Aichi Triennale

Tomiyasu Yuma creates works that explore the boundary between reality and unreality, using as motifs unseen things and matters that have not been scientifically elucidated, such as psychic and paranormal phenomena and dreams. Recent works include large-scale experiential installations that make viewers aware of overlapping perspectives and shifts of dimensions, using diverse media including painting, sculpture, video, sound, VR, and theatrical staging. She has a strong interest in the nested structure of paintings such as picture-within-a-picture, and in her most recent works in particular, Tomiyasu has presented installations in which nested paintings are important objects. The artist picks up on uncertainties and ambiguities that are often overlooked in contemporary society, and explores structures that allow viewers to experience the overlapping of dimensions and a bird’s-eye view of the world.

Selected exhibitions

2023

Solo exhibition, In Presence of Shadows, Maruki Gallery For The Hiroshima Panels (Saitama, Japan)

2022

Setouchi Triennale 2022, Teshima (Kagawa, Japan)

2021–22

Solo exhibition, Aperto 15 TOMIYASU Yuma, The Pale Horse, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa (Ishikawa, Japan)

2021

Solo exhibition, KAAT EXHIBITION 2020: Yuma Tomiyasu: Shadows of Wandering, KAAT Kanagawa Arts Theater (Japan)

2018

Solo exhibition, 12th shiseido art egg: Yuma Tomiyasu: Obsessed With Dreams, Shiseido Gallery (Tokyo, Japan)