Tomokazu Hiroe was born in 1976 in Tokyo. He had previously been an exchange student in Paris, France from 2010 to 2011. After finishing his B.A. degree in the oil painting department at the Musashino Art University, Tokyo in 2002, he won The 20th Holbein Scholarship in 2005. His work "Flying" received the first prize of the 3th Setagaya Art Award in 2012. Educated in Japan and French, Tomokazu Hiroe‘s works are rich in cultural diversities. In additional, he participated in various exhibitions and art fairs such as "Lonely park" in Asia Art Center, Taipei; "ART FAIR KYOTO 2011", "ShContemporary 2009" and "ART Singapore 2008".