{"id":34385,"date":"2026-01-27T00:35:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T00:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/?p=34385"},"modified":"2026-01-27T01:29:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T01:29:15","slug":"pepi-jun-yasuda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/2026\/01\/27\/pepi-jun-yasuda\/","title":{"rendered":"PEPI \/ JUN YASUDA"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"34385\" class=\"elementor elementor-34385\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31d6523 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"31d6523\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7745179 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7745179\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 22-05-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>Year of birth: 1987<br \/>Where do you live: Hokkaido, Japan &amp; Bristol, UK<br \/>Describe your art in three words: Journey \u00b7 Culture \u00b7 Freedom of Expression<br \/>Your discipline: Do whatever you want, as long as no one is harmed. Just dare to loosen one screw of what\u2019s called common sense.<br \/><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pepiyasuda.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Website<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pepi_jun\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ac0cb1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8ac0cb1\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a51869a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a51869a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-34370 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PEPI-JUN-YASUDA-Img-3995.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1050\" height=\"1736\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PEPI-JUN-YASUDA-Img-3995.jpeg 1050w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PEPI-JUN-YASUDA-Img-3995-181x300.jpeg 181w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PEPI-JUN-YASUDA-Img-3995-619x1024.jpeg 619w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PEPI-JUN-YASUDA-Img-3995-768x1270.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PEPI-JUN-YASUDA-Img-3995-929x1536.jpeg 929w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PEPI-JUN-YASUDA-Img-3995-600x992.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1050px) 100vw, 1050px\" \/><\/h4><h4 style=\"font-weight: 400\">You began your professional path in medicine and later made a radical shift toward art. What inner realization or moment made you certain that art was your true calling?<\/h4><p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Many people continue to love what they loved in childhood, even as they grow older.This is something I came to understand through my studies and experiences in psychiatry.Somewhat unexpectedly, it was medicine that helped me realize how essential art is to me.For me, art is one way of returning to a state of pure, childlike innocence \u2014a space constantly filled with stimulation, curiosity, and wonder.At the same time, it serves as a form of detox and healing for myself.The moments when adults are able to return to their inner child are profoundly beautiful.<\/p><h4 style=\"font-weight: 400\">How did your experience of traveling the world influence your way of seeing, sensing, and translating emotions into visual form?<\/h4><p style=\"font-weight: 400\">We Japanese tend to be reserved, expressing our emotions less openly and often preferring to be the same as everyone else.For me, this felt confining.The people I have met around the world express themselves freely \u2014 boldly and colorfully and they value connection.What I feel especially strongly is their deep respect for religion, nature, and human relationships.These values give powerful inspiration to my art.They are also less concerned with how others see them.Many people know who they are and are unafraid to show it.This continually reminds my art \u2014 and myself \u2014 to be true, to be freer, and to keep spreading my wings.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-34371 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PEPI-JUN-YASUDA-Expression-4.Jpg.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1050\" height=\"1549\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PEPI-JUN-YASUDA-Expression-4.Jpg.jpeg 1050w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PEPI-JUN-YASUDA-Expression-4.Jpg-203x300.jpeg 203w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PEPI-JUN-YASUDA-Expression-4.Jpg-694x1024.jpeg 694w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PEPI-JUN-YASUDA-Expression-4.Jpg-768x1133.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PEPI-JUN-YASUDA-Expression-4.Jpg-1041x1536.jpeg 1041w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PEPI-JUN-YASUDA-Expression-4.Jpg-600x885.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1050px) 100vw, 1050px\" \/> PEPI \/ JUN YASUDA | Expression<\/p><h4 style=\"font-weight: 400\">Your works often depict sleeping or closed-eyed faces. What does the state of sleep represent for you emotionally and symbolically?<\/h4><p style=\"font-weight: 400\">When we sleep, we are all vulnerable, and it becomes a time of healing. As the phrase \u201csleeping like a child\u201d suggests, when we sleep, we all return to being children. It also carries the desire to keep dreaming, to remain comfortably asleep a quiet escape from the fatigue and stress of modern society.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-34375 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PEPI-JUN-YASUDA-Expression-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1050\" height=\"1508\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PEPI-JUN-YASUDA-Expression-3.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PEPI-JUN-YASUDA-Expression-3-209x300.jpg 209w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PEPI-JUN-YASUDA-Expression-3-713x1024.jpg 713w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PEPI-JUN-YASUDA-Expression-3-768x1103.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PEPI-JUN-YASUDA-Expression-3-600x862.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1050px) 100vw, 1050px\" \/> PEPI \/ JUN YASUDA | Expression<\/p><h4 style=\"font-weight: 400\">Flowers appear repeatedly in your work as a central motif. Why did flowers become such an important symbol of love, connection, and emotional flow in your visual language?<\/h4><p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Images of my grandmother and mother tending the garden and admiring flowers have stayed with me since childhood.I received so much love from both my mother and grandmother.Perhaps because of that, flowers gradually came to mean love to me.People are always drawn to flowers.From a single beauty, countless connections are born.Yet flowers themselves are finite they bloom, they fall, and they never show the same form again.By painting them, they are no longer bound by finitude.This is the kind of flower I continue to imagine and create.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-34372 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PEPI-JUN-YASUDA-Mind-Shapes-On-Paper-Series.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1050\" height=\"1095\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PEPI-JUN-YASUDA-Mind-Shapes-On-Paper-Series.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PEPI-JUN-YASUDA-Mind-Shapes-On-Paper-Series-288x300.jpg 288w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PEPI-JUN-YASUDA-Mind-Shapes-On-Paper-Series-982x1024.jpg 982w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PEPI-JUN-YASUDA-Mind-Shapes-On-Paper-Series-768x801.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PEPI-JUN-YASUDA-Mind-Shapes-On-Paper-Series-600x626.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1050px) 100vw, 1050px\" \/> PEPI \/ JUN YASUDA | Mind Shapes On Paper Series<\/p><h4 style=\"font-weight: 400\">You describe your expressions as \u201cgentle\u201d and \u201cchildlike.\u201d Do you see this softness as a form of resistance in today\u2019s fast-paced, often harsh world?<\/h4><p style=\"font-weight: 400\">It is an act of resistance, and it is infinite love. In the face of the harsh realities of this world, I believe love is the only thing that can truly resist. Not only on a global scale, but also in our everyday lives, love is always present.I believe love exists in our care for others, and in each small action we take.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-34373 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PEPI-JUN-YASUDA-Expression.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1050\" height=\"1313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PEPI-JUN-YASUDA-Expression.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PEPI-JUN-YASUDA-Expression-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PEPI-JUN-YASUDA-Expression-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PEPI-JUN-YASUDA-Expression-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PEPI-JUN-YASUDA-Expression-600x750.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1050px) 100vw, 1050px\" \/> PEPI \/ JUN YASUDA | Expression<\/p><h4 style=\"font-weight: 400\">Your work often conveys a sense of care, love, and emotional safety. Is this something you consciously aim to offer the viewer, or does it emerge naturally?<\/h4><p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Feelings such as compassion, love, and inner calm arise unconsciously. Some people may experience entirely different sensations when viewing my work \u2014 and that is completely valid. There is no single correct interpretation. If, for some, these feelings gently and naturally emerge, that is what brings me joy.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-34374 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PEPI-JUN-YASUDA-Expression-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1050\" height=\"1503\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PEPI-JUN-YASUDA-Expression-2.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PEPI-JUN-YASUDA-Expression-2-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PEPI-JUN-YASUDA-Expression-2-715x1024.jpg 715w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PEPI-JUN-YASUDA-Expression-2-768x1099.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PEPI-JUN-YASUDA-Expression-2-600x859.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1050px) 100vw, 1050px\" \/> PEPI \/ JUN YASUDA | Expression<\/p><h4 style=\"font-weight: 400\">Living in Bristol after being born in Hokkaido, how do different cultures and environments shape your artistic identity today?<\/h4><p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hokkaido is a region surrounded by vast natural landscapes.While there are many opportunities to connect with nature, there are fewer opportunities to encounter art.There are also fewer artists.Bristol, on the other hand, is a city overflowing with art, where it is easy to meet artists every day.Because of this, my days are constantly filled with stimulation and inspiration.Meeting so many artists has also changed the way I think about art.In the past to put it bluntly I may have simply been making art.Now, I recognize art and creative practice as an integral part of who I am.This is because every artist I meet in Bristol carries art as a part of themselves.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Year of birth: 1987Where do you live: Hokkaido, Japan &amp; Bristol, UKDescribe your art in three words: Journey \u00b7 Culture \u00b7 Freedom of ExpressionYour discipline: Do whatever you want, as long as no one is harmed. 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