Artist
Tokyo Tommy
Born 1999, lives and works in Milan
Tokyo Tommy sculpts in virtual reality, modelling characters and small worlds with a VR headset and bringing them into physical form through 3D printing, as with his pieces in resin and lacquer. His figures are round, colourful and deliberately rough, with a hand-moulded, naive quality. The same characters move between media: they are animated into short stories and turn up in music videos, TikTok clips, NFTs, paintings and objects. In sculptures such as Balance, figures lean on one another in relaxed, intimate but unnatural poses, each depending on the other to stay upright. Tokyo Tommy's aim is to pass on a light, carefree joy.