My artworks are inspired by the Asian traditional arts, which also called as illustrations. Growing up in Japan, culture of illustration, seeing not only the historicalartworks, but also art like manga and anime, I have beenabsorbed in the beauty of those artworks.
My subject matter is inside of human feelings.
By my illustration, I try to draw the real figure of people in the society. I mix the flowers, human body and faces as the motif to express human feelings such as saddness, anxiety, fear, joy and love, etc.
As Hokusai, Japanese historical artist, drew the landscapesby the illustration long time ago, I wanted to draw the people’s feelings like a landscape.
Although most Japanese people do not have a religion, growing up in Christian family, I have been fascinated by many masterpieces of European paintings like the works of Michelangelo, Leonard de Vinci.
I try to draw my interpretation of human feelings within the Bible verse in a contemporary way.
For example, “Passion”, one of my painting which won a prize in Japan, is an expression of the song of Solomon.
My goal is to inspire those who see my work to see more deeply the world around them, to discover the purpose of their life, hope and beauty of life itself.
Biography
2018 Bachelor of Laws, Faculty of Law, Keio University
2020 M.A. in Business Law, DSU, Sorbonne University
2024 M.F.A. in Oil Painting, Tokyo University of the Arts
Awards
Mr. O Memorial Scholarship Award, Tokyo University of the Arts
Media
BS Fuji TV Program “The Night Before the Break ~Next Generation of Artists, solo interview
Roppongi Art Night, Roppongi 6-chome, 37-meter wall design, speaking at events, etc.
Solo and group exhibitions
2022 Group Exhibition “Drive Up!
2023 “Whimsical” at Opus130 Gallery, Hong Kong
2024 Group Exhibition “Expression vol.3”, Changting Gallery
Completion Exhibition, Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo, Japan
FUGA Dining Solo Exhibition
Emerging Echoes”, Gallery Colorbeat, Seoul, Korea
Interwoven, Gallery Aaploit, Seoul, Korea
Roppongi Art Night, 37m wall design
Art Fair Asia Fukuoka
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The artist Biography
Nene Tatsumi is a Japanese artist. While studying law at Keio University, Japan, she started to draw illustrations inspired by manga, animes, and other traditional artworks of Japan. She studied art at the P. I. Art Center in New York City for 6 months. When she returned to Japan, her work "Mirror" won the Gakuten Prize hosted by the Japan Times in 2018. After graduating from Keio University with a Bachelor's of Law (LLB), she won a prize from the Women Association of Japan in 2019. The prize-winning work "Fate" was exhibited in the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum, Ueno.
In July of 2019, she won the Nika Association Prize in Japan. Her work "Passion" was exhibited at the National Art Center, Roppongi. In the same year, she participated in the Luxembourg Art Fair 2019 hosted by the gallery of Spain.
In 2020, she participated and exhibited at the Diocesano Museum di Terni, Italy, supported by the CoART Magazine. In the same year, she exhibited her art at the collective exhibition of Kunstraum Gerdi Gutperle Gallery in Germany, participated in the one-year online exhibition at the Galeria Azur Madrid, and graduated with a Master's of Law (LLM) from Université Paris-Sorbonne in France.
In 2021, she exhibits her works at Kromatic Art Exhibition hosted by the M.A.D.S Millano Art Gallery.
Now She is joining in the exhibition “ I Infinite Dreams” by Contemporary Art Curator Magazine.
Currently, her artworks are also shown by the Artsy website.