Today we’d like to introduce you to Asatsuki
Hi Asatsuki, can you start by introducing yourself? We’d love to learn more about how you got to where you are today?
When I was a high school student, my teacher discovered my talent in art. She started giving me special training. It has been almost 20 years now since I pursue my dream . During this period, I also worked in a company for 7 years, opened my own art gallery for 4 years and sold my own art works. After that, I experienced divorce, the death of my father, depression, and then spent all my savings and gave up my good career in China, left my family to chase my dreams. Nobody can understand what I am doing and why I chose a difficult way of life. Still I keep going, doesn’t matter what is gonna happen in the future, I won’t give up. Because I feel art is the only value for me in this world, only art can make me peaceful and happy. I had the opportunity to study in Japan and the UK. Recently, I have completed my master degree in the University of the Arts London. Now I am starting over as a Chinese artist in London, in art and life. I’ve been moving and living in different places, studying, and making art.
We all face challenges, but looking back would you describe it as a relatively smooth road?
My life never was smooth from the beginning. No matter what I wanted to do – always faced challenges. The day I decided to be a real artist, my life changed totally. I never thought I could come here one day, I feel happy for what I did in my past, I have no money but also – no regrets at all. I worked very hard to get where I am today, my family never supported my dreams and didnt understand why I am doing this. My friends are also very successful in business and make lot of money, however, they all think I am weird and choose a different way. Now I am in a situation that I need to start over everything in my life in London. When you get nothing so nothing needs to be afraid to lose. My challenges are all from myself never from the others.- especially when I had my own art studio in China I created them myself, also solved them by myself. I learned Japanese and English at 30 years old. And lived in different countries. I am not afraid of any challenges.
Can you tell our readers more about what you do and what you think sets you apart from others?
I am a fine artist in London, I do drawing, painting, ceramics, sculpture, photography. I am known as artist and the designer in China and London, I also very proud of myself about my hard-working in Art. I am also proud of my strong personality and attitude about everything. This sounds not good for the others, but helps me too protect myself from other people and different opinions and different judgment about me. what about everything mostly and the very confident and not scared of learning do things and always curious about life. I want to be it’s a real artist and which is background as Chinese female artist wants to combine Chinese culture, which I use brush and traditional ink to draw the female naked body and figures and the body movements in Europe countries. The language about my art and the philosophy, concept was very different from the others. Especially in a traditional Asian countries as a female artist, nobody doing this kind of art in the past now, not allowed in China so I come to London to change my dream. My arts are begin with the photography I took to from real person in my life and myself then I transform my photography into a brush ink drawing and then simplify the drawings to obstruct art and symbols. Trying to confuse the audience. You can explore in the painting. It’s like a game. It’s more fun. They don’t have any directions you can just hang them as you like. I also love to use a very strong contract colors makes people can recognize my style and my language very easily.
What quality or characteristic do you feel is most important to your success?
Maybe a lot of people don’t like self-centered or selfish people but for me I think they help me a lot. They helped me to protect myself in a tough life every time if the others give you advice, judge you, this characters will help me to focus on myself focus on my dreams focus on what I want to do and who I want to be. I am Very stubborn, it help me to chasing my dream didn’t chance because others they will always give you advise for they love you. They are good for you but for me I don’t need that advice. Don’t get lost when people give you advice or they say these are good for you. You should do this. You should do that, I have attitude about everything and very critical. Please to be honest to yourself it’s much more important than honest to the others, maybe you can lie to the others, but you can never lie to yourself so I’m a very honest and straightforward person.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://Asatsuki.me
- Instagram: Aasatsuki
Image Credits
Asatsuki