Born in Tokyo, Hitonari Tsuji is a multifaceted Japanese artist. First known in the 1980s for his music, he later gained recognition as a novelist (his novel The White Buddha won the Prix Femina Étranger in France in 1999), before dedicating himself in recent years to painting.

Through his works, Tsuji depicts a universe inhabited by ghosts and permeated by a sense of impermanence. He invites the viewer to take an introspective look at the nature of the world and everything in our daily lives that escapes us. In his paintings, Tsuji explores the idea of a world in fragile balance, where a primal chaos seems to constantly threaten the harmony of the cosmos. His canvases express both the original matter and the matrix of forms, capturing suspended moments in which nature and humanity reveal their shared history.

Now living in Normandy, Tsuji draws inspiration from the Norman landscapes and their strange dialogue between light and darkness, which he watches unfold every morning. He seeks to capture the mysterious forces that shape both the universe and human beings. He invites us to cross the boundary between the known and the unknown, the visible and the invisible.

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