Giri's mother is a woman with a deep sense for beauty. She created beautiful artworks within oil painting as well as traditional Japanese paintings and other various expressions of art. Giri's grandfather was a great lover of the arts who collected many small but important paintings from the East and the West.

Within Giri's blood, there is DNA which loves beauty and art. but it took some time for him to recognize the importance of it within himself. While attending school he was never interested in art classes.

Giri's passion for painting began in 1989 when he started painting in India.

In the 60's and 70's he was interested in an alternative way of life and became very involved in the student movement and cultural revolution. After all of these experiences he came upon Meditation, a journey deep within himself that brought transformation.

In 1987 he became a disciple of the enlightened master Osho, and in 1989 he moved to India. Thousands of seekers from all over the world had gathered in the Osho Commune in Pune, India to be with their master, creating a celebration of life through Meditation, inner growth work shops, Music and the Arts. There where also many talented artists who came to Pune, such as the Japanese artists Meera Hashimoto, Ninad and Geetesh , as well as Padma from the U.S. Nirman from the U.K, and an Italian artist Prashant.

While participating as a translator within one of the art workshops, Giri's sleeping passion for being an artist was awakened. He continued to work intensely with the artists present, creating many beautiful paintings and receiving much positive feedback. In the commune he was very quickly being noticed as an extremely gifted artist. In 1990, after half a year of his first experience in the art workshop, he had his first joint exhibition in the Osho commune.

In 1991 Giri had his first solo exhibition titled “Love, Joy, Silence” in the commune and his artwork was featured in the “Osho Times” magazine.

In 1992 he had two exhibitions in Munich, Germany at the Osho Tao Center and the Theater Tube Ciracs.
In 1994 Giri had his first exhibition in the art gallery Tosoan in Nagoya, Japan, where he had been grown up. That exhibition was extremely successful and most of the art work was sold. In the same year he had a second exhibition in Sendai, Japan in gallery 88, which is famous for contemporary art. His artwork was very well received, and the newspaper Kahokushinpo wrote that in his paintings “there is silence and rhythm which creates peace and relaxation for people”.

The following year in 1995 he showed his work at the Ekakiya gallery in Sendai, Japan. The famous surrealist artist and educator Teruo Miyagi spoke about the paintings saying that, “Giri's paintings are from no-mind space, they take people to relaxation and meditation”.

In 1999 Giri was invited to Kyushu in the southern Japan, where he had three exhibitions. The first one was at the Ujiyama Teppei Museum in Hita City, the second one at the gallery Dordogne in Yufuin town and the third one was at the gallery Takasaki in Beppu City. His art work was featured in local newspapers and T.V. programs.

After a long break as an artist, Giri had an exhibition in 2006 in Nagoya at “This Is It”gallery, which restarted his life as a painter. During this exhibition he also lead two painting workshops.

After moving to Italy, he had his first exhibition in June 2007 at Cafe Emporio Isola in Milan. The opening event featured an art performance incorporating music and dance while painting a large scale piece. The audience was deeply touched by the beauty and silence created by the performance.

Giri's paintings had many aspects such as black & white monotone Zen like paintings and on the opposite spectrum very colorful paintings with movement, dynamism and sensitivity. The methods used derive from contemporary Western art with an essence of traditional Japanese art. These works were a totally new expression within the art world of Milano. The art journalist Stefano Porrone wrote a three page article for the investment magazine “Hedge”(January 2007), calling Giri's paintings “the best investment in contemporary art”.

Giri's art comes from his Meditation, reflecting the oneness with existence, and it is his belief that whenever art comes directly from the source of existence, there is a beauty that is eternal. His paintings are an invitation to come back to the real home within ourselves, one of the deepest longings within every human being.

His most recent source of inspiration is the Banyan tree, which grows in India and can be found in many other countries. It can reach a height of 20 m, with roots growing down from the sky to the earth. When seen up close this tree can appear very chaotic, but when seen as a whole, there is so much harmony and stillness. For Giri, the Banyan tree is a symbol of the mystery of India as well as of existence.

In 2000 after a near fatal accident, Giri realized that death could come at any moment. After his recovery he began painting Banyan trees, something that before had always seemed too huge to paint. However he was determined to do so before his death. Through painting these trees he has learned about the abundance of existence and his paintings express the mystery of life.

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