NAOMI HASEGAWA

Born in The Netherlands of Spanish and German mother and a Japanese father, I have been creating since I could hold a pen. Throughout my childhood years my main interest have been in the Fine Arts, but I found joy in any form of creation, be it drawing, painting, sewing (toys at an earlier age, my own clothes at a later stage) or inventing all kinds of craft projects from whatever interesting-looking trash I came across.

As I matured, those creative impulses only spread wider, covering areas of photography, film, writing, cooking, branding and digital creativity. Creativity is boundless in its use. But some areas it quietly wanders into like a little glistening creek, and other areas offer it the space and impulse for a true waterfall to appear.

In my life I have experienced many forms of this flowing water, and how, in the years in which I was ill, it was down to the tiny yet insistent drops of a leaky tap. As I started to regain some energy, I gained enough strength to turn open this tap and from it I managed to get enough water to sail it, instead of walking on the dry land. Where is the boat going, you ask? Where ever this river takes me.