Haruka ASANO
1985－, Miyagi Prefecture
Asano paints on cut-open paper bags for 30kg rice instead of canvas. She traces the creases with water-based markers and fills them with colors and dots. Asano’s paintings are often inspired by her beloved family, such as her feelings for parents and grandfather. “Spawning Coral” expresses the habit of mass coral spawning on nights after a full moon, in reference to her father’s research on corals. She started painting “Picture of a Sickness” after her father became seriously ill. The circles on the canvas are said to represent souls, stars, or even fertilized eggs.