Naoto Hattori's 5th solo show with Copro Gallery is called "Mind Portrait" and is a series of portrait snapshots from deep inside his mind with a bizarre mixture of aliens,strange animals and classical art reinterpreted and rendered in painstaking detail.
Naoto studied graphic design in Tokyo before moving to New York to study at the School of Visual Arts where he received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in illustration in 2000. As well as painting, he works in editorial, CD and book covers, flyers, posters, skateboard and snowboard design.Hattori has received awards from the Society of Illustrators and the New York Directors Club and has been featured in publications such as Juxtapoz, Spectrum, Airbrush Action, and others. He has exhibited at numerous galleries across the United States and the world.