1975 I was born in Kyoto Japan, and grew up in Kyoto.
1994-1998 Kyoto Seika University design manga class.
1997 Established design team"button" activities in Kyoto and Tokyo.
1999 Geaduated from Kyoto Seika University, Work as freelance designer,T-shirts design, graphic design and web design.
2003 Moved my activities to Berlin, participated some group exhibitions.
2004 Got interest in live painting on Karneval der kultur Berlin, Started live painting performance with hagemiho as "Dropshadows", mainly activities in Taheles.
2005 Live painting some events in Frankfurt am Main and Hamburg, and at the same time, stearted live painting + visual work with his hand made device called "Guruguru Kun".
2006 Improved "Guruguru Kun" and performed at Bastard, Pefferbank Berlin. then started VJ work,turntable animation featuring obake (ghost) character with "Guruguru Kun".
2007 I participated to ODD as VJ and made PV of the music.
2008 VJ work at Eschschloraque(Berlin),KANIMANI(Berlin), "Ohayo Japan! 2008" in Spinnwerk,Leipzig and "AKROPOLISMULTIMEDIALE" in Palac Akropolis(Praha).
Chuuu was born in Kyoto Japan 1975.His base is now in Berlin.Because of his environment of childhood he had a strong awareness of freedom,creation and making things by himself. He was good in his hands since he was a child,cutting his rubber-robots into pieces and put different pieces together and making a new robot,uncoil a small motor and extend it to make a faster motor,create a small light for playing games in the dark.Since his uncle was an artist he had many chances to see paintings and printings,spontaneously,he started to draw pictures and manga by himself.While majoring manga in Kyoto Seika University (the only university that has manga major in Japan) he bought a computer, learned himself how to use applications and studied design on his own. After graduation,he worked independently by designing and painting. 2003 moved to Berlin and now he is here as an artist.
About his works
Chuuu,the theme of his works are nostalgia-ism and reconstitution.In his paintings and drawings,influenced by Lautrec,Beardsly,Saul Bass,Japanese Ukiyoe and Leonardo da Vinci's sketches,he expresses nostalgia by using techniques such as scraping and scaling paints,use dry impasto material to make crack surface,dye 60 years old paper with tea and use flat touches and intentionally unshaded image.Adding modern elements of manga and anime on those,that is his work.Mostly the background image is blank to accentuate the line of the body or shape.He uses Acrylics,Gouache,Aquarelle,Ink,Colored pencil,Tea,Oil,Magazines and more.
In his video works with the same theme,he made an animation system by using the technique zoetrope(invented by William Horner in 1834) and stroboscope,a turntable that DJ uses and a video camera combination." Turntable Animation" is the name of this animation system,he turns his 12 inch record shape hand-drawing,collage,printed works on a turntable.He has been performing this " Turntable Animation"performance in many different places.Above all,the loop animation of circularized notes is a video performance that is like spinning around the musical notation that has been originated in Europe from the 17th century and John Cage and Marcel Duchamp on a DJ turntable.
Art works
Live Painting Performance & VJ
2012.04.30 "TANZ in den MAI 2012, Das Ende der Verlogenheit" goldener Saal in Tacheles, Berlin
2012.04.07 "Various Vegetables #4 - Lambent, Disscoxx, Wermonster & Zoneotura" at Naherholung Sternchen, Berlin
2012.04.05 "psychedelic kitchen" at Das Buero in Tacheles, Berlin
2012.03.10 "Electric Masaru" at Das Buero in Tacheles, Berlin
2012.03.27 "ぬるぬるさろん NuLL NuLL SaLoN" in ESCHSCHLORAQUE, Berlin
2012.02.16 "Japaranoia presents KAOGANAI Live" at Das Buero in Tacheles, Berlin
2012.02.09 "The 8th Berlin International Directors Lounge" at Naherholung Sternchen, Berlin
2012.01.26 "The wide scope" at Das Buero in Tacheles, Berlin
2012.01.21 "3000GRAD der WANDERZIRKUS " in der Ritterbutzke, Berlin
2012.01.14 "Various Vegetables #1: Tornado Horr & Ziggy" at Naherholung Sternchen, Berlin
2012.01.10 "ぬるぬるさろん NuLL NuLL SaLoN" in ESCHSCHLORAQUE, Berlin
2012.01.06 "Kitchen club vol. 59" in ESCHSCHLORAQUE, Berlin
2011.12.31 "M.I.K.Z. Silvester Special" at M.I.K.Z., Berlin
2011.12.17 "Japaranoia Vol.2" DJ SiSeN at Das Buero in Tacheles, Berlin
2011.12.10 Skank ft Neil Landstrumm, Eomac, Sunil Sharpe & more... at SUBLAND, Berlin
2011.11.17 "The wide scope" at Das Buero in Tacheles, Berlin
2011.11.13 "Animation Festival Shooooow your short animatiooooons" shox box, Berlin
2011.11.11 "INFAME ROYALE" Kit-Kat-Club, Berlin
2011.10.15 "The Wide Scope x Japaranoia" DJ SiSeN at Das Buero in Tacheles, Berlin
2011.09.04 "QUERGÄNGE MARZAHN Vernissage" Galerie M, Marzahner Promendade, Berlin
2011.07.02 "Фузион 2011 FUSION" Flugplatz, Lärz
2011.06.24 "CERTAIN LEVEL for JAPAN" Freudenzimmer, Berlin
2011.06.21 "2mx3m=Böse Bohnen+ODD" Fête de la Musique GÖRLI, Berlin
2011.06.16 "freetekno world wide streaming" at Das Buero in Tacheles, Berlin
2011.06.11 "Kranichshof" Kranichshof, Lärz
2011.06.09 "Multimedialer Clubabend" CHB, Berlin
2011.06.07 "Kimiiro matoi shoto utau" Kalligraphie, Musik & Video Botschaft von Japan, Berlin
2011.06.04 "STECKDOSENMUSIK" Goldner saal, Tacheles, Berlin
2011.06.03 "ELECTROBONGO COLLECTIVE feat IMPORTEXPORT" at Arena Club in Berlin
2011.05.28 "Boese Bohnen" at Das Buero in Tacheles, Berlin
2011.05.14 "Underground Society" Goldner saal, Tacheles, Berlin
2011.05.14 "Boese Bohnen" MAY BE CAM in Berlin at Tacheles, Berlin
2011.04.07 "CERTAIN LEVEL" DJ Nicolas at Freudenzimmer in Berlin
2011.05.03 "Boese Bohnen" Live Improvised painting & video performance, music session in Neue Gallery, Tacheles, Berlin
2011.04.30 "Nippon Connection" japanese film festival in Frankfurt am Main
2011.04.02 Time Warp 2011 in Mannheim
2011.04.01 B-Seite Festival at Disco Zwei in Mannheim
2011.03.31 B-Seite Festival at Disco Zwei in Mannheim
2011.03.19 "Boese Bohnen" Psychedelic Improvised Live Painting+Music+Video performance in Das Buero, Tacheles, Berlin
2011.03.12 "cyberise soundsystem party" at Tacheles goldener Saal, Berlin
2011.03.09 "live from berlin freetekno world wide streaming" at Tacheles Das Buero, Berlin
2011.03.05 "SOS U.GROUNDE" at Kulturkosmos Mueritz in Laerz
2011.02.19 "Prince Kong, Vertical67, Swarm Intelligence, Kinskop & Eutechnik" in Tacheles, Berlin
2011.02.18 "Kitchen club vol.47" in Kommerzpunk, Berlin
2011.02.14 "Tacheles Werkschau 2010" musical "The House of Dreams" Art concept musical ,Visual chuuu in Tacheles
2011.02.11 "IFNB - One year Anniversary Party!" in Soupanova, Berlin
2011.02.04 "ELECTROBONGO COLLECTIVE" @ ARENA CLUB // GLASSHAUS
2011.02.03 "Boese Bohnen" (Improvisation Livepainting Video performance & Livemusic session) Setsubun in Goko
2011.01.21 "Kitchen Club vol.44" in Flaalf, Berlin
2011.01.14 "Electric Masaru" in ESCHSCHLORAQUE, Berlin
2011.01 Musikvideo: Dr. Motte & Robert Babicz "NONO"
2010.12.04 "Electro Flaaf" in FLAALF KUNSTRAUM, Berlin
2010.11.26 "HICCUPS" KURIHARA. chuuu. ANDI. DYLAN (visual x music) in Tacheles, Berlin
2010.11.19 "Kitchen Club Vol.41" VJ Ryo,VJ chuuu,DJ Hito,Umo in Eschschloraque,Berlin
2010.11.12 "ELECTRIC MASARU Japan Music Week Specal" in Knochenbox & Theaterkapelle, Berlin
2010.10.22 "Kitchen Club Vol.39" 15 Jahre Haus Schwarzenberg! SPECIAL in Eschschloraque,Berlin
2010.09.03 Vj chuuu & Dj Trauko Live Performance at Voy-Voy, Madrid
2010.08.28 "Underground society 3" Electronic Audio Visual Party in Tacheles goldener Saal,Berlin
2010.08.28 "Live painting - Pistachio" in Studio KK 3rd floor, Berlin
2010.08.13 "Goodbye party" URHE/LANDETA ATELIER in Tacheles, Berlin