He is known for his supernaturalism elongated, milk- skinned nymphs paintings. Hayama was born in Japan in the island of Kyushu, he grew up in Kumamoto in a large family of artists. Ancient and modern, traditional and eccentric, simply and extraordinarily contradictory, immersed in a Shinto environment and studying in a Protestant Christian school, influenced Hayama’s artistic expression. After high school, Teiji Hayama moved to London where he studied art and fashion. He also did some fashion modeling and appeared in international magazines like Vogue Magazine shot by Glen Luchford, Wallpaper, THE FACE and Ray Gun. Hayama currently lives in Switzerland and has exhibited his work regularly in galleries throughout the world.