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About me
Nagi is a Japan Lost Generation Artist.
He went through the devastation of the Japanese economy around 2000.
He graduated from Kyoto City University of Arts, the oldest Art University in Japan, with an Award.
However, after the collapse of the Japanese Bubble Economy,
there was an economic burned field from about 1995 to 2005.
We call this period the “Japan Lost Generation”.
Nagi was placed right in the middle of it.
There was no clue, no connection to rely on, and almost no money.
He volunteered to teach Art to children for six years.
Later, he was given a chance to be appointed to the Art Free Market
at the Kobe Biennale, an Art event in Kobe, his hometown in Japan.
He earned a small amount of money,
applied to an Art contest, and was selected
through a severe competition rate of 75 to 1.
Then, on July 7th, 2007, he declared his Artist Declaration.
He remained in poverty and chose Watercolor as his medium,
because it was relatively less expensive than other materials.
Just as Modigliani painted with extremely thin layers of color to reduce costs,
Nagi found his inevitability in using Watercolor.
At that moment, Nagi the Watercolor Artist was born.
He was selected by the Japan Watercolor Society,
the oldest Art group in Japan, in 2008.
He was selected for the Salon d’Automne, Paris, in 2011.
He was selected for the IWS, International Watercolor Society, in 2015.
In 2015, he met a Turkish-Canadian Artist, Atanur,
and learned how to manage an Art group.
In 2016, he met a Canadian Artist, Peggy,
and learned the Three Primary Colors method.
In 2023, he met a Canadian Artist, Michael,
and further refined his use of Three Primary Colors.
In 2024, he invented his World Fastest Way
and received the Kobe Mayor No.1 Award
and the Japan Cultural Minister Award.
Now, he is the leader of JNAS, Japan Nagi Art Studio,
and continues to spread the Watercolor Movement for Peace.
