Kenta Takahashi studied Nihonga at Tokyo University of the Arts and is in the Master Program of Print Making. Takahashi’s signature "diamond steel plate” series is notable for ubiquitous urban scenes rendered in traditional painting materials of mineral pigment, silver leaf, and washi paper. They defy expectations and present new approaches to the concepts of abstraction and figurative, East and West, craftsmanship and industrialism. Takahashi’s works have been presented in exhibitions in Japan and the US.