Ray Watanabe

Statement

When I "express" something,
I free myself and to be free in what I express and how I express it.

I quiet my thoughts and return to "nothingness".
I focus on the senses and the unconscious.

I feel "shape, color, and movement" based on the sensations and emotions that emerge at that moment, and I do not fix a finished image at first.
I create in the way I want to how to express and be at that time.
Some of them are "stimuli and information" that I have accumulated through my life.

They are drawn from listening to sounds, smelling trees and people, animals, inorganic objects and everything else.

The "thing" that I created is a mirror and record of "me" at that moment, I also believe that the feelings and discoveries of the "viewer" are a mirror of that person at that moment.
The colors and shapes that interest us change depending on the combination of "emotion, situation, time," etc.
This kind of freedom is similar to the feeling I had as a child when I was playing with the shapes of clouds, I think it is something very important, like pure "creativity" that everyone has.

In order to express it, I still feel it is important to be free, pure, and honest with myself about what comes up in the moment.

Graduated from Musashino Art University, Department of Visual Communication Design in 2006.

〜 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) "