東京藝大を卒業したのち渡欧し、数年間の絵画修行を経て帰国。広島にて父親の寺院を継いだ。住職としての仕事の傍ら絵画制作を続け、地元広島を含め世界各地で個展を開催してきた。

After graduating from Tokyo University of the Arts, Shingyo Usui moved to France to study painting for several years. Later, he returned to his hometown Hiroshima to succeed his father to become a master buddhist priest. Alongside his job as a priest, he has continued painting and held solo exhibitions around the world as well as in Hiroshima.