Ichibayashi Hokuto / Born in Ishikawa, Japan in 1992. Graduated from Kyoto Seika University, Faculty of Art, Department of Art and Design, majoring in Japanese painting. Instead of using traditional Japanese painting paints that use minerals, animals, and plants found in nature as coloring materials, he chooses to use acrylic paints and other materials to express the realistic aesthetic sensibility of a generation born and raised in a society surrounded by manmade things. Making full use of traditional Japanese painting techniques, he creates works that incorporate the visual expressions of games and feature the customs of the 2000s and beyond as motifs.

After building a career as a graphic designer and illustrator, he began his career as an artist. In 2012, he moved to Berlin, where he is currently engaged in fieldwork to build close relationships with local communities, driven by his deep interest in ethnology and cultural anthropology. He has traveled around the world, including Namibia, Mexico, Mongolia, and India, and the knowledge and experiences he has gained from these journeys are reflected in his work. He is currently based in Nagoya. This exhibition will feature collages that reconstruct objects and tools that are taken for granted in modern society, and are based on the theme of "future indigenous peoples." Through his unique artworks that skillfully use fashion magazine clippings and other materials, he challenges the authority of art.