Yu Nishimura lives and works in Kanagawa Prefecture, where he draws from the visual fabric of everyday life in Japan—ranging from street photography and anime to the shifting landscapes and built environments that surround him. His multilayered paintings fuse dreamlike portraits with urban scenes, rendered in evocative palettes and minimal, graphic compositions. While grounded in contemporary visual culture, his works also carry a subtle sense of melancholy, evoking the passage of time and fading memory. Nishimura's paintings occupy a space between the present and the remembered, capturing fleeting moments with both clarity and introspection. ...
