Itto Mishima

Both of his parents graduated from art college, and Itto Mishima grew up in an environment where art was close to him. He studied design at a technical high school and metal engraving at Tokyo University of the Arts. After graduating from graduate school, Itto Mishima worked as an assistant at Tokyo University of the Arts for three years, and since 2014 he has continued his artistic activities while working as a faculty member at the Kobe University of Art and Design.

He observes everything he sees on a daily basis from the perspective of "what are the elements that people find beautiful and attractive," and mixes and embodies the keywords he obtains with the facial expressions and processing methods he acquires from the processing process of the materials he handles, such as metals.

'I believe that metal is the most suitable material for reproducing my idea of beautiful shapes, beautiful expressions, and convincing perfections, and that it is a material that sometimes exhibits an appeal beyond my expectations. Believing in its potential, I continue to use metal.I am fascinated by the idea and the creation of my own ideas, so I continue to be an artist, and the joy of improving the level of perfection through repetition of making one thing will show improvement, and when the next one is done, the next task will appear, and so on, is what drives me to continue working with my hands.I would be happy if you could feel the comfortable shape and expression that I think and pick up the work.'