About

Raised between Japan and Venezuela, currently based in Tokyo and Amsterdam, Efrain Vivas Hattori has spent his
entire life in cities. Founder of Ugoku Estudio, an artistsʼ platform with a strong DIY spirit, his artwork is centered
around modern architecture of the various cities he explores by bicycle. Through the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic
Hattori turned his attention away from cityscapes to close-at-hand back alleys and buildings. Works made with
industrial materials embrace randomness, from exposed pipes on building walls, to patterns on the ground that may
go unnoticed beneath our feet, Hattori …