Ken Higaki is a Los Angeles-based artist originally from Kagawa, Japan, whose work explores the sexualization of raw emotion and the fine line between desire and violence. Drawing from traditional Venetian painting techniques, his figurative works emphasize flesh, tension, and theatrical composition to expose the vulnerability and volatility beneath human behavior.

Raised in the Japanese countryside and later in Portland, Oregon, Higaki brings a layered cultural perspective to his practice. His paintings often depict animal-like human figures as a way to reflect the instinctual drives that shape our relationships, power dynamics, and societal roles.

Through his work, Higaki invites viewers to confront the ways in which beauty, lust, and rage coexist within the human condition.