Yuki Saito

The boy who preferred to draw than to speak went on to become a popular artist – Special feature: Artist interview with Yuki Saito (part 1)

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Interview with artist Yuki Saito. Please enjoy reading about Yuki Saito’s life, which is as unique as his art. Interview by the FFD editorial team!   Interview with artist Yuki Saito. The boy who preferred to draw than to speak went on to become a popular artist (part 1) On noticing the difference between a picture and a work of art Thank you for your time today. I’d like to start by asking when you first encountered paintings. I’ve been looking forward to this question! I don’t remember much from my childhood. My parents told me that I was the kind of kid who would watch TV and doodle on the … Read more

The boy who preferred to draw than to speak went on to become a popular artist – Special feature: Artist interview with Yuki Saito (part 2)

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Interview with artist Yuki Saito. Please enjoy reading the second half of this interview by the FFD editorial team! Interview with artist Yuki Saito. The boy who preferred to draw than to speak went on to become a popular artist (part 2) Saito’s drawings are extraordinary, but his oil paintings are devastating I passed the first part of the examination for Geidai (Tokyo University of the Arts. Founded in 1887, it’s Japan’s only national comprehensive university of the arts, and the best fine arts university in Japan), which was the drawing part. But I failed the second part, which was the oil painting section. The same thing happened when I took … Read more