Kazuyuki Takishita1975~ 瀧下和之

Takishita Kazuyuki, born in 1975 in Kumamoto Prefecture, is a contemporary Nihonga (Japanese-style) painter. He graduated from the Design Department of Tokyo University of the Arts in 1999 and completed graduate studies in painting and decorative design there in 2001. His signature lifework, the “Momotaro-zu” series, depicts charming and humorous demons going about daily life from the demons’ perspective in scenes drawn from the Peach Boy tale. He works in a distinctive technique that fuses painting and wood carving, sculpting motifs into wooden panels before applying pigment to create a unique blend of three-dimensional sculpture and the flatness of Nihonga. He was selected for the 4th Higashiyama Kaii Memorial Nikkei Nihonga Grand Prize Exhibition in 2008 and continues to exhibit actively in Japan and abroad.