Yōkai

This series is inspired by one of the strongest aesthetic memories of my childhood: the giant TV puppets of the ’90s. From Alf to The Bear in the Big Blue House, from Topo Gigio to the Muppets — those worlds weren’t just visual; they were tactile, material, physical. They existed in a space where fantasy felt real because you could almost feel it with your hands.These monsters reinterpret that language through my current vocabulary: Japanese myth, tattoo iconography, surreal creatures that are both cute and terrifying. They celebrate texture, exaggeration and presence — images that don’t live only in the eye, but in the body, in memory, in instinct.For me, these characters expand the senses we usually use for aesthetics: sight and sound become joined by touch, as if these monsters were not just seen but experienced.

‍Edition note:
Part of a series of 5 artworks.
Available as signed and numbered prints – 25 editions per artwork.