Yoru Moriyama is Tokyo based artist. Yoru means "Night", Moriyama means "mountain covered in forests" in Japanese. It's an actual family name. She started her creative activities as "Yoru Moriyama" in 2022. Yoru usual pursues abstract concepts such as the soul, the causal of dreams and reality, drawing them as a fantastic world. She is currently making a dark fantasy picture book and analogue game for people of all ages to enjoy.
Her work style is often to carry and travel artwork as the talisman. For this reason, She only draws original works up to "the amount that fits in the trunk." When some artwork leaves the trunk, she creates another new one and places it in the available space. Because for all the works of art in this world, she believes that "the artwork will sometimes have more abilities than the author intended, with miracle effect."
About the alias "Ayako Okubo" activity: She has published her essay comics since university and worked as a character designer for a national TV program for children.
After working for some companies, she became independent as an art director in 2016. In 2019, she founded NYX Co., Ltd., specialising in creative activities. Her representative work "KITEKI" is written and published as a comic book and stored in the Tokyo University Museum of Art. KITEKI is a short Japanese coined word that means "Mysterious, Bizarre and Miracle".
SKILLS: Art Direction, Character Design, Communication Design, Concept work, VI, Logo-Design, Narrative Design, and Story Draft.
CV
EDUCATION
2006 Master of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts
2004 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts
PRIZE
2004 International Takifuji Art Award Special Jury Prize
2004 Award for top students of Tokyo University of the Arts
2003 The Ataka prize of Tokyo University of the Arts
2000 Grand Prize, NOKIA Art Award_Asia Pacific 2000
MUSEUM COLLECTION
2004 Tokyo University Art Museum
PUBLICATIONS
2010 KITEKI -Soul Encyclopedia- / Comic book, Seirin Kogeisha
2005 KITEKI -buoyage- / Comic book, Seirin Kogeisha
2004 KITEKI /Comic book, Seirin Kogeisha
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2022 Lecturer of design seminar / Branding, Bunsei University of Art
2018−2019 Lecturer of design seminar / Communication design, Bunsei University of Art
EXHIBITION
2009 " A Blow to the Everyday" Curated by Yuko Hasegawa @ Osage Kwun tong, Hong Kong
2008 "200∞ Featured Product Exhibition" @ 21_21 Design Sight, Tokyo, Japan
2006 "C. U. L. T. U. R. E." Solo Exhibition @ Space Kobo & Tomo, Tokyo, Japan
2004 "Before you sleep ..." Solo Exhibition @ Space Kobo & Tomo, Tokyo, Japan
CLIENT WORK
CHARACTER DESIGN
2009 "200∞ Featured Product" Exhibition @ 21_21 Design Sight
2005-2008 "Tensai TV Kun MAX", Japan Broadcasting Corporation Education TV
GAME
2019 "TETRIS 99'' (Nintendo) / Art director
2017 "The way of Sushido" (Nintendo) / Art director, character design,
E3 promotion movie director
2012. "Fire Emblem Awakening" (Nintendo) / Video production, concept art
2012. "Dragon Quest X" (SQUARE ENIX) / Opening 3DCG video production
ARTWORK
2018 V.A.『The Way of Sushido OP＆ED - EP』
APPEARANCE
2016 "TAMORI Club Let's carry a hand-held my 3D map!" TV Asahi