Ryo.S

There are no such things as taboos for Ryo. S and his art. He keeps drawing, knowing there are colorful encounters at the end of the path.

He was born in 1980 in Aomori, Japan, where he resides to this day. Although he was born with cerebral palsy that made his daily life difficult with his limbs disabled, he draws with a pencil or a brush in his mouth. His handicap opened up the door for the habit of always coming up with what he could do with what he had.

In pursuit of possibilities, he tried various art forms, including oil, watercolor, acrylic, ink painting, and sculpture, but drawing with pencils ended up as his signature style. The threshold of his encounter with pencil drawing was that it allowed him to complete work alone regardless of his disability. The contrast of black and white allows him to draw infinite possibilities from nothing. Not limiting his artistic expression to drawing, he started a rock band at 17. He ventured into composing and playing musical instruments.

In 2005, he established C-FLOWER, a company that offers training for people with difficulty finding general employment. While serving as CEO of the company, he had his first solo exhibition in his hometown Aomori. Local and nationwide newspapers and news covered the exhibition. After holding a solo exhibition or two every month, he expanded the scope of his artistic activities, and held solo exhibitions in major cities in Japan, including Sapporo, Itami, and Tokyo. In 2019, he single-handedly took a trip to New York, looking to show his work abroad. He joined the Japanese ontemporary Artists Team around the same time.

He wants to sublimate all the encounters on the way into art while understanding the necessity for being consistent and particular in order to explore the possibilities.

Ryo. Sはタブーを作らず描き続ける。描き続けることで様々な出会いがあるから。

1980年に青森県に生まれ、現在も暮らす。生まれつき脳性麻痺のため日常生活も難しく、手足が不自由ではあるが、口に鉛筆や筆を咥えて絵を描く。ハンディキャップが功を奏し、自分が何ができるのかを考える癖がついた。
可能性を追求し、油彩、水彩、アクリル、水墨画、彫刻、様々なアートに挑戦するも、結果的に鉛筆画が主なスタイルになった。鉛筆画のきっかけは、不自由な体でも自分自身で作画活動を完結できるため。その結果生み出される作品は、白と黒の対比によって、ゼロから無限の可能性を描くことができる。芸術活動は絵だけにとどまらず、１７歳でロックバンドを結成。作曲や楽器演奏を始める。

2005年、一般就労が困難な方が、就労訓練をする場「Ｃ－ＦＬＯＷＥＲ」を設立。
2007年11月、Ｃ－ＦＬＯＷＥＲのCEOを務めながら、出身地の青森で初個展を開催。この展示会は地方紙や全国紙、テレビニュース番組で取り上げられた。
青森内で年1〜2回の個展を定期的に開催。のちに芸術活動の範囲を拡大し、札幌、伊丹、東京などの日本の主要都市で個展を開催。2019年、海外での活動を視野に単身ニューヨークへ。同時期にＪＣＡＴアーティストになる。

可能性を探るためには描き続けること、こだわりを持つことも必要だと理解しながら、その都度の出会いをアートに昇華したいと考える。