Gazai (Kyoto Japan) 2019.10 UNKNOWN ASIA 2019 MISS KANOKNUCH SILLAPAWISAWAKUL Award (Osaka Japan) 2019.11 Solo exhibition SUNABA gallery (Osaka Japan) 2020.09 SICF21 Spiral Encouragement Award (Tokyo Japan) [Works] 2016.05 Live painting at NU Chayamachi (Osaka Japan) 2016.05 Live Paint at Design Festa (Tokyo Japan) 2016.06 Exhibited at Tokyu Hands Abeno Q's Mall Store Live Paint (Osaka Japan) 2016.08 Live paint at Grand Front Umekita Hall (Osaka Japan) 2016.11 In charge of artwork for LONE CD jacket (TOUGH & GUY RECORDS) 2017.03 Exhibited at Hankyu Department Store Stationery Expo (Osaka Japan) 2018.03 "Rare creature" all 3 volumes in charge of illustration (Godo publication) 2018.08 Successful crowdfunding at live paint project "PENDULUM" (Kyoto Japan) 2019.01 Kozu Shrine Ema dedication (Osaka Japan) 2019.09 Loft Nagoya Exhibit Live Paint and Workshop (Osaka Japan) 2019.12 Table tennis bar lounge PALLETE Kitashinchi store mural production (Osaka Japan) 2020.01 WISE OWL HOSTELS KYOTO OP Event Live Paint (Kyoto Japan) 2020.03 Table tennis bar lounge PALLETE Shinsaibashi store mural production (Osaka Japan) 2020.06 Oku Kinosaki Seaside Hotel Mural / Logo Production (Hyogo Japan) 2021.01 Oku Kinosaki Seaside Hotel Mural (Hyogo Japan)
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forest-Ⅱ-

Material: mixed media
Size: 2400×1600×1600mm
Year: 2020

The space surrounded by the work was created with the theme of "harmony and fellowship", which expresses the comfort of being surrounded by nature when entering the forest.
The fun of discovering various things, such as drawing the leaves one by one and looking for small insects lurking in them, is inspired by the experience of actually growing up playing in the fields.

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Material: Acrylic ink / canvas
Size: 2400×3800mm
Year: 2019

By drawing a group image of creatures that are impossible in reality.

forest -Ⅰ-

Material: mixed media
Size: 2400×1800×900mm
Year: 2019

Installation exhibition work at UNKNOWNASIA 2019 (2019.10 Grand Front Osaka).
With the theme of "getting into the painting," we will create a space where the paintings that cover the sides and floor and the three-dimensional works that are likely to pop out of them are placed.
You can put your forehead at the entrance of the booth and actually enter the painting.

Camellia

Material: mixed media
Size: 2600×2000×2000mm
Year: 2020

I think paintings embody human imagination.
I imagined a camellia tree that had regrown from a stump that should have died, and modeled it as a drawing work. The details of the leaves, trunks and branches are drawn with lines.
By exhibiting outdoors and in the real nature, we express the harmony between man-made objects and nature, and fantasy and reality.

Monstera

Material: mixed media
Size: 400×300
Year: 2019

This work is an arrangement of plants drawn with a pen as foliage plants.
Small animals such as snails and butterflies are drawn on the leaves.

No title

Material: Acrylic ink / canvas
Size: 2400×1300mm
Year: 2020

By drawing a group image of creatures that are impossible in reality.

Ground

Material: Acrylic ink / canvas
Size: 1600×1600
Year: 2020

It is a type of painting that is placed on the floor for display.
All are drawn with a composition seen from above.

Mural art-1（ Creatures of Japan and Tajima area）

Material: Acrylic ink
Size: 2370×3300×1260mm
Year: 2020

A mural painting inside the Oku Kinosaki Seaside Hotel (Toyooka City, Hyogo Prefecture).
After investigating and observing the local flora and fauna, I drew the walls and ceiling of the cafe entrance passage.

Mural art-2（The crab）

Material: Acrylic ink
Size: 5000×2000mm
Year: 2021

A mural painting.
I drew a king crab on a 5 meter wall.

Mural art-3（The squid）

Material: Acrylic ink
Size: 5000×2000mm
Year: 2021

A mural painting.
I drew a squid on a 5 meter wall.

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Mural art of Oku Kinosaki Seaside Hotel

Material: Acrylic ink
Size: 1600×4785mm
Year: 2020
I drew the scenery and creatures of the area where the hotel is located.

Caradium

Material: mixed media
Size: 700×500mm
Year: 2019
This work is an arrangement of plants drawn with a pen as foliage plants. Small animals such as snails and butterflies are drawn on the leaves.

No title-1

Material: Acrylic ink / canvas
Size: 2400×1300mm
Year: 2020