Based in Brooklyn, New York, Utamaro works across several disciplines: art director, animation director and textile designer.

His distinctive style, built on ultra-pop colour, carries an explosive energy through everything he makes, grounded in three key ideas: celebration, freedom and infinity. He captures motifs that multiply without end, reflecting both the inexhaustible human imagination and the boundless ego.

For Utamaro, nothing can exist without being defined or framed, just as a stomach cannot function without being filled. The most essential aspects of daily life, he suggests, lie in the very process of recognising them.