Daisuke Okamoto

April 8 1979

Tokyo, Japan

 

Artist Statement

Daisuke Okamoto’s drawing “OKAINA IMAGE” investigates the cycle of life in the complex,

biomorphic, narratives of the organic.  Influence by all that are sci-fi, Japanese nationalism and

an appropriated Mexican pride; Okamoto’s drawings are intricate systems of penmanship.

 

Born in 1979, raised in Tokyo, Japan, and currently living and working in Los Angeles, Okamoto

represents the idea of the hybrid in both identity and transformation.

His drawing titled, “Mother’s Brain” navigates a mechanical growth of both the physical and cerebral

being of pregnancy.  While works such as “Viva Mexico” and “The Spirit from East”, display

the pride of a new and old cultural identity.

 

Drawn with a passion for mark making, Okamoto employs repetitive line drawing in ink to work

for as long as years on a single drawing.  “OKAINA IMAGE” is the culmination of a 7-year drawing project.