Ray Watanabe

Statement

Creating something is, for me, one of the actions within the act of living-a way of expressing my state, like words or gestures.
When I create, I quiet my thoughts and move closer to a state of "nothingness.
I begin from whatever arises in that moment. without fixing an image or method in advance. and respond as I go.
Each work is a record of myself at that moment, like a mirror.
And for the viewer as well.
it becomes something in which different meanings and images emerge. influenced by their own time, emotions, and surroundings.
This sense of freedom is close to the way I used to imagine shapes in the clouds as a child.
I want to hold on to that feeling. and continue to express. honestly.
the ever-changing moments of being alive.

Graduated from Musashino Art University, Department of Visual Communication Design.

〜 Graphic design, Illustration, Painting

■ 2022 - Solo Exhibition
Art Gallery Kamakura Komachi (in i-ZA Kamakura)
"RAY WATANABE - I and I and I and ......∞ -"
Saturday, September 17 - Wednesday, September 28, 2022


■ 2021 -MDP GALLERY NAKAMEGURO in Tokyo-
" Art Of Giving vol.6 "
Friday, December 17, 2021 - Saturday, December 25, 2021


■ 2021 -Group exhibition at Shibuya Scramble Square 14F +Art Gallery in Tokyo-
" NEXT ARTISTS SELECTION 2021 SPRING "
~ Colorful art by six of the most promising artists ~
March 29, 2021 ~ April 16, 2021.


■ 2018 -Musashino Art Univercity-
"Minoru Niijima and His Graduates: Their Design Thinking and Practice 1981-2018 "


■ 2010 -Design Festa Gallery in Tokyo-
" 3GO (Ego) "
I drew some pictures and designed three clothes which I drew.


■ 2008 -private exhibition at Design Festa Gallery in Tokyo-
"Hutatabi (Again) "
I drew three big pictures which size is 96cm×188cm (about 38inch×74inch).



■ 2007 -private exhibition at Design Festa Gallery in Tokyo-
" Konnichiwa (Hello) "