Ryoichi Yamazaki was born in Asakusa, Tokyo in 1976. He specialized in sculpture at the Tokyo Zokei University of Art and Design and graduated in 2002. His works have been gradually launched since 2006 and have been exhibited at Tokyo Mori Art Museum and Echigo-Tsumari Art Field. He has also hold solo exhibitions in Yokohama and Osaka. At the same time, he participated in many group exhibitions held in Taipei and Seoul, in 2009 he published his personal portfolio “Leave me alone”, this book causing such a heat wave across Japan, Taiwan and South Korea. He employed a carving knife to craft out the contradictions of human heart and the sense of powerlessness towards life. A series of his sculptures and paintings explored the social phobia or social retreat behaviors caused by “Culture-bound syndrome”. One and one seemingly poor children, sometimes hide behind the wall, sometimes hide in the bed, or back off shrink into the corner. In order to avoid contact with others, they have built a hard core wall in their hearts. Some have slowly become accustomed to living behind the shadows, some sitting in the room secretly spying on strangers, and some anonymously express their opinions through the online message board. Because of scared of being seen through, even they are anxious, they still pretend to be unmoved and untouched. Regardless of his works either three-dimensional or flat surface, the emotions of anxiety, fear, withdrawal and peeking for people who are maladapted to the modern society are all revealed in the eyes of the white-clothed children. The artist has deep insight into social and cultural apostasy, throughout this series of creation expresses the communication and interaction modes in our modern society, that are so subtle and full of distance between people. Yet he holds no criticism or right versus wrong, because this behavior pattern is already deeply rooted in our lives.