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Naoto Hattori, 1975 | Pop Surrealist painter

Japanese painter Naoto Hattori was born in Yokohama Japan.
He graduated with honors from the Illustration Department at School of Visual Arts in New York.
He received Awards from the Society of Illustrators and The New York Directors Club.



Artist Naoto Hattori creates whimsical depictions of animals, fairy-like humans, and other chimerical creatures.
Hattori’s Pop Surrealist works are painted with such meticulous detail that they resemble digital renderings.
A graduate of New York’s School of Visual Arts, Hattori’s interest in art was sparked through graffiti and street art.


He paints intuitively, drawing on his own visions and dreams to create fantastical worlds that beckon viewers.
The psychedelic figures which take center stage in Hattori’s paintings often blur the line between humans, animals, and monsters, resembling creatures one might find in a fairytale.
Hattori’s paintings have been exhibited internationally in numerous solo and group exhibitions.