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BIOGRAPHY

Kakeru Asai　(b. 1985)

Multidisciplinary Artist

Born in 1985 in Okazaki, Japan, Kakeru Asai is a multidisciplinary artist whose work spans sculpture, painting, drawing, and installation. At the age of eight, he began learning painting under the guidance of his father, laying the foundation for a lifelong passion for artistic exploration. After graduating from high school, Asai relocated to New York City to further develop his studio practice.

Drawing inspiration from the natural world and the cosmos—leaves, flowers, insects, shells, and celestial imagery captured by NASA’s telescopes—Asai creates vibrant, dreamlike compositions that bridge the vastness of the universe with his inner world. Employing innovative techniques, such as blowing paint onto surfaces to mimic organic patterns, he reflects the rhythms of nature and the cosmos. His work invites viewers to immerse themselves in awe, offering a wonderland where they can explore the sublime beauty of the universe.

Asai first exhibited in New York in 2012, earning the Martha T. Rosen Award that same year. Since 2013, he has been an active member of Art Beasties, an art collective, with his work featured in group exhibitions in New York, Seattle, Hong Kong, and Japan. Through his art, Asai continues to weave together the tangible and the cosmic, creating spaces that inspire wonder and connection.

STATEMENT

Most of my works are very unnaturally vivid yet also natural. My source of idea of creation directly come from nature elements. I collect the source by observing nature such as collected leaves and flowers, insects, and shells. Not as a scientist but as an artist. Images of stars, nebulas and galaxies captured by NASA’s telescopes are also subjects of my observation. I simply recreate those elements by following laws of nature and try to understand nature and universe by doing so. Works are effected by their structures, colors and patterns, and those are visible on each of my works.

To follow laws of nature. I do not use brushes most of his process but my breath. I brows paint on surfaces to create natural pattern of universe.