SHOWCASE

/ ARTIST / 2026

ARTIST: Masharee
COUNTRY: Thailand
CONTACT: https://www.instagram.com/nanon_sakamoto?igsh=MWdqY2lrNmJnbHdyYQ%3D%3D&utm_source=qr
My name is Masharee, a Visual Arts student from Srinakharinwirot University, Thailand, currently pursuing my journey as a visual artist and storyteller.

My practice combines original character illustration and storytelling to explore identity, perception, and the many possibilities of human existence.

At the center of my ongoing illustrated narrative is Nanon Sakamoto, an original character born with the ability to perceive parallel universes. A half-Thai, half-Japanese, half-Martian teenage girl, Nanon must wear specially engineered Martian glasses to prevent countless realities from overlapping before her eyes. Her extraordinary gift leads her into unexpected adventures across dimensions.

I have always been fascinated by the idea that no one exists in only one form. Through the concept of parallel universes, I explore the many identities we carry—not only across fictional worlds, but also through the different ways we are perceived by ourselves and by others. My work embraces the coexistence of these possibilities and invites viewers to reflect on identity, empathy, and the countless ways we become who we are.

Nanon’s Glasses

Through the lenses specially designed for her, she is able to see and navigate the reality she lives in. Without them, countless parallel universes overlap before her eyes in unpredictable ways. She cannot choose which reality will appear next.

In this illustration, Nanon catches a glimpse of an unfamiliar version of herself, a majestic, otherworldly, and almost divine.

Confused, she wonders,
"Why do I look like a goddess? And shouldn't this be from my own point of view?"

She later discovers that, in one possible reality, she is the mysterious Apple Goddess, the guardian of parallel dimensions. In this universe, the apple symbolizes infinite possibilities and the countless alternate versions of existence.

This is how squatting feels like...

Nanon unexpectedly finds herself stranded on an unfamiliar planet where the only way home is to complete a series of physical challenges, which include 1. Squat 2. Plank 3. Sit-Up.

Nanon cannot explain why she has been brought here, nor why returning home depends on something as ordinary as a SQUAT, PLANK, and SIT-UP!

Instead of waiting for certainty, she chooses to move. Her first squat is not an act of understanding, but an act of acceptance.

To Nanon, the challenge feels endless. Yet on this strange planet, only a few minutes have passed.

This is how planking feels like...

As time stretches beyond her understanding and the next challenge comes by, Nanon begins to question the purpose of the challenge.

“Was this a universe’s punishment? Did they quietly observe my couch potato habits, so they decided to make me exercise?!”

The longer she holds the position, the more she realizes that endurance is not about physical strength alone. However, endurance teaches her that not every transformation can be seen while it is happening.

It is the decision to remain, even when nothing seems to change.

Without realizing it, Nanon is already becoming someone different.

This is how sit-up feels like...

Through repeated effort and countless moments of doubt, Nanon learns that transformation does not happen all at once.

It happens quietly; through every moment she chooses to continue.

When she finally completes the last challenge, Sit-Up, she realizes that the purpose was never simply to return home. It was to become someone she had not yet imagined herself to be.

And the most valuable lesson that Nanon had learned, was to understand that growth starts with trust rather than certainty.

The Dois

While Nanon wandering through an unfamiliar town, she notices that every building seems unusually small on this tiny planet. Curious, she quietly follows a sparkling sound echoing through a marble corridor, convinced that something, or someone, is hiding nearby.

She later meets the Dois, strange little creatures whose bodies seem to ignore every rule she once believed to be normal. One has no legs, another has no arms. Two never stop sticking out their tongues, and another is shaped entirely like a star.

Strangely, none of these differences frighten her, she becomes fascinated by who they are.

Through Nanon's eyes, they are simply... adorable, difference is never something to fear.
It is simply another form that life has chosen to take.

White Dimension

Transported into a world where everything appears entirely white, Nanon hears an unfamiliar voice:

"Once you understand how this dimension works, you will become part of it."

At first, she dismisses the place as nothing more than an empty white space.
But the longer she remains there, the more she realizes that her own assumptions prevent her from understanding the world before her.

The dimension cannot be understood through her perspective alone, it challenges her to abandon the assumption that seeing is the same as knowing.
Instead, Nanon must learn to see the world according to its own logic, rather than forcing it to fit within her own.

This work explores the limits of human perception and questions whether true understanding begins only after we let go of our certainty.

Nanon vs. Alternate Nanon

"Nanon vs. Alternate Nanon" marks the first time Nanon comes face to face with an alternate version of herself. Not merely as an overlapping reality, but as another physical self, standing right before her.

Although they look almost identical, everything else is reversed. Their colors, clothing, gestures, and presence mirror one another through opposing visual languages. Cool tones confront warm tones. Rounded forms meet sharp edges. A pointing finger is answered with a raised middle finger. And most noticeably, this Nanon is not wearing her glasses!

What happened to the Nanon standing before her? What kind of world could have created a Nanon like this? Perhaps, under different circumstances, she could have become this Nanon too.

All Nanon can think about is: "Who hurt her? Is this Alternate Nanon okay?"
Her threatening presence does not scare Nanon at all. In fact, Nanon sees someone who has been deeply hurt and left completely unprotected.

Later, Nanon found out that alternate Nanon was left all alone with no guidance or any support. Unable to separate reality from countless overlapping dimensions, she eventually chooses to spread the same chaos to every universe she encounters.

This encounter leads Nanon to question how much of who we become depends on the world that raises us. Yet rather than judging her, Nanon chooses to embrace that broken part of herself as well.

Dear Death, We found us again

Who would have imagined that a teenage girl would one day carry such an overwhelming responsibility alone? A single secret mission changes her life forever.

Entrusted with protecting the Princess of Time (the embodiment of time itself). Nanon guides her across dimensions in search of a safe refuge. According to the map they have been given, the safe refuge lies somewhere beyond the White Dimension. A place Nanon has visited before.

To Nanon, the White Dimension feels familiar and safe. Yet the Princess immediately senses that something is terribly wrong. Without warning, the Princess collapses in Nanon's arms, never to awaken again. Before Nanon has time to grieve, she is falsely accused of murder and discovers that both she and the Princess were victims of a carefully orchestrated betrayal.

Consumed by guilt and overwhelming grief, Nanon abandons the compassion that once defined her.
She no longer fights to protect.
She fights because there is nothing left to lose.

Every death is followed by another Nanon, another version of herself replaces the fallen one, turning death into an endless cycle of rebirth. Allowing the battle to continue without end.

The title, Dear Death, We Found Us Again, reflects the moment when death ceases to be an ending and instead becomes a companion that follows every version of Nanon across the multiverse.

Nanon's Rebirth

After countless battles across parallel dimensions, Nanon arrives at a distant galaxy where an endless crimson sea stretches before her.

Along its shore lie countless lifeless bodies. Every one of them is Nanon.

Once believing that death simply allowed another version of herself to continue the journey, she begins to question whether each resurrection has instead been stealing a life from another reality.

The memories she inherits no longer belong entirely to her. Neither do the dreams.
Surrounded by the lifeless bodies of her other selves, Nanon asks:
Am I still Nanon... or have I become the sum of everyone I have replaced?

MultiNON (Multiverse x NANON)

After witnessing countless alternate realities, confronting different versions of herself, and questioning whether each resurrection erased another life, Nanon finally reaches an unexpected realization.

The answer had never been hidden. Rather, she comes to realize something far more profound.

She discovers that the real Nanon is not the first, the strongest, the one who survived the longest, or the most famous. It is the one who takes responsibility for her choices and embraces who she truly is.

MultiNON reflects my belief that while infinite possibilities may exist, we can only live as the person we are in the present, choosing how to move forward.

In the end, Nanon finally understands that they are all Nanon, and so is she.