Kotaro Machiyama

Background 2011 Graduated from Setsu Mode Seminar, Graduate School of Design 2004 Graduated from Tokyo Zokei University, Department of Design, Dyeing Course Story After leaving her job as a web designer at an apparel company (Restea), she traveled around Southeast Asia as a backpacker. After returni...

Background 2011 Graduated from Setsu Mode Seminar, Graduate School of Design 2004 Graduated from Tokyo Zokei University, Department of Design, Dyeing Course Story After leaving her job as a web designer at an apparel company (Restea), she traveled around Southeast Asia as a backpacker. After returning to Japan, he decided to make a living by painting and attended the evening course at Setsu Mode Seminar while working as a temporary worker during the day. Gradually, he began to get work as an illustrator while experiencing three periods of unemployment, including the first time he quit his job. 2014, his artwork, which he was creating alongside his illustrations, received recognition from an overseas online gallery and began to be sold mainly in the United States and Europe, and in recent years, he has been working as an artist. With his solo exhibition at Arflex Tamagawa in 2020, he is expanding his activities in Japan. Media appearances, etc. 2021 VOGUE GERMANY(web) published his work and interview 2017 "Pinzel" magazine published a feature article (Korea) 2012 Nihon Keizai Shimbun morning edition (9/22/2012) Work Pictorial published Clients. Louis Vuitton, Arflex Japan, BBC (UK), Stanford University (USA), Modern Living, D.Camp (Korea), Soraa, Inc.