Teiji Hayama

Teiji Hayama graduated from Central Saint Martins in 1998. Since then, the Japanese born Swiss dwelling artist has been very busy exhibiting his unique images across Europe.

Hayama’s paintings join together western and Japanese influences, combining different art historical periods varying from Christian art, Greek mythology to contemporary Japanese pop culture and Ukiyo-E.

Many of the figures are pictured with fruits and animals which refer to theme from Christian art such as sin, salvation, envy and love.

Hayama’s pale, ethereal figures with frail bodies and pale tinited eyes often inspired by mangas, portray an angelic appearance which clashes with a penetrating and unnerving glare directed at the viewer.

Unnerving? yes. Beautiful? definitely. just my kinda thing.