Website: https://www.taiyo-okamoto.com
Taiyo Okamoto reimagines the traditional Japanese technique of chigiri-e to layer painted and textured paper into contemplative abstract patterns. Liberating the true self is his universal theme. What happens if we remove and let go of the heavy armors of identity and anxiety, and return to our unshakeable axis? Process becomes meditation; each paper sculpture a concrescence of time and the artist’s vital essence. Explorations of color theory, material-driven composition, the nature of water and documenting the transformation of his own body have led to several painting and photography series that consider many of the same processes. Everything becomes an experiment in transmuting a tender reality.