BIO

Norizo was born in Nagano Prefecture in 1977, and he currently lives in Nagano. After graduating from Tokyo Designer Gakuin College of  Illustration he completed the course of painting at Kodansha  Famous Schools in 2011. 

He received the "Kodansha Famous Schools Art Contest"  Encouragement Award in 2015.

After working on illustrations using digital software such as  Photoshop, he also started painting with oil paintings. He is still active in digital and analog.

Using the two-dimensional expression, the screen is composed by the Japanese character modeling that the author has been familiar with and the creation of a quiet and two-dimensional space influenced by Nicolas de Staël.

With the theme of a world view that evokes nostalgia, while  incorporating the design and taste of old things that are no longer  used, the child's gaze looking in loneliness evokes the old  memories of each viewer and at the same time creates an opportunity to look at the present.

In the artist’s own words “I create works based on the theme of nostalgia. With the atmosphere that only weathered objects can produce and the splendor of old designs, I capture the emo�ons of each person who sees my work”.