Nobuhito Nishigawara                                                                            May 2026

I see water as a metaphor for movement, transformation, and the impermanence of life. Rather than depicting nature literally, my work explores how flowing glazes and fragile elements can evoke its inherent power, energy, and rhythm. These artworks construct imagined, often idealized spaces where the fluid material becomes a conduit for both natural forces and human emotion.

Everything is temporary, everything changes, and eventually, everything disappears.

Life mimics the trajectory of fireworks—its true beauty lies not merely in its brilliance, but in the fleeting, quiet moment just before it fades into darkness. We cannot freeze time at its peak; we can only move forward, embracing each moment as it arrives.

My work becomes a means to convey nature’s power and human emotions such as joy, sublime, anger, grief, anxiety, resilience, wonder, acceptance and more.