“New Outsider Art.”
Naohiko Kuriyaki’s trajectory—psychiatric hospitalization and subsequent release after a high‑WAIS IQ assessment; a science‑track master’s degree from Kyushu University; manual labor as a carpenter’s apprentice; corporate HR posts at Toshiba and Nissan as an “able‑bodied” employee; daily work at a government‑subsidized facility for people with disabilities; deliberate oscillation between the Catholic Church and a fringe sect officially classified as a cult; and periods of stable housing punctuated by episodes of homelessness—forms a lattice of starkly contrasting experiences. Each strand intertwines to shape his idea of “New Outsider Art.”
