ABOUT
NATSOUMI / artist – photographer
Born into a Zen-Buddhist family, in Japan in 1980. The artist studied visual art history at Université de Paris, also took a feminism course at ULIP（the University of London Institute in Paris). Subsequently, she began working as a contributing editor for design magazines, shifting her main focus to photography. Recently the photographer has exhibited in Sendai, Korea, New Zealand etc. By sheer accident, she has been shooting the people and their dying folklore culture a year before the nuclear incident. NATSOUMI has been making challenging works in the fields of visual arts and literary arts. Her photobook TOKΘYO has been well received at Ginza’s Tsutaya Bookstore and also at bookstores in Paris, Bordeaux, Leipzig, Berlin and Istanbul. Aside from exhibitions at art galleries in Paris, NATSOUMI also had multiple presentations held both in Japan and overseas. Next spring, her solo exhibition will be held in Tokyo. NATSOUMI is currently working on noncamera photography workshops for children.
山田なつみ・NATSOUMI / 美術家・写真家
大学在学中より雑誌「Composite」 編集に携わる。
2003 年渡仏。バイト先 19 区 寿司店にてマグナム・フォトのGueorgui Pinkhassovをはじめ現地写真家と出会う幸運に恵まれ、次第に独学で写真を始める。Katja Rahlwes アシスタントを経て、ソルボンヌ・ヌーヴェル大学卒業。在学中にルーヴル美術館で子ども向けのアートワークショップのアシスタントを経験。フリーランスフォトグラファー、雑誌「+81」 通信員、ギャルリーペロタンを経て2010 年帰国。同時に福島県に移住、無形文化財や農村の日常をモノクロ写真に収める。2011 年東日本大震災で自宅が全壊。2016 年 11 月パリ『Galerie HAYASAKI』にて、難を逃れた愛機にて撮り続けている福島・宮城のシリーズ「TOKϴYO」展を開催。同展の開催に合わせ私家版の写真集を上梓。2017年 私家版写真集「TOKϴYO」は国立国会図書館に蔵書されている。
EXHIBITIONS
展示歴
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 TOKϴYO, Morioka Shoten bookstore（森岡書店）Tokyo, JAPAN
2021 TOKϴYO, Ricoh Imaging Square Tokyo, JAPAN
2019 In the Middle of Nowhere, café Dao Tao, Miyagi, JAPAN
(official exhibition for the Month of Photography 2019 in Sendai)
2018 TOKϴYO, Okurayama Studio, Miyagi, JAPAN
(official exhibition for the Month of Photography 2018 in Sendai)
2016 TOKϴYO, Galerie Hayasaki, Paris, FRANCE
2012 Les Îles Fortunées, Birdo Space, Shiogama, JAPAN
2012 Les Îles Fortunées, Yutomori Club, Tohgatta-onsen, JAPAN
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 Incheon International Design Fair, Incheon Songdo ConventiA, KOREA
2017 3331 Art Fair -Various Collectors Prize-, Arts Chiyoda, Tokyo, JAPAN
2016 Incheon International Design Fair, Incheon Art Platform, KOREA
2016 A.W.P Selection, Emerging Photographers, RICOH IMAGING Ginza, Tokyo, JAPAN
2015 Incheon International Design Fair, Incheon Art Platform, KOREA
2015 Opposite Sex, Linus Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
2013 Invited artist, Incheon International Design Fair, Incheon Culture and Art Centre, KOREA
2013 Shared Lines, Canterbury Museum, NEW ZEALAND
PHOTOBOOK PRESENTATION
2023 TOKϴYO, Bildband Berlin, GERMANY
GRANTS AND AWARDS
助成・受賞
FONDATION FRANCO-JAPONAISE SASAKAWA
NOMURA FOUNDATION
ARTS AID TOHOKU
KAMEI FOUNDATION FOR THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL EDUCATION
CONTACT プリントのお問合わせ
Japan: Gallery Birdo Space 《web》
2-3-11 Minatomachi, Shiogama, Miyagi, 985-0016, Japan
Opening Hours
Tuesday to Sunday
11.00 am - 17.00 pm & by appointment
France: Le Voleur d'images《web》
9, rue de Saint-Simon, 75007 Paris
Tél. +33 (0)1 45 51 07 77
Opening Hours
Thursday to Saturday 2.30-6.30 pm & by appointment
Germany: Galerie Springer Berlin 《web》
Fasanenstraße 13, 10623 Berlin
Tel. +49 30-31 57 22 0
Opening Hours
Tuesday to Friday 12.00 am–6.00 pm
Saturday 12.00 am–3.00 pm
Closed on Sunday & Monday
