Mira Takayanagi

Comment Mosaic Artist / Japan

Mira Takayanagi is a Japanese artist who transforms real social media comments into physical mosaic artworks. Working without formal art training, he began his practice after leaving a career in digital marketing to reconnect with his childhood dream of becoming a painter.

His work explores how collective voices shape identity and perception. Using both supportive and critical comments, he physically incorporates hundreds of individual words into layered resin surfaces, forming unified images when viewed from a distance.

Through this process, momentary digital expressions are transformed into tangible, lasting forms. Takayanagi’s work reflects on how meaning changes with perspective, and how individual voices can merge into a collective presence over time.

Each artwork is created through a slow, irreversible process, with comments placed one by one by hand. Every piece is unique.