NY-based artist who originally hails from Kanazawa, Saeri Kiritani is the winners of the National Portrait Gallery’s 2013 portrait competition.
From the Introduction to the National Portrait Gallery’s 2013 portrait competition:
"Artists know that a portrait can communicate much more than a likeness. Personal identity, cultural differences, illusory moments can be captured through portraits. Portraits are created in a dizzying variety of media, including painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, video and other time-based media, even images based on individual DNA."