Yoshiyuki Koinuma (1982, Japan ) had spent the two years artist in residence program at Rijksakademie in Amsterdam. After finishing at the Rijksakademie in 2010 he moved to Rotterdam.

He basically works with painting, drawing, collage, print and ceramic works. Just now, He is making small size collage works called Little Treasures. He will keep making this series works in Hommes artist in residence.

His work is influenced by computer game which include Role-Playing Game and Online Game also. Through Little Treasures he want to express his own world. When people see Little Treasures, they feel narrative and enjoying in these works that like people playing his RPG world. Through the application of mixed techniques (collage, print, acrylic paint, small objects) he paints a surreal fantasy world, seemingly in outer space or underwater.

Yoshiyuki Koinuma website http://www.geocities.jp/koinumayoshiyuki/