"BEYOND" was exactly what I have been always trying to do since I entered the world of advertising. I stayed first within the flat framework of graphic advertising, then TV commercials, ad campaigns and finally, at some point, I went beyond the framework of advertising and have come to where I am now. I would like to thank everyone with the gallery for giving me this opportunity. We brought all my works for 15 years that have somehow tried to go beyond starting with "Step WGN," that tried to go beyond existing car ads, to art direction for a kindergarten, the latest in projects to explore new ways for kindergarten education, to one place. As soon as the exhibition was ready, I reaffirmed to myself that I had to go beyond what was here now and leap on toward what is next. Kashiwa Sato