My main interest, in terms of expressive techniques, is to examine the relationship between “painting” and the “media that have influenced painting” throughout history. In considering possibility of contemporary painting, I have attempted in my work to reconfirm the path that painting has taken so far. Based in the Tohoku region, I have been carefully observing the relationship between art and the disaster-stricken areas since the Great East Japan Earthquake. As an artist and one in art industry, I have had the opportunity to participate in research activities, art projects, and exhibitions in areas where natural disasters have occurred, both in Japan and abroad, while developing my activities, including several years as coordinator of the “Rikuzentakata Artist-in-Residence Program. Therefore, apart from the axis of my work that examines painting as a means of expression, I am also motivated to explore the identity of the Tohoku region to which I belong, and to collect stories from the various places I have visited and share these experiences with others. I believe that art plays a role in connecting places and people beyond time, that its aesthetic methodology allows us to share ideas in a gentle approach, and that it creates a new visual beauty.