Shingo Ishida

Shingo Ishida was born in Mie, Japan in 1979. He graduated from Kyoto University of Art and Design in 2004. He then moved to Tokyo. There he worked in design and fashion, doing illustration and making frescos. Currently he also does live painting at events.

Statement

When he grew up, his parents expected a lot from him as a child.

He felt an enormous pressure to meet these expectations.

This pressure turned into dissatisfaction, toward himself and to others.

Eventually, the accumulated discontent became anger.

He represented this anger in through drawing, as intense feelings.

He wanted to express the anger.

This anger also means the voice of the heart, passion.