奈良美智( Yoshitomo Nara) 男，1959年12月5日生于日本青森县弘前市，当天恰巧也是双亲的结婚纪念日。奈良美智的父亲是上班族，母亲是全职家庭主妇，奈良美智出生时家里两位兄长大哥已经九岁，二哥八岁。小学一年级的时候，奈良美智 的**次旅行是跟朋友两个人搭电车到最终站。奈良美智在学校不太喜欢团体活动，功课却不差，但是联络簿上的评语却六年都是“有空想癖 （发呆） 的习惯。上课精神不集中，老是看着外面。”美术课上奈良美智所画的作品虽然评价不错，但却被认为没有孩子气，像大人画的画一样。奈良美智很喜欢看漫画，每星期哥哥带回来的漫画几乎都被一扫而空。不过，自己并没临摹漫画，放学回家后，反而都是关在房间里用铅笔画“空想画”。奈良美智 (Yoshitomo Nara) 生平**张买的唱片是当时电视剧《太阳野郎》主题歌单曲。他也开始听哥哥的唱片《芝加哥》。奈良升上国中之后，为了成为“反体制的旗手”，参加了新闻社的社团活动。之后因为理想与现实的差距过大，没多久即退社。之后又因为憧憬电视剧《柔道一直线》进入柔道社。奈良美智 (Yoshitomo Nara) 在国中时代开始迷上摇滚乐，接触最多的是西洋乐手，John Simon、Tony Kosnik、David Bowie等。当时的唱片封套，可以说奠定了他对于影像的概念。当时，桑塔那 (Santana) 有张LP封套让奈良美智 (Yoshitomo Nara) 深深折服，知道那是日本设计师横尾忠则的作品之后更是惊讶，没想到问学校的美术老师关于横尾忠则的事情，老师却没有办法为他做任何说明，这件事让奈良美智 (Yoshitomo Nara) 受到了很大的打击。

     奈良明显地受到了日本漫画和动画的影响，从他的作品中就可以找到这样的痕迹：用平滑的彩色蜡笔、漫画式的线条或表面创作出样貌天真的幼女和宠物般的动物。但是，他在作品加入了一种玩世不恭的味道，并通过描绘他们怀揣匕首或枪等武器进而打破他们的纯真。奈良笔下的招牌便是头大大的小孩、洁白驯良的狗、以及身着绵羊装的儿童，非常可爱；创作素材有大幅的压克力画作也有立体的多媒体或陶瓷雕塑作品。奈良笔下的人物，其脸上那对眼尾上吊、不怀好意的双眼其实才是他作品的正字招牌。那种眼中露出一付“看什么看？你管我！”的不友善神情，但同时却又身处在寂寥、淡漠背景中的画作主角们，让人一看到就舍不得把眼睛转开。脸上那对眼尾上吊、不怀好意的双眼有的时候画中小孩的手里还会拿着小刀，有时则是头上绑着绷带或插了根冒着血的钉子，或是那些闭着眼不断流泪的狗，这种欲言又止的受伤动物神情似乎牵动了心里的什么，跟纯粹的可爱是很不一样的。成年观众常常指责奈良笔下的娃娃张大的眼睛怀有愤世情绪，致使将奈良娃娃视为具有攻击性的人。其实奈良美智 (Yoshitomo Nara) 本人并不希望他的画作变成这样。他解释：画作中的娃娃只不过是儿童，手持玩具武器，因此他们不应该是具有攻击性的人。这样说来，激发了成年人的敌意后，角色其实是颠倒的，这些成年人以罪恶的形象围绕在儿童身边，反而像是持有更强大的武器一般。奈良美智 (Yoshitomo Nara) 的作品深受大众喜爱，也在国际间获得瞩目，许多奈良作品已被美术馆购入成为日本近代美术的典藏品。奈良美智生活和工作在东京及枥木。

Yoshitomo Nara, male, was born on December 5, 1959 in Honqian City, Aomori Prefecture, Japan, on the same day as his parents' wedding anniversary. Nara Meizhi's father is an office worker, and her mother is a full-time housewife. When Nara Meizhi was born, her two older brothers, the eldest brother, were already nine years old and the second brother was eight years old. In the first grade of elementary school, Nara Meizhi's first trip was to ride a tram with two friends to the final station. Nara Meizhi doesn't like group activities very much in school, and her homework is not bad. However, the comments on her contact book have been "daydreaming" for six years. She doesn't concentrate in class and always looks out. "Although Nara Meizhi's works in art class are well rated, they are considered childish, like those drawn by adults. Nara Meizhi likes reading comics very much, and almost all the comics brought back by her brother every week are wiped out. However, I didn't copy the comics myself. After school, instead, I locked myself in my room and used pencils to draw 'fantasy drawings'. Yoshitomo Nara's first album in his life was the single for the theme song of the TV drama "The Wild Sun" at that time. He also started listening to his brother's record 'Chicago'. After Nara was promoted to junior high school, he participated in club activities of the news agency in order to become a "flag bearer for anti system". Afterwards, due to the large gap between ideals and reality, I soon withdrew from the club. Afterwards, he entered the judo society due to his longing for the TV drama "Judo Line". Yoshitomo Nara became obsessed with rock music during his junior high school years, with Western musicians such as John Simon, Tony Kosnik, David Bowie, and others having the most exposure. At that time, the album cover laid the foundation for his concept of imagery. At that time, a LP envelope in Santana deeply impressed Yoshitomo Nara and was even more surprised to learn that it was the work of Japanese designer Tadao Yoko. I didn't expect to ask the school art teacher about Tadao Yoko, but the teacher couldn't explain anything to him. This incident dealt a great blow to Yoshitomo Nara.

Nara was clearly influenced by Japanese manga and animation, and traces can be found in his works: using smooth colored crayons, comic style lines, or surfaces to create innocent looking young girls and pet like animals. However, he added a sense of cynicism to his work and shattered their innocence by depicting them carrying weapons such as knives or guns. Nara's signature characters are big headed children, white and docile dogs, and children dressed in sheep clothing, which are very cute; The creative materials include large acrylic paintings as well as three-dimensional multimedia or ceramic sculptures. The characters in Nara's works, with their eyes hanging from the end and malicious eyes, are actually the true signature of his works. The protagonists in the painting, who have an unfriendly expression in their eyes that says' What are you looking at? You mind me! 'but are also in a lonely and indifferent background, make people reluctant to turn their eyes away at the sight. The mischievous eyes hanging from the end of their faces sometimes depict a child holding a knife in their hand, sometimes with a bandage tied to their head or a bloody nail inserted, or with dogs closing their eyes and constantly shedding tears. The expression of the injured animal's desire to speak and stop seems to move something in their heart, which is very different from pure cuteness. Adult audiences often accuse Nara's dolls of having outrageous eyes, leading them to view Nara dolls as aggressive individuals. Actually, Yoshitomo Nara himself did not want his paintings to turn out like this. He explained that the dolls in the painting are just children holding toy weapons, so they should not be aggressive people. In this way, after arousing the hostility of adults, the characters are actually reversed. These adults surround children with evil images, but instead seem to hold stronger weapons. Yoshitomo Nara's works are deeply loved by the public and have also gained international attention. Many of Nara's works have been purchased by art museums as collections of modern Japanese art. Nara Meizhi lives and works in Tokyo and Tochigi.