Takura Suzuki was born in 1996 in Tokyo and currently lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. He earned his BFA in Painting from Indiana University Bloomington in 2019 and his MFA in Visual Arts from Washington University in St. Louis in 2021.

Suzuki’s work explores the intersection of digital technology, visual culture, and contemporary human experience. Rooted in the tradition of vanitas painting and influenced by the Japanese aesthetic of mono no aware, his work contemplates the transient nature of both digital and physical existence. By integrating ephemeral digital imagery with historical painting traditions, Suzuki reflects on how fleeting moments and impermanent data shape our perception of time, memory, and reality. His paintings serve as meditations on the tension between the material and the immaterial, capturing the quiet melancholy of a world in constant flux.

His work has been exhibited internationally, including at The Hole, New York; the Brooklyn Museum, New York; and N Project, Osaka. He was the recipient of the Winsor & Newton x Paul Smith Foundation International Art Prize in 2024, and his work is part of the collection at the Hirosaki Museum of Contemporary Art in Japan.