Artist: Kentaro Hiramatsu

Born in Japan, Kentaro Hiramatsu lives and works in New York City. He paints in acrylic on canvas or wood board, applying paint with a careful deliberation. Hiramatsu sifts Japanese pop culture influences—anime and manga—through his own aesthetic prism. The results are invented landscapes that challenge the viewer to peer into a new place. Hiramatsu's recent work features people at play against a tangled drawing of lines, signifying the web of a complex urban life.