Fukumi Nakazawa
Profile
1996 Born in Kochi
2015 BFA in Oil Painting, Kyoto University of the Arts
2017 Studied abroad at The Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
2020 MA in Animation, Estonian Academy of Arts
Selected Exhibitions
Solo Exhibitions
2019
“Saturating in Neutrality” galerie16, Kyoto
“Deforming with Gusto” galleryE, Kochi
2018
“Deforming with Gusto” Inokumatei, Kyoto
2016
“Omae to Dareka” Kyoto University of the Arts, Kyoto
Group Exhibitions
2023
“LIFE x ART on paper works” Spiral Garden, Tokyo
2020
“invisibleworld” +1art, Osaka
2019
“Little us Who are we?” 1+ art, Osaka
“Little Cloud” Kaminocho Kaikan, Okayama
“Art Award Tokyo Marunouchi 2019” Gyoko-dori Underground Gallery, Tokyo
“Spaceship Earth” Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo
“Kyoto University of Art and Design Graduate Exhibition” Kyoto University of Art and Design, Kyoto
2017
“Tschau Ragazzi” Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Vienna
“one room Nomad’s present place”,Kyoto Saga University of Arts, Kyoto
2016
“25th TOSA Art Academy Exhibition” Kochi-city Culture Plaza Cul-port, Kochi
“Encounter” Shokudo Ruins, Kyoto
2015
“Dokidoki” cumonogallery, Kyoto
Awards
2020 Kuma Foundation Scholar
2019 Kochi Prefectural Exhibition and the Encouragement Prize from the Prefectural Art Promotion Society, Special Mention
Art Award Tokyo Marunouchi 2019, Shigeo Goto Award
2019 Kyoto University of Art and Design Graduation Exhibition, Department of Fine and Applied Arts Award
2018 International Takifuji Art Award, Excellence Award
Concept
Fukumi Nakazawa’s work explores a sense of crisis over the dehumanization caused by the development of technology. Informed by her research of dance, anatomy, tools, and ergonomics, the artist’s brush and ink drawings are layered in a stop-motion manner to depict human figures transforming into artificial and otherworldly beings. Each metamorphosis, documented on stacks of illustrated Japanese paper, is eventually pasted together to form a rectangular object, a sculpture forever sealed.