YUTARO INAGAKI

Yutaro Inagaki is a contemporary Japanese artist born in 1998. He is a figurative painter currently

based in London. Raised in the suburbs near Tokyo, he has long been fascinated by the idea

of the big city. During his teenage years, he was immersed in graffiti and urban exploration in Tokyo

experiences through which he began to understand the relationship between the city and its people.

These early encounters continue to influence his murals, public artworks, and studio practice today.

Inagaki is currently developing a series of figurative paintings that depict everyday life in futuristic

urban environments.The figures in his works are often covered in black, concealing regional and

cultural traits to emphasize a sense of anonymity. Made from synthetic-looking materials, they

retain human form while suggesting a post-human presence.

Growing up in Japan, a largely homogeneous and group-oriented society, Inagaki has long

questioned the place of individual identity within the collective. His practice explores themes

such as repression and desire, tension and release, gentrification, and the plastic texture

of contemporary city life.

2025 Exhibition at Diesel Art Gallery (forthcoming), Tokyo, Japan

2023 Hyperflat, FAWW | Kravitz Contemporary gallery, London, UK

2025 Dead Dogs Don’t Die at SLUG, Leipzig, Germany

2025 Handful of Dust, Studiya Gallery curated by Art Curatorial Nomads, Seoul, South Korea

2025 The Garage, Toxic Arts Gallery, London, UK

2024 XTR at The Wall Alternative curated by CON_ Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

2024 Duo Presentation at NADA Art Fair with The Hole Gallery, New York, USA

2023 SMALL things with BIG ideas, Whitecinduit Projects, London, UK