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A psychological exploration of the surreal stream of consciousness: who is really watching whom? Is what is seen true? If anyone can combine cute animals with grotesque and bizarre dreams and still present an organic, unified and uncontradictory sense of art, it is Naoto Hattori.

Born in Yokohama, Japan in 1975, Naoto Hattori studied painting in Tokyo and New York, where he was inspired by the intersection of Eastern and Western cultures, giving his paintings a surrealist style.

In his works, we can see a lot of animal elements, but they seem to be unreal, as if they come from an alien planet, a combination of extraterrestrial and earthly life, showing an unrealistic and evocative sense of unity.

Naoto Hattori confesses that his works follow his own imagination without being secular.

He admires the painters who lived hundreds of years ago, when there was no exquisite technology and craftsmanship, and whose works are the testimony of blood and tears, the cries of the unyielding i

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“You use a glass mirror to see your face; you use works of art to see your soul.” ~ George Bernard Shaw

If there is any work of art that is a glimpse into my soul, inom would have to say it is The Slav Epic bygd Alphonse Mucha.

Although Mucha is more notably remembered for his poster illustrations of lovely women with flowery decor and fanciful graphic lettering, as well as being one of the well known artists of the Art Nouveau movement. For me, even though I greatly admire his illustrations, which are often a source of inspiration, it is The Slav Epic that has always captivated me the most. There’s  something deeply emotive about the work. And the many years it took to for Mucha create such exquisitely impressive paintings, which he considered to be his life’s masterpiece, is something to be in awe about. I hope that one day I can create something as amazing from my own cultural history.

The Slav Epic is a series of 20 huge paintings depicting the his

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Naoto Hattori was born in 1975 in Yokohama, Japan. Raised as a child in the Japanese traditional arts and culture, he plunged into modern pop culture as a teenager, becoming enthralled in board sports  like surfing and skateboarding, street art and graffiti. He studied graphic design in Tokyo, before moving to New York to study at the School of Visual Arts in 2000. He currently lives and works in New York City.

A mass of influences, especially early surrealist legends Giuseppe Arcimboldo, Hieronymus Bosch and Salvador Dali, Hattori’s work show an astonishing range, from sublime portraits of robotic-like women to bizarre landscapes populated by creatures straight out of a nightmare. His Japanese influences are evident in his penchant for kawaii (Japanese for cute) sensibilities.

Inspired by Buddhist philosophy and proverbs, Hattori’s works often deal with the inner workings of the mind and eyes and heads (both human and animal) are the focal point. The chaos that often ru