Den mångsidiga bildkonstnären Nene Tsuboi föddes i Osaka, Japan, år 1976. När hon utexaminerats från konsthögskolan i Kyoko år 1999 beslöt hon resa till Finland. Orsaken till att Nene valde Finland är rätt så speciell, så vi låter henne själv berätta vad som fick henne att åka till avlägsna Norden:

"When I was a child, my hobby was drawing. And when I become 10 years old, I bought Marimekko's kahvimuki. It has been my suosikki object until now.

When I finished my study in Kyoto in 1999, I wanted to go somewhere abroad - and I remebered that my suosikki design was from Finland. So I came. But then I found out that muki was designed by Katsuji Wakisaka, japanese designer. But I was already in Finland, so I stayed.

While I spend time in Finland, my visual language become much simpler and clearer. Maybe because I speak neither Finnish or English so well... my pictures were the language I spoke. Visual language."

Nene Tsuboi bor och arbetar för närvarande i Helsingfors.