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 The Japanese artist, Futaro Mitsuki, born in Tokyo in 1970, is currently living in his private studio near Tokyo. He graduated from Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music. He draws inspiration from traditional Japanese portraiture, combining a contemporary twist and merging Japanese culture with western influence.

Futaro Mitsuki was born in Tokyo in 1970 and in 1998 he graduated from Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music. He currently lives and works near Tokyo in his private studio. Mitsuki blends ink, acrylics and pencil utilizing pointillism and mythology to carefully craft hyper-detailed monochrome drawings and colorful paintings. He draws inspiration from traditional Japanese portraiture, combining a contemporary twist and merging Japanese culture with western influence.

“I create pencil drawings on white paper. I do not prepare a sketch. I draw a picture thinly with a pencil and strike a dot of ink. I use a drawing pen. Since the point is black and the size of the point is nearly constant, I draw it only with the density of the point. The difficult part is where you can draw the three-dimensional feeling and identify it with only the same black point. As the number of points increases, points and dots will be visible in the illusion of the eye. Adjust the placement of the points while coping with it; bring the picture closer to completion. The end of the work is mostly out of time at the deadline.”, Futaro Mitsuki (BL!SSS Magazine).

Currently based in Tokyo, August Vilella is a well-known artist from Barcelona; His artworks have been exhibited around the world in cities such as Los Angeles, Hong Kong, Paris, Shanghai, Dubai, Tokyo, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Taipei, Oxford, Shenzhen, San Francisco, Rotterdam... etc. In 2016 he was the winner for The Best Artist at the Tokyo International Art Fair and in 2017 winner for the Best Innovative Art at The Global Art Awards of Dubai (UAE). In 2018 he won the "International Artist Grand Prize" of Taipei and the "Chairman´s Award" in the Art Revolution Taipei where his work has been chosen as the best among 4,546 candidates.

He creates oil paintings by means of a surreal-intuitive method. Thanks to this process, he tries to give shape to his subconscious mind without using any previous sketches or ideas. The result of this practice evokes a dreamlike aura and a magical, metaphoric, and even philosophical language, which invites the observing visitor to reflect. All this iconography is represented with a very refined technic. His style can remind us of old masters because he works with very small brushes, puts many slim layers of oil paint and varnish and plays with the lights and shadows. In consequence, we can see in Vilella´s artworks a very curious contrast between a very technical and elaborated style, and a creative process that turns out to be completely intuitively improvised and unintentional... like a Jazz painting.