ABOUT
LIKE DRAWING BREATH
Drawing-based;
Artwork, Peformance
Research and Expriments
Artists and Non-artists Collective
ASUKI
Drawing Artist/LIKE DRAWING BREATH Director
Biography
Born in Tokyo in 1973, ASUKI is a Japanese visual and performance artist who holds a degree in design from the Tokyo University of the Arts. Through his project LIKE DRAWING BREATH, he conducts multidisciplinary research at the intersection of drawing, performance, and collaborative creation. For ASUKI, drawing extends beyond the canvas: every bodily movement—walking, speaking, or looking—traces an invisible line in space.
By conceiving the environment as a flow of waves and consciousness, the artist translates these energies into vibrant lines to capture the present moment. Showcased in exhibitions and performances in Tokyo (such as RAIN and BREATH), his work is accompanied by participatory workshops that invite everyone to transform the artistic gesture into an act of conscious breathing.
1973年東京生まれのASUKIは、東京藝術大学を卒業した日本のビジュアルアーティスト兼パフォーマンスアーティストです。プロジェクト「LIKE DRAWING BREATH」として、ドローイング、パフォーマンス、そして集団創作を通した多角的な研究を展開しています。ASUKIにとって、ドローイングはキャンバスを超越するものです。歩く、話す、見るなどの身体のあらゆる動きは、空間に痕跡、つまり目に見えない線を残します。
さらに環境を波と意識の流れとして捉えることにより、ASUKIはこれらのエネルギーを様々な情緒溢れる線へと変換し、今この瞬間を捉えます。エキジビションやパフォーマンスで発表されるASUKIの作品は、誰もが呼吸のように表現の根源に触れることを促す参加型ワークショップと連動しています。
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
Awards
1997 Design Award (Graduation Project, Tokyo University of the Arts)
Solo Exhibition
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)
Performance
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
Awards
1997年 デザイン賞（東京藝術大学卒業制作）
Solo Exhibition
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）
Performance
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
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）