Naoto Hattori was born in 1975 in Yokohama Japan, studied Graphic Design in Tokyo before moving to New York to study in the School of Visual Arts. In the year 2000 he received a BFA in illustration from the School of Visual Arts. He has received Awards from the Society of Illustrators, the New York Directors Club, Communication Arts and also he has won numerous award from many art competitions and has been published in many art magazines. Of his work, He says: "My vision is like a dream, whether it's a sweet dream, a nightmare, or just a trippy dream. I try to see what's really going on in my mind, and that's a practice to increase my awareness in stream-of-consciousness creativity. I try not to label or think about what is supposed to be, just take it in as it is and paint whatever I see in my mind with no compromise. That way, I create my own vision."

 

 

Exhibitions:

2012 Toy Art Gallery (CA) "TAG Anniversary Show" group exhibition
2012 Last Rite Gallery (NYC) "Taboo" group exhibition
2012 Land Rover Anaheim Hills (CA) "Kingdom Animalia" group exhibition
2012 Le Carré - Contemporary Art Space
(Bayonne, France) "Les Enfants TERRIBLE Exhibition II" group exhibition
2012 Copro Gallery (CA) "Mind Portrait" solo exhibition
2012 Think Space (CA) "Wild At Heart" group exhibition
2012 Bold Hype Gallery (NYC) "Suggestivism" group exhibition
2012 Porter Contemporary (NYC) "A Rolling Stone" group exhibition
2012 The Affordable Art Fair (CA)

2012 Halle Saint Pierre (Paris, France) "Hey! Modern Art & Pop Culture Art Show" 3 person exhibition
2011 Last Rite Gallery (NYC) "The 13th Hour" group exhibition
2011 Toy Art Gallery (CA) Jumping Brain Custom Group Show
2011 11th French Contemporary Art Biennale of Lyon "Pop Surrealism/Low Brow Exhibition (Lyon, France)
2011 Copro Gallery (CA) "Genesis to Revelation" group exhibition
2011 Raandesk Gallery of Art (NYC) "A Portrait Apart" group exhibition
2011 Dorothy Circus Gallery (Rome, Italy) Solo exhibition
2011 Gallery 1988 (CA) "INLE" group exhibition
2011 Copro Gallery (CA) "Dystopia" beinArt Surreal group exhibition
2011 Opera Gallery (NYC) "Logistics" South Park theme group exhibition
2011 Together Gallery (OR) "LAX/PDX" group exhibition
2011 Grand Central Art Center (CA) "Suggestivism" group exhibition
2010 Last Rite Gallery (NYC) "The 13th Hour" group exhibition
2010 Mondo Bizzarro (Rome, Italy) "Pop Surrealism Last Chance" Gallery Group show
2010 Copro Gallery (CA) "Super Bionics" Solo show
2010 Think Space (CA) "Love Conquers All
2010 Carandente Museum (Spoleto, Italy) "Pop Surrealism" group exhibition
2010 Ronin Gallery (CA) "Movers & Shakers II" Group Show
2010 Mondo Bizzarro (Rome, Italy) "Visionary Art" Gallery Group show
2010 Gallery Nucleus "Curiouser & Curiouser" Group show
2009 Copro Gallery "Saturnalia" Group show
2009 M Modern Gallery "Out There" Solo show
2009 Superdeluxe, Pangeaseed Charity Event "No Fin No Future" (Tokyo)
2009 KunStart 09, 6th International Art Fair of Bolzano
2009 Strychnin Gallery (Berlin)
2009 Copro Nason Gallery "Overdose" Hi-Fructose Group show
2009 Copro Nason Gallery "Superschool" Group show
2009 David B. Smith Gallery Group show
2009 POVevolving Gallery "Movers& Shakers" Group show
2008 Copro Nason Gallery "Good Samaritan's" Group show
2008 Harold Golen Gallery "Kaiju show" Group show
2008 Dorothy Circus Gallery (Rome, Italy) "Inside Nostalgia" Group Show
2008 Limited Addiction Gallery - 3 person show
2008 Gallery 1988 "Crazy 4 Cult 2" Group show
2008 Copro Nason Gallery "Hi Fructose Group show"
2008 Hard Rock Hotel -Las Vegas- "Crimes on Canvas"
2008 Bear and Bird Boutique + Gallery "Yokai in Your Eye" group show
2008 M Modern Gallery "Tiki show" Group show
2008 Dorothy Circus Gallery (Rome, Italy) Group Show
2008 Last Rites Gallery (NYC) Opening Show
2008 Joshua Liner Gallery (NYC) Opening show
2008 Copro Nason Gallery "Mind Garden" Solo show
2007 Limited Addiction Gallery Anniversary Group Show
2007 Copro Nason Gallery "Best of Copro Nason"
2007 Gallery 1988 L.A. "Bitter and Sweets"
2007 Widup Gallery "Halloween Show"
2007 Foster Gallery (WI) "Rome is Burning "
2007 Bear and Bird/TATE'S Comics "The Mushroom Show"
2007 Harold Golen Gallery opening show
2007 Lineage Gallery "Forgotten Lands" Solo Show
2007 Hard Rock Hotel -Las Vegas- "Hard Rock Show"
2007 Limited Addiction Gallery "Elevation"
2007 Strychnin Gallery (NY) "Dark Hearts and Broken Vows"
2007 M Modern Gallery (CA) "Return of the Blonde Bombshell"
2007 Lineage Gallery (PA) "Winter Faction"
2006 BoMA: Bar of Modern Art (OH) "Operation Fragmentation"
2006 Copro/Nason Gallery (CA) "15 Yeah Anniversary"
2006 M Modern Gallery (CA) "The Cat is out of the hat"
2006 Copro/Nason Gallery (CA) "Another World Living" Solo Show
2006 Lineage Gallery (PA) "UPs"
2006 M Modern Gallery (CA) "Gotham"
2006 The Icehouse (AZ) "DECK"
2006 M Modern Gallery (CA) "The Future"
2006 OX-OP Gallery (MN) "JUXTAPOZ 2006"
2006 M Modern Gallery (CA) "Blonde Bombshell"
2006 Copro/Nason Gallery (CA) "Nostradamus"
2005 M Modern Gallery (CA) "Blast From The Past"
2005 Copro/Nason Gallery (CA) "Samhain Party"
2005 Lineage Gallery (PA) "Identity Crisis"
2005 M Modern Gallery (CA) "Dionysus"
2005 Copro/Nason Gallery (CA) "Bergamot Invasion"
2005 Hope Gallery (CT) "5 x 5 show"
2005 Copro/Nason Gallery (CA) 3 person show, "Trifecta"
2005 Copro/Nason Gallery (CA) "The Eye of the Illuminati"
2005 OX-OP Gallery (MN)
2005 ECHO Gallery (IL)
2004 Copro/Nason Gallery (CA) "The Krampus show"
2004 Blue Space (Hollywood, CA)
2004 ECHO Gallery (IL)
2004 Gallery LE DECO (Tokyo, Japan)
2004 Fletcher Gallery (Woodstock, NY)
2004 Hope Gallery (CT)
2004 ARTBOX Gallery (Tokyo, Japan)
2003 The Grand Prize winner for Direct Art Volume 9 competition
2003 The Woodstock Tattoo & Body Arts Festival (NY)
2003 Williamsburg Art & Historical Center "Brave Destiny" (NY)
2003 Rocket Gallery (Tokyo, Japan)
2003 Niagara "The Decadence Art Show and Expo" (NYC)
2003 CBGB's Gallery (NYC)
2003 Perihelion Arts (Phoenix, AZ)
2003 Just be Inc / Compound Gallery (OR)
2003 Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts "Modern Heart" (CA)
2002 Roq la Rue Gallery "Gods and Monsters" (Seattle, WA)
2002 International Skateboard Trade show 2002 (Germany)
2002 Fuse Gallery (solo show, NYC)
2002 International Snowboard Trade Show 2002 (Germany)
2002 Spectrum International Art Competition 2002
2001 Subculture Gallery (June, NYC)
2001 CBGB's Gallery (NYC)
2001 Subculture Gallery (April, NYC)
2001 Subculture Gallery (February, NYC)
2001 WHC 2001 Art show (Seattle)
2001 Roq la Rue Gallery (Seattle)
2000 Subculture Gallery (December, NYC)
2000 Subculture gallery (October, NYC)
2000 Subculture Gallery (August, NYC)
1999 The Alexander Gallery presents The 1st National C.S.F. Awards (NYC)
1999 The New York Art Directors Club Spring Exhibition "The visual letter" (NYC)
1998 The Society of Illustrators Annual Scholarship Competition
1998 The New York Directors Club Spring Exhibition "The picture frame" (NYC)
1997 The New York Directors Club Spring Exhibition "Motion in pictures" (NYC)