Dream of Billow

06.03.2025

Exhibition Location: Billow Building
Title: Dream of Billow
2023, Fusuma Painting

The artist created this sliding door(fusuma) painting during his two-week stay at Ryukyu Villa Billow. He painted the view of the billow trees that can be seen from the room on the fusuma in the bedroom.

Billow trees(Livistona) have long been prized as sacred trees in the Ryukyu Islands, and can often be seen at sacred sites, Utaki. The plant has also been regarded as sacred on the mainland since ancient times, and even today it is used as roofing material for the "Hyakushicho," a building where the emperor performs purification rituals during the Daijosai imperial court ritual.

Artist(Painter): Konirow

Born in Kyoto. He began painting under the influence of the fusuma paintings of temples in Kyoto that he had seen since childhood. He mainly works on creating murals based on street art culture. He has traveled to various parts of Japan, Asia, Europe, America, and the Caribbean, participating in numerous projects such as live painting, creating murals, and presenting his works at exhibitions.

[Award History]

・LIVE PAINT DOJO 2013 Team Competition Winner

・LIVE PAINT DOJO -extra- 2014 Individual Competition Winner / Judge Koji Morimoto Award Winner

・LIVE PAINT TEAM BATTLE 2016 Tag Team Winner

[Main Works Exhibition]

・Art Exhibition “HIGH & LOW” (with YOUBOB) NEW OSAKA HOTEL Shinsaibashi/Osaka:2015

・KONIROW ARTWORKS EXHIBITION 2017 “IMA to MIRAI” at Gallery MARONIE /Kyoto:2017

・100Japanese artist exhibition[WE] Exhibition, at Pleiades Gallery/New York, USA: 2018

・KONIROW ARTWORKS EXHIBITION 2018 at Fujii Daimaru 7F Gallery/Kyoto:2018

[Main Mural Production]

・FM89.4 Mural inside Alpha Station/Kyoto:2016

・Floor Village Sujin Shinmachi Mural “Shochikubai” / Kyoto: 2018