At 38 feet tall, Nick Lee’s colorful mural, 'This Yokai is a Ningyo,' is hard to miss when you pass the Shoreway Building on West 76th Street in Battery Park. Unveiled in March through an artist residency with FeverDream, This Yokai is a Ningyo depicts a hand holding a figurine with the body of a Ken Doll and the head of a samurai.
'This Yokai is a Ningyo,' seen on the side of the Shoreway Building, is the culmination of an artist residency with FeverDreamAt 38 feet tall, Nick Lee’s colorful mural, 'This Yokai is a Ningyo,' is hard to miss when you pass the Shoreway Building on West 76th Street in Battery Park.
As a Japanese American artist, he also wanted the mural to comment on self-discovery and the importance of identity.Lee graduated from Kent State University in 2021 with a bachelor’s in painting. Since then, he’s taught art and science to children for Mad Science of Northeast Ohio. In the fall, Lee finished his artist residency with FeverDream, a Cleveland-based arts organization.
“I think it’s just his proficiency in rendering,” says Peralta, describing how Lee’s ability to create realistic representations in his paintings, makes his artwork unique. “But not just that. subject matter and its power.”
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