Masako Hirano

Intro： Masako Hirano is a Japanese visual artist, art director and graphic designer based in Berlin/London Portfolio: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ugz0bwa4hnraic988bn01/masakohirano_portfolio_2024_02.pdf?rlkey=i5g1t6ii2tcsiq3hzrithtwal&st=84j322f8&dl=0 My aesthetic sensibility, shaped by spending 10 years of her childhood in Thailand, is a unique blend of Thailand's vibrant chaos and Japanese subculture. My creative language draws from four distinct yet intertwined forces. It is surreal in its ability to disrupt logic and invite the unexpected, revealing moments that feel both absurd and oddly truthful. It is otherworldly, carrying a quiet presence that belongs to a place just beyond the reach of this reality. It is alien, shaped by perspectives that resist the comfort of the familiar and thrive in the space between cultures and norms. And it is supernatural, touched by a sense of the unseen—where intuition and atmosphere create a gravity of their own. Together, these elements allow me to create work that feels unmoored from convention yet grounded in intention, offering viewers an encounter that is strange, compelling, and entirely its own. Together, these elements allow me to create work that feels unmoored from convention yet grounded in intention, offering viewers an encounter that is strange, compelling, and entirely its own. This approach not only defines my artistic identity but also brings fresh, unexpected perspectives into collaborative and commercial projects