I explore the possibilities of painting in the contemporary era, taking as my starting point the memories and records accumulated within a region, as well as the presence of nature that permeates it.

The passage of time inscribed in the land, the activities of its people, the ever-changing landscape, and the invisible presence of nature: I observe these elements and reconsider them through painting as the foundation of my practice.

For me, painting is not merely a means of reproducing the landscape before my eyes. It is a space in which to question the nature of existence in the world, moving between memory and time, nature and humanity, and the visible and the invisible.

Through the distinctive memories of a place and the presence of nature, I fundamentally reconsider what painting is and how it can exist, while exploring the possibilities of new forms of painting and the modes of existence they may embody.

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​November.2026

​Ryosuke Fukuda

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