Drawing Is Living
ABOUT & STORY
Kazuhiro Asaumi is a Japanese artist born in Tokyo in 1977. His art does not begin with a plan or a finished image in his mind. He simply starts to draw, allowing his hand and the lines to lead the way.
Asaumi began drawing seriously during a difficult period in his life, when he was hospitalized in a psychiatric hospital. Drawing gradually became more than an act of creation. It became something that supported him — a way to express what could not always be put into words, and a way to keep moving forward.
Today, while continuing his professional work in the IT field, Asaumi continues to create. Faces, hands, eyes and unexpected figures emerge spontaneously from his lines, often revealing themselves only after a work is complete.
For Asami, drawing is not simply about making art. It is part of living itself.
HIS ART
Asaumi does not decide in advance what he is going to draw. He begins with a line and follows wherever it leads.
A curve may become a face. A finger may transform into a figure. Eyes, hands, profiles and unexpected forms appear, overlap and connect, gradually filling the page with a world of their own.
Many of these figures are not intentionally created. Asaumi himself often discovers them only after the work is complete. Looking at one of his drawings can feel like entering a visual puzzle — the longer you look, the more faces and stories begin to emerge.
Each work is created directly by hand, without a preliminary sketch. The result is a spontaneous visual language that belongs entirely to Kazuhiro Asaumi.
SELECTED WORKS
ARTIST’S WORDS
“I don’t decide what I’m going to draw.
I just start with a line and let my hand move.
Sometimes I discover what I have drawn only after it is finished.”
“Drawing helped me through difficult times.
It became a way for me to express things I could not put into words.”
“For me, drawing is living.”
CONNECT
Kazuhiro Asaumi hopes to share his work beyond Japan and connect with people around the world through art.
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