Korehiko Hino was born in Ishikawa and currently an instructor at Tama University of Fine Art. ‘ After graduating from the Art Studies Division of the Tsukuba University Graduate School with a specialization in Western painting, Hino has built up a solid reputation both in Japan and abroad for his depictions of expressionless human forms – difficult to make out whether they are adults or children – that embody the anxiety that all of us in the contemporary era sense in a vague, nebulous way. ‘ (via Art Tower Mito)