Chiharu Yakushigawa

Born in 1989 in Shiga. Graduated from Kyoto Seika University Graduate School with a master’s program in Arts.

With vivid hues and dynamic strokes, she creates compelling paintings that investigate diverse body-driven painting techniques. In the “rub” series, paint is applied straight onto her hands and feet, and the body itself becomes the brush. Employing the traditional nerikomi tempera process with pigments she makes, the boundaries between colors emerge as symbolic divisions that reflect acceptance between self and other or among different elements.

Additionally, focusing on the relationship between self and others in a society shaped by social media, she develops the “knock” series, which centers on the act of knocking as a signal before entering another’s space. Through these and other series, she continuously explores and presents a variety of expressive methods.