Tetsuya Ishida - Artist Info

About Tetsuya Ishida

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Ishida Toruya
  • Biography

    Tetsuya Ishida was born in the Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan in 1973.  Tragically, he was killed in a train accident in 2005.  The more splendid it was, the more regrettable the loss.  During the 31 years of his life, he witnessed the economic miracle in postwar Japan during the 60s to 80s and the burst of the economic bubble in the 90s.

    High pressure at workplace, long working hours, discriminatory social hierarchy and institution were the typical phenomena in the Japanese society.  The young Tetsuya Ishida used his razor-sharp sensibilities, exquisite brushwork, surrealistic world-view, and an empathetic heart to reveal the truth about the conditions of the contemporary Japanese people.

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