Photo : Takatsugu Shimazaki

Rooo Lou | ルー
1988年大阪府生まれ。デザイナーとして活動後、東京を拠点に表現の手法をイラストレーションへ移行。現在は日本の漫画やアニメから着想を得て、独自の解釈で「情報」を削ぎ落とした人物画を主に国内外で作品発表を続けている。
デザイナーとして活動後、東京を拠点に表現の手法を

Born in 1988 in Osaka. After working as a designer, he shifted his method of expression to illustration. Inspired by Japanese manga and anime, he has been presenting his works both in Japan and abroad, focusing on portraits with minimal "information" based on his own interpretation.
"The inspiration for my work comes from Japanese manga and anime. I wanted to be a manga artist as a child, but I could not come up with a good and original story, and as a result, I gave up that path. More than 10 years have passed since then, and I wanted to draw pictures of people with my own expression. If you think in terms of manga-like ideas, the characters' movements and expressions are usually more lively and accompanied by more dialogue. This is because the importance of conveying the situation and emotions to the reader within the limited space of the page is important. However, I express myself on the canvas by reducing these "information" as much as possible based on my own interpretation. This is because I want the viewer to enter the world of the work, think about it as if it were their own, interpret it, and enjoy it. If a story that I cannot imagine is created in the mind of the viewer from a single work of art, it may be said that a kind of "manga" created by me and the viewer together is complete."

AVANT ARTE : https://avantarte.com/artists/rooo-lou
NIJIGEN-HA / 二次元派 : https://2jigenha.com/artist/rooo-lou/
The Huts Magazine :  https://thehutsmagazine.com/blank-stares

2023
【FAIR】アートフェアアジア福岡（福岡国際会議場 / 福岡 FUKUOKA）
【SOLO】BUOY（HOI / 札幌 SAPPORO）
【FAIR】NEO JAPAN POPART EXPLORED（Helutrans / シンガポール SINGAPORE）
【EVENT】YES GOOD MARKET （東静岡アート&スポーツヒロバ・芝生広場 / 静岡 SHIZUOKA）
【SOLO】TEENAGER（銀座蔦屋書店 GINZA TSUTAYA BOOKS / 東京 TOKYO）
【GROUP】PARTY PEOPLE（NightOut Gallery / 東京 TOKYO）
【GROUP】Hidden Mind（VODA GALLERY / 韓国 KOREA）
【FAIR】Study:大阪関西国際芸術祭 2023（大阪 OSAKA）etc...
2022
【GROUP】You Are My Present（HELLO GALLERY TOKYO / 東京 TOKYO）
【SOLO】WAY OVER YONDER（42 ART SPACE / 北京 BEJING）
【FAIR】アートフェアアジア福岡（福岡国際会議場 / 福岡 FUKUOKA）
【GROUP】MIRAGE（VILLAZAN LAB / マドリッド MADRID ）
【GROUP】二次元派展（代官山ヒルサイドフォーラム / 東京 TOKYO）
【SOLO】POLYTOPE（Gallery Ascend / 香港 HONG KONG）
【SOLO】Pale Light（GALERIE OVO / 台北 TAIPEI） etc...

2021
【GROUP】Maison Ozmen Group Show（Maison Ozmen / パリ PARIS）
【SOLO】base on balls（SkiiMa Gallary at 心斎橋PARCO / 大阪 OSAKA）
【EVENT】YES GOOD MARKET （新宿伊勢丹 / 東京 TOKYO） etc...