I am an artist like a California roll on a conveyor belt sushi tray. Sushi, which originated in Japan, was exported to America, where it was cultivated, developed into a unique culture, and then re-imported to Japan. I also use traditional foods from the Edo period and express them using new technologies like the conveyor belt of a conveyor belt sushi restaurant. They are like myself.
 I studied art in New York from high school through graduate school. I was inspired by the energetic city. My grandfather was the oil painter Takuji Nakamura, and I grew up surrounded by studios and art from a young age. My grandfather preferred simple compositions and color schemes. On the other hand, my great-uncle, the painter Kenichi Nakamura, had a profound style and was active in war paintings.
 While in graduate school in New York, I witnessed the collapse of the WTC up close. Like my great-uncle, I sensed the causal effects of war history, which I reflect in the concepts of my own work. My expression, on the other hand, is clear and simple, just like my grandfather’s.
 I aim to fuse the dramatic and dynamic expression I experienced in America with the refined serenity and tension of Japan, and develop it into my own original culture. Ambivalence is also one of my themes. My works are beautiful yet scary, scary yet comfortable. I want people to feel the brilliance that emanates from this delicate struggle.
 Through my work, I hope people around the world will empathize with the kind of life force that lies hidden in the human subconscious. I also hope that my work will resonate with people and develop into something new. Like the dream pillows of my works, I want to continue to sink the roots of my thoughts and experiences deep down, reach higher and stretch my branches skyward for the happiness of others.