SUMI Noma
Artist’s statement
My work explores life not as a fixed existence or a linear progression, but as a state of continuous transformation and circulation. Through the relationships between the human body, organic remains, material surfaces, and traces of presence, I am drawn to unstable and unnameable states that exist before meaning or identity becomes fixed. These states may be understood as forms of “wavering” that emerge between body and matter, intimacy and distance, disappearance and return.
My work explores life not as a fixed existence or a linear progression, but as a state of continuous transformation and circulation. Through the relationships between the human body, organic remains, material surfaces, and traces of presence, I am drawn to unstable and unnameable states that exist before meaning or identity becomes fixed. These states may be understood as forms of “wavering” that emerge between body and matter, intimacy and distance, disappearance and return.
2008 joined staff photographer team of a major Japanese newspaper based in Tokyo
2019 the International Center of Photography
2023 start working as a Freelance photographer
2019 the International Center of Photography
2023 start working as a Freelance photographer
Group / Duo Exhibition
2016 Drift lives and landscapes, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan (Duo)
2026 Tokyo International Foto Awards ＆ Kogame Photo Community
– Joint Photo Exhibition, Gallery Le Deco, Tokyo Japan (Group)
2026 1x Artists exhibition, GALLERY HILTOPIA ART SQUARE, Tokyo Japan (Group)
2026 The Liminal Forest, Re-TAiL, Aichi Japan (Duo)
2016 Drift lives and landscapes, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan (Duo)
2026 Tokyo International Foto Awards ＆ Kogame Photo Community
– Joint Photo Exhibition, Gallery Le Deco, Tokyo Japan (Group)
2026 1x Artists exhibition, GALLERY HILTOPIA ART SQUARE, Tokyo Japan (Group)
2026 The Liminal Forest, Re-TAiL, Aichi Japan (Duo)
Awards
2026 Fine Art Photography Award, Nominee in Fine Art
2026 Fine Art Photography Award, Nominee in Fine Art
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乃万すみ
私は作品を通して、生命を固定された存在や直線的な進行としてではなく、循環し続ける変容の状態として捉えることを試みています。身体、有機的遺構、物質的な表面、そして存在の痕跡の関係を通して、意味や輪郭が固定される以前の、不安定で名づけきれない状態に関心を向けています。それらは、身体と物質、親密さと距離、消失と回帰のあいだに生まれる「揺らぎ」として捉えることができます。