Kenji Nakayama

Kenji Nakayama is a visual artist and sign painter born in Hokkaido, Japan. He trained as a mechanical engineer, but in 2004 moved to Boston to study sign painting at the now-defunct Butera School of Art.

Since then, Kenji has developed a strong artistic practice, lettering and painting signs for shops, restaurants, and institutions across New England. He also maintains a visual art practice focused on painting and public art.

In addition, he teaches workshops and promotes the preservation of traditional brush sign-painting techniques, sharing this craft with new generations of artists, designers, and sign painters.