SHOWCASE

/ ARTIST / 2026

ARTIST: KITAYAMA YOSHIHIRO
COUNTRY: Japan
CONTACT: instagram.com/kit_sanzaru
Visual Artist / Graphic Designer

Based in Kyoto and journeying across Asia, he creates works inspired by the visible and invisible presences encountered through journeys. Drawing from traces of human activities and culture, he develops works across multiple media including illustration, photography, graphic design, typography, and character design. Through his unique visual language, he depicts the energy carried within people.

RAW 01 | Ignition

Inside everyone lies an energy before emotion, before language.
RAW depicts the forms of this energy.
In this series, digital illustrations are printed as giclée on paper.
Colored pencil is then drawn directly on each print.
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Colored Pencils, Digital Print (Giclee Printing), White Paper

W297mm × H420mm
2026

RAW 02 | Confusion

Inside everyone lies an energy before emotion, before language.
RAW depicts the forms of this energy.
In this series, digital illustrations are printed as giclée on paper.
Colored pencil is then drawn directly on each print.
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Colored Pencils, Digital Print (Giclee Printing), White Paper

W297mm × H420mm
2026

PULSE Sketch

A series of original hand-drawn works created on papers collected during my journeys across Asia.
Each piece is drawn directly on papers collected from Japan, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Taiwan including handmade papers and old book pages.

Luang Prabang 01 | PULSE Series

People and nature exist without separation.
A gentle, embracing force fills the space.
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Colored pencils, Photography (Giclee Printing), White Paper

W410mm × H273mm
Photo: 2024 (Luang Prabang, Laos)

2026
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PULSE Series
Human activities and unseen forces overlap over time.
PULSE Series touches the pulse within.
In this series, photographed moments within a place are printed as giclée on paper.
Colored pencil is then drawn directly on each print.
Upon visible reality, human energy and unseen layers are superimposed.

Varanasi 01 | PULSE Series

The sacred and the profane intermingle.
Overwhelming human energy accumulates in dense layers.
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Colored pencils, Photography (Giclee Printing), White Paper

W455mm × H333mm
Photo: 2025 (Varanasi, India)

2026
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PULSE Series
Human activities and unseen forces overlap over time.
PULSE Series touches the pulse within.
In this series, photographed moments within a place are printed as giclée on paper.
Colored pencil is then drawn directly on each print.
Upon visible reality, human energy and unseen layers are superimposed.

Taipei 01 | PULSE Series

Gentleness, warmth, and a quiet vibrancy overlap with one another.
Different presences naturally draw close, softly breathing together.
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Colored pencils, Photography (Giclee Printing), White Paper

W455mm × H333mm
Photo: 2026 (Taipei, Taiwan)

2026
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PULSE Series
Human activities and unseen forces overlap over time.
PULSE Series touches the pulse within.
In this series, photographed moments within a place are printed as giclée on paper.
Colored pencil is then drawn directly on each print.
Upon visible reality, human energy and unseen layers are superimposed.

Siem Reap 01 | PULSE Series

Layers of human activity accumulate.
The energy deposited there continues to pulse.
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Colored pencils, Photography (Giclee Printing), White Paper

W455mm × H606mm
Photo: 2016 (Siem Reap, Cambodia)

2026
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PULSE Series
Human activities and unseen forces overlap over time.
PULSE Series touches the pulse within.
In this series, photographed moments within a place are printed as giclée on paper.
Colored pencil is then drawn directly on each print.
Upon visible reality, human energy and unseen layers are superimposed.

MANEKINEKO

Risograph Print / 3-color
W148mm × H210mm
2026

Katakana Typography

バンコク (Bangkok)、バラナシ (Varanasi)、ルアンパバーン (Luang Prabang)
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A typography series combining Japanese katakana with illustrations inspired by human activities and cultural traces found throughout Asia.
2026

GANESHA

A series combining photographs taken during journeys, original characters, and graphic elements.
Exploring the humor, energy, and spirit found within everyday human activities.
Produced as two-color silkscreen prints.
2026