Yu Maeda (Kumamoto, 1984) began his career in the design world working in graphic design and animation, creative fields which he later expanded when he moved to California and began creating as a painter and sculptor.

It is in this particular mixture that he builds his recognizable style in which we find complex geometries and strident, almost psychedelic colors.

An aesthetic approach to oriental influences, distant cultures and past ideas through a contemporary filter. Yu is known for his murals, paintings and audiovisual works, which have been the subject of some of the most important art publications in the world.

The “Inner Wild” exhibition, held at Adda Gallery Paris in June, is a powerful demonstration of his style: Buddhist influences and the use of symbols (the bird, the pig, the snake – greed, ignorance, anger) intertwine to create mandalas in which the combination of the simplest parts finally creates a complex, hypnotic and stimulating whole that brings the viewer into a state of reflection on the nature of the human being in as part of the whole that surrounds us.