a smile for survival,
carrying the tears 
of our time.





 Laurent is the Self-Portrait of Our Time.



Artisan Laurent is a portrait artist working through contemporary media. 

He centers the Laurent Canon, reconfiguring historically grounded painting languages to construct contemporary portraiture. The figure is a structured face of our time, shaped through composition, mediation, and curatorial decision-making.


Artisan Laurent Studio, based in Tokyo, 

works across painting, sculpture, and installation, developing a unified artistic framework in which each medium functions as an extension.

Painting Methodology


Through illustration, the structural archetype

and compositional framework are established.


The work is constructed through a contemporary pictorial process.


The light of a given century,

the tonal density of a movement,

and the compositional grammar of a historical period

are translated through contemporary methods.


The acts of selection, elimination,

and editorial control remain inherently painterly.


Each work emerges through a tripartite structure:


- Invocation of art-historical language  

- Contemporary mediation  

- Curatorial authorship  


Painting, here, is constructed through contemporary mediation.

Art Structure


The practice of Artisan Laurent unfolds across three structural axes:


• Painting establishes the archetype.

• Sculpture gives it physical presence.

• Installation situates it within spatial and cultural context.


Each medium does not stand alone;

they function as a continuous expansion of a single canon.


Through this structure, the Laurent Canon moves

from image to object to environment.


Edition Policy


Artisan Laurent produces only Unique Works and Limited Editions.


• No reissues.

• No secondary editions.

• No additional printings.


The edition size of each work is permanently fixed at the moment of its initial release.

Once established, it will never be expanded.


Even within a digitally mediated practice,

physical scarcity and collector value are strictly preserved.


Each work is individually numbered and accompanied by an official Certificate of Authenticity.