Kohei urakawa

Kohei Urakawa was born in Sasebo city, Nagasaki. He learned the idea of "Live and let live" from his family and established his own views to love things that are unique and one of a kind.After his graduation from university, he learned design at a college and worked for a furniture company. In 2006, he started his own business and exhibited his works at many art exhibition and events. However, he had to close down his business on account of the financial collapse affected the world in 2008.
Encouraged by his grandmother, he started to learn "Sado"which is Japanese traditional ceremony of serving and having tea. "Sado" gave him a lot of inspiration and stimulated him to start his artwork "ichirin" in 2016. "ichirin" describes a natural law which is the rise &fall and life & death of human being through a stem of a flower. He irradiates a moment of the life of flowers

(human being) from his view to find a value of standing out as a unique individual, not of living in obscurity.
"Some flowers bloom gorgeously and some flowers fall silently while still un-bloomed in the nucleus. Every life is so beautiful and so ephemeral."he says. "Taking it for granted that the life goes anywhere, I believe it will enrich your life more to stay true to your true self without being influenced by others. Finding wealth in the universe around us, not envying the things of others and chastising yourself with worldly goals."
This philosophy exists inside of himself which practices throughout his life.

1976年長崎県佐世保市生まれ。幼少期から「他人は他人、自分は自分」という教えのもと育ち、唯一に拘る価値観の原型を築く。
クリエイティブを学び始めたのは大学を卒業してからだった。家具メーカー勤務を経て2006年に独立。いくつかのイベントに作品を出展したものの、特筆した活躍が出来ないままリーマンショックの波に飲み込まれて挫折を味わう。それからというもの「創りたい」と「創れない」の狭間で燻り続けた。
そして独立から10年。創作欲が溢れ出す。祖母からの勧めで始めた茶道にインスピレーションを感じ、2016年から一輪の花を人の生死、栄枯盛衰に見立てたアートワークを開始。大勢の中に埋もれるのでは無く、唯一に際立つ事を追求する自らの価値観を結び付け、独自の視点で花の（人の）瞬間を切り取る。華やかに咲いて散る花（人）もあれば、蕾のままピークを迎えず静かに散っていく花（人）もある。どれも美しく、どれも儚い。どうにでもなる人生ならば、誰かを羨む事も妬む事も、目指す事すら止め、誰にも左右されず、独自の基準でモノゴトを捉え、普遍的な指標にする事が人生を豊かにするのだと考えている。
彼の人生において追うべき姿は自分自身の理想像なのである。