Hideto Yagi

Born in Tokorozawa, Saitama in 1975. Graduated from the Department of Graphic Design at Tama Art University in 2001. Worked as an art director and graphic designer at advertising agency McCann Erickson and Dentsu, working for Microsoft, Johnson & Johnson, Uniqlo, Honda, and others. Awards received for his designs include the JAGDA New Designer Award, the NY ADC Award, the Gold and Silver Awards at the Cannes Lions, the Gold Award at the London International Advertising Festival, and the ADFEST Grand Prix. As an artist, he exhibited at the CUTTER ART OF OLFA exhibition in 2011, a campaign for stationery manufacturer STAEDTLER in 2012, and ART BY THE HAND EXHIBITION (Spiral Gallery, Tokyo) in 2017. In 2018, he founded the creative company Hand Inc.

Exhibitions etc.

2019-2022 Solo exhibition "ART BY THE HAND" in New York, USA

2019 Solo exhibition "ART BY THE HAND" at hpgrp Gallery, Tokyo

2021: Solo exhibition "Messages in Layers" in New Jersey, USA