Yuji Hiratsuka

"Meteor Rider" features a contemplative, angelic figure adorned with delicate wings, surrounded by celestial orbs and accompanied by a watchful owl, all rendered in Hiratsuka’s signa...

Medium: Intaglio and Chine Colle Year: 2025 Image Size: 24" H x 18" W Edition of 10 Yuji Hiratsuka’s Feathered Bot transforms human perception into surreal allegory. A monumental bi...

Signed, titled, and numbered from the edition of 15. Image of a young girl with a crown and brooch. While the images have some resemblance to traditional Japanese Ukiyo-e prints, the...

Image of a young woman, smelling a flower. While the images have some resemblance to traditional Japanese Ukiyo-e prints, their sense of whimsy, satire and irony relate more closely...

Medium: Intaglio and Chine Colle Year: 2024 Image Size: 12 x 9 inches Edition of 15 Signed, titled and numbered by the artist. A young Japanese woman contemplating her image in a mi...

Signed, titled, and numbered from the edition of 15. Image of a young girl with a bird perched on her head while someone takes her photo. While the images have some resemblance to traditional Japanese Ukiyo-e prints, their sense of whimsy, satire and irony relate more closely to contemporary life and western sensibilities. Young women and their relationships to shoes, food, and fashion provide much of Hiratsuka’s subject matter. Another group of his prints focus on landscape, flowers, and floral patterns. Hiratsuka’s graphic work has been exhibited in the Americas, Europe and Asia. He has received numerous awards in international competitions. During the last four years he has had 14 solo shows in the United States, and international solo shows in Gabrovo, Bulgaria, Munich, Germany and Geneva, Switzerland. Partial list of public collections: The British Museum, UK Tokyo Central Museum, Japan Panstwowe Museum, Poland The House of Humor and Satire, Bulgaria Cincinnati Art Museum, OH Jundt Art Museum, WA The Portland Art...

Hiratsuka’s focus on the coexistence of Eastern and Western influences, as well as his use of satire, irony, and ambiguity, invites viewers to reflect on the complexity of modern ide...

While the images have some resemblance to traditional Japanese Ukiyo-e prints, their sense of whimsy, satire and irony relate more closely to contemporary life and western sensibilit...