AIFA is thrilled to start exhibiting the great painter Nanami Azuma.

Born in 1997 in Chiba, Japan, Nanami Azuma grew up surrounded by creativity with her mother being active in the fashion world and her brother a web designer. Initially, Nanami got attracted by design studies, but her passion for drawing led her to study art. She graduated from Tama Art University in Tokyo in 2022 followed by a master’s degree in Oil Painting in 2024.

Creating her paintings is a meticulous process that begins with drawing individual lines using a paintbrush. From these simple structures, she constructs intricate compositions where lines join to form shapes, and shapes interact to create space. Each line is carefully considered, and colours are selected in response to each other, layered to create depth and vibrancy. Repetition is central to her work, yet it is far from mechanical processing.