Dates: July 20, 2024 (Saturday) - August 5, 2024 (Monday)
Time: 11:00 - 20:00
Location: Bunkamura Gallery 8/
Price: Free admission
Natsumi Tomita is a contemporary artist who skillfully combines everyday items and household appliances that have been used for a long time to create adorable creatures. Her regular solo exhibitions attract many fans of all ages and genders, who adore her expressive works.

She has been creating works for nearly 20 years, from her student days to the present. Recently, she has been incorporating unusual materials and waste materials unique to the region or companies into her works, and her expression and technique have been improving in quality year by year. In addition, by sincerely understanding and sublimating the stories and feelings associated with each piece of waste material that she has received from individuals, her works have become more expressive.

This exhibition, which will be held for the fifth time at Bunkamura, is titled "WONDER CIRCUS" and, in keeping with the theme, the venue has been transformed into a circus tent, with a variety of unique troupes, including monkeys, elephants, lions, and mother and baby bears, waiting for you to come and see.
Please enjoy the wonder circus performed by animals that have been generously poured into them with love from their owners and makers.

■For details on how to purchase the works and brooches on the first day of the exhibition (Saturday, July 20th), please see the link below.
How to sell your works and brooches

Natsumi Tomita
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1986 Born in Tokyo
2009 Graduated from Tama Art University, Department of Painting, Oil Painting major

Solo Exhibitions
2007 Galerie Tokyo Humanité, Tokyo ('10, '13, '15, '18, '23, '24)
2008 Funabashi Andersen Park Children's Museum, Chiba
2009 Fukuzumi Gallery, Osaka ('10, '12, '14, '16, ',18, '20, '22)
iPRECIATION Singapore, Singapore
2010 Nihombashi Takashimaya Art Gallery X, Tokyo
GALLERY Ecru Forest, Shizuoka ('14)
2012 Chukyo University Art Gallery C Square, Aichi
iPRECIATION Hong Kong, Hong Kong
2013 Sato Museum of Art, Tokyo
Shinjuku Historical Museum, Tokyo
2014 Bunkamura Box Gallery, Tokyo
2015 Shinjuku City Citizens Gallery, Tokyo
2016 Kanagawa Prefectural Hall Gallery, Kanagawa
Shinjuku Takashimaya Art Gallery, Tokyo ('18, '20, '23)
2017 Bunkamura Gallery, Tokyo ('19, '22)
2018 Higashine City Manabia Terrace, Yamagata
Nonoichi Curry in the Forest of Learning, Ishikawa
2020 Chofu City Cultural Center, Tokyo
Matsuzakaya Nagoya Art Gallery, Aichi
Yamazaki Mazak Museum of Art, Aichi
2022 Nakamuraya Salon Museum of Art, Tokyo

Group Exhibitions
2009 "Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale: Satoyama Art Zoo" Matsudai Nohbutai Gallery, Tokamachi City, Niigata Prefecture
"Takashimaya Art Aquarium" Nihonbashi Takashimaya Art Gallery (traveling to Osaka and other locations)
2011 "A Group Exhibition of Emerging Japanese Artists" iPRECIATION Hong Kong
"Collection Exhibition 039: Young Artists from the Terada Collection," Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, Tokyo
"Swimming in the Ocean with Art," Okazaki Children's Museum of Art, Aichi
2012 "Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale: Friends of Kyororo Forest" Echigo Matsunoyama "Forest School" Kyororo, Niigata
2014 "Collection Exhibition 047: Animals in Paintings" Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery
2015 "Kyoto International Film Festival" Former Rissei Elementary School, Kyoto
2016 "Art of ULTRAMAN" Shinjuku Takashimaya Art Gallery
2018 "Waste Material Art Exhibition" Hamada Children's Museum of Art, Shimane
2020 "Break Eve Exhibition: Next Generation Artists - Part II" GINZA SIX Artglorieux, Tokyo
2022 "Animals Living in the Art Forest" Menard Museum, Aichi
2023 "Bunkamura Gallery 8/ Opening Commemoration First Edition Opening Selection -Bright, Calm, Dark- Vol. 1 Bright" Bunkamura Gallery 8/, Tokyo
"Menard Museum of Art Collection Masterpieces 2023" Menard Museum of Art, Aichi

Public Collection
Sato Museum of Art / Tama Art University Museum / Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery / Hamada Children's Museum of Art / Fuchu Art Museum / Menard Museum of Art / Yamazaki Mazak Museum of Art

Venue