Hiro Ando
(Japanese, born 1973)
Biography
Hiro Ando is a contemporary Japanese artist whose work conflates traditional and present-day Japan. Ando recontextualizes his country’s icons the maneki-neko (lucky cat), samurai warriors, sumo wrestlers, and koi fish, by reformatting them as colorful sculptures. Born in 1973 on the Island of Shikoku, Japan, he began his career as an illustrator after graduating from the University of Tama Art in Tokyo. In 2005, Ando co-founded an artist collaborative and studio known as Crazynoodles. Today, the group consists of approximately 10 Neo-Pop artists, including the painter Saori Nakamishi. Ando currently lives and works between Tokyo, Japan and Shanghai, China.
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