Yuhei Saito is a painter. Born in 1982 in Niigata, Japan, used to painting in his childhood, and now based in Tokyo, he keeps producing paintings with unchangeable enthusiasm. Since his first solo exhibition "Counting Breeding" at an empty locker in Tokyo Polytechnic University, Saito has released his works in galleries and also extraordinary settings such as a telophone booth or a vacant shop, carried out various experiments using self-made books as the media, participated in art collectives OPAOPA, Night TV and Kkikimimi, or organized group shows or live painting events with his friend painters.

Surprisingly "MYAKURAKU" at Island Medium from 26 January, 2012, almost 10 years since his first solo show, is his first "solo exhibition in a white cube" despite his diverse and energetic activities of the decade.

I got to know Yuhei Saito's activities when I visited the group exhibition "Circle X" at a gallery called "Roji To Hito" in Jonbocho Kanda in August 2010.
I had been thinking of writing something about "Circle X" one day. However, my interest spread over this artist's whole activities. It is all because he was the projector of Takahiro Hirama's private exhibition "The 1st Retrospective exhibition of Takahiro Hirama" which was personally the most impressive exhibition for me this summer. And I saw many of his works at the exhibition "NEO NEW WAVE" held at "island" in September. And also, I had a chance to present myself at its related event "Park Concert". He takes on everything from curations to music events while cranking out many pictures. I interviewed Saito one day in October at his studio to learn how he started to engage in such wide-ranging activities.