ABOUT
LIKE DRAWING BREATH
Drawing-based research: On the Invisible Region
ASUKI
Drawing Artist/LIKE DRAWING BREATH Director
Biography
Born in Tokyo in 1973, ASUKI is a Japanese visual performance artist who studied design at Tokyo University of the Arts. Through his project "LIKE DRAWING BREATH," he explores human potential and the nature of the world within the invisible realm, using the act and expression of "drawing lines" as his medium.
His work unfolds across a multifaceted intersection of visual art—centered on drawings—performance, and collaborative creation.
He perceives all environments, including humanity itself, as the flow of waves of consciousness; by transforming this energy into various lines, he gives expression to "the world as it exists right now."
In addition to presenting works through exhibitions and performances in Tokyo (such as RAIN and BREATH), he conducts participatory workshops, offering experiences that allow anyone to transform artistic gestures into the act of "conscious breathing."
ASUKIは、東京藝術大学でデザインを学んだ日本のビジュアル・パフォーマンス・アーティストです。彼はプロジェクト「LIKE DRAWING BREATH」を通じ、不可視領域における、人間の可能性と、この世界の在り方を、「線を引く」行為や表現を通して探求しています。それらは、ドローイングを通したビジュアル作品を中心に、パフォーマンス、そして共同制作が交差する領域で多角的に進められています。
人間も含めたあらゆる環境を、意識の波の流動として捉え、それらのエネルギーを様々な線へと変換することで、彼は「今この世界」を表現します。
エキジビションやパフォーマンスにおいて作品を発表するほか、参加型ワークショップを通して誰もが呼吸のように表現の根源に触れることを促す活動も行っています。
Statement
It's all a world of drawing. Walking, talking, blinking, crossing legs, hands moving, opening doors. Sometimes graceful, sometimes distorted, the body is constantly drawing, and imagination traverses time and space, drawing. I want to live constantly aware of this. I want to draw the moment. As I place my right hand on the doorknob in front of me and turn it, my consciousness imagines turning it completely just a fraction of a second ahead. This signifies that I am perfectly accompanying the ever-changing flow of reality generation, and that I am participating in the creation of the world. The world is something I create myself. That is now. Drawing is a practice to remember this. Lines are born from my hands moment by moment. I observe them, and then create and observe again. Creation and observation happen simultaneously. Land, nature, and man-made objects also emit conscious information. The universe itself is a consciousness, and within it, the results of co-creation between me and others are constantly being born, disappearing, and being reborn. I perceive too much information from space. I cannot help but draw lines. I perceive lines in space. In nature, in cities, in the hustle and bustle of people. Those wills, emotions, and the countless waves of consciousness that remain even after subtracting them. My works are manifestations of this act, painted on canvases floating in space. They are a visualization of the diverse emotional waves emanating from the environment, and simultaneously, waves of emotion arising from within myself, an expression of the act of co-creating the next scene together with the world. The present reality is becoming thinner than before. This accelerates my urge to draw creative lines within it.
CV
ASUKI (b. 1973, Tokyo, Japan)
Lives and works in Japan
Education
1997 Graduated from the Department of Design, Faculty of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts
Selected Awards and Recognitions
2026 Finalist, Art Evol 2026, London Art Collective (Saatchi Gallery,London)
1997 Design Award (Graduation Project, Tokyo University of the Arts)
Solo Exhibition
2026 LIKE DRAWING BREATH (gift_lab, Kiyosumi-Shirakawa, Tokyo)
2025 RAIN: Circulation of Memory (PORTER'S PAINT SHOWROOM, Mizonokuchi, Kanagawa)
2024 NO TIME, NO PLACE, NO MATTER (NO NAME, Kiyosumi Shirakawa, Tokyo)
2024 BREATH (HENGEN, Iriya, Tokyo)
2024 ASUKI EXHIBITION (HENGEN, Iriya, Tokyo)
2001 Solo Exhibition (Pepper's loft Gallery, Higashi Ginza, Tokyo)
1999 High Tide Time (Pepper's Gallery, Ginza, Tokyo)
1997 Diary (Pepper's Gallery, Shibuya, Tokyo)
Group Exhibition
2026 A VIEW FROM EVERY WHERE (Saatchi Gallery,London)
2026 PAM Programme Artistque Montmarte (YELLOW CUBE GALLERY,Paris)
2026 Various Black - COEXIST (EARTH+GALLERY, Kiba, Tokyo)
Performance
2026 Contact Breath, Space Scratch (EARTH+GALLERY, Kiba, Tokyo)
2026 Witnessing Consciousness (gift_labo, Kiyosumi-Shirakawa, Tokyo)
2025 Touching Surfaces, Melting Lines (gift_labo, Kiyosumi Shirakawa, Tokyo)
2025 Breath (gift_labo, Kiyosumi Shirakawa, Tokyo)
2025 FULL JUNCTION (Gekkasha, Jimbocho, Tokyo)
2024 BREATH (HENGEN, Iriya, Tokyo)
1995 KE-HA-I (SPACE5, Waseda University, Tokyo)
1994 LIVE PAINTING (BLUE, Aoyama, Tokyo)
Workshop, Class Management
2025 Send Letter to Rain (PORTER'S PAINT SHOWROOM, Mizonokuchi, Kanagawa)
2021-2023 CREATIVE CLASS (Ichigaya, Tokyo)
2020-2022 Wedraw (Koshigaya, Saitama)
CV
Education
1997年 東京藝術大学美術学部デザイン学科卒業
Selected Awards and Recognitions
2026年 Art Evol 2026, London Art Collective ファイナリスト (Saatchi Gallery,ロンドン)
1997年 デザイン賞（東京藝術大学卒業制作）
Solo Exhibition
2026年 LIKE DRAWING BREATH（gift_lab, 清澄白河, 東京）
2025年 RAIN 記憶の循環（PORTER'S PAINT SHOWROOM, 溝の口,神奈川）
2024年 NO TIME, NO PLACE, NO MATTER（NO NAME, 清澄白河,東京）
2024年 BREATH（HENGEN, 入谷,東京）
2024年 ASUKI EXHIBITION（HENGEN, 入谷,東京）
2001年 Solo Exhibition （Pepper’s loft Gallery,東銀座,東京）
1999年 満潮タイム（Pepper’s Gallery,銀座,東京）
1997年 Diary（Pepper’s Gallery,渋谷,東京）
Group Exhibition
2026 A VIEW FROM EVERY WHERE (Saatchi Gallery,ロンドン)
2026 PAM Programme Artistque Montmarte (YELLOW CUBE GALLERY,パリ)
2026年 Various Black - COEXIST（EARTH+GALLERY, 木場, 東京）
Performance
2026年 Contact Breath, Space Scratch（EARTH+GALLERY, 木場, 東京）
2026年 意識の目撃（gift_labo, 清澄白河, 東京）
2025年 ふれあう面、とけあう線（gift_labo, 清澄白河, 東京）
2025年 ブレ、ス（gift_labo, 清澄白河, 東京）
2025年 FULL JUNCTION（月花舎, 神保町, 東京）
2024年 BREATH（HENGEN, 入谷,東京）
1995年 KE-HA-I（SPACE5,早稲田大学,東京）
1994年 LIVE PAINTING（BLUE,青山,東京）
Workshop,Class Management
2026年 WIND（gift_lab, 清澄白河, 東京）
2025年 Send letter to Rain（PORTER'S PAINT SHOWROOM, 溝の口,神奈川）
2021-2023年 CREATIVE CLASS（市ヶ谷,東京）
2020-2022年 Wedraw（越谷,埼玉）