Behind these familiar childhood symbols are the darker and more disturbing realities of adult life. With comfortable yet sinister ease, Hiro explores this loss of innocence through teenage naivety, the mysteries of sexuality and our inevitable tendencies for self-destruction. You wouldn’t be alone in finding a certain kind of comfort in these images, failing to notice the often explicit, but sometimes subtle, juxtaposition between fairy tale and nightmare. In fact, Hiro’s work is gaining notoriety far outwith the Japanese audience.