Susumu Kinoshita

Illustrator: Susumu Kinoshita Renowned pencil artist Susumu Kinoshita was born in Toyama, capital of Japan’s Toyama prefecture, in 1947. He is professor at Kanazawa University, and lectures at the University of Tokyo’s School of Engineering, Musashino Art University and Nigata University of Pharmacy and Applied Life Science. He has held exhibitions in Paris, New York, and all over Japan, and his pictures are displayed in over ten art galleries. The old and infirm feature prominently in his artwork; the wrinkles and scars are etched onto their faces like the growth rings of a tree, giving off an almost palpable viviacity.