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After moving to London to study Fine Arts at Central Saint Martins, it was a huge revelation for him, to say the least. Compared to his hometown, London was a complete opposite. It was a different world and although it was not easy to get to know the city at first, he eventually became part of it. By overcoming the barriers of communication and culture, he discovered how to combine different styles in his creations, which he called fusion painting.

Since University the keywords fusion and hybridity were at the core of his methodology, and after bringing them to the Netherlands, he named it the Monster Project. Onuma finds inspiration via daily life experiences (anime, hip hop, fashion) and symbols of capitalism (iphone, sneakers) and incorporates them into his own creations. By extracting symbols from the tangible world he transfers them onto his intangible world.

After an incident that happened to his family, Hiroaki experienced a radical change in his works. A typical example is his latest collection of abstract paintings included in this exhibition KARESANSUI, MY DRY GARDEN. It is a play with color, the brush, the spray, the surface of the canvas. It is like Hiroaki’s Japanese garden panels, both calm like meditation and moving like his own inner energy.