Motomichi was born in Tokyo, Japan and graduated from Parsons School of Design. He currently lives and works in Brooklyn, NYC. Minimum use of color (black, white and red) as well as a focus on the creation of characters and creatures using simple graphic elements characterizes Motomichi’s work visually across digital and traditional media.
The subjects in his work often reflect a conflictive nature, they’re part human and part monsters. They can appear at once childlike and sexually deviated. Motomichi’s need to express the conflictive nature of human behavior in his work is also translated visually with the use of strong contrasting colors. His digital animation work has been exhibited at the New Museum of Contemporary Art in NYC and has appeared at the Sundance and the Onedotzero film festivals. He has performed his live video/animation mix at the Museum of Modern Art in NYC and at other recognized venues in the U.S. and Europe.
