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Painter, Illustrator
Tsuzuki Mayumi
Tsuzuki Mayumi
Painter, Illustrator
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Tsuzuki Mayumi
Painter, Illustrator
1966 Born in Tokyo
1988 Graduated from Musashino Art University, Department of Craft and Industrial Working primarily in oil painting and risograph printmaking, I exhibit my work through solo exhibitions and art fairs alongside my commercial client work as an illustrator.
Grounded in my memories of growing up in suburban Tokyo during Japan’s rapid economic growth, I explore the light and shadow of American culture that deeply influenced me at the time―framing it from the vantage point of Japan as "American Nostalgia," an intangible phantom of an idealized world. Beneath seemingly tranquil everyday scenes, I embed an unnamed sense of unease. Through the coexistence of visually pleasing colors and motifs with an underlying texture of uncertainty, my work draws out the gritty emotional residue lingering beneath a serene silence.
・Selected Recent Exhibitions・
2026
”Familiar Stranger” (Solo Exhibition), Ginza Tsutaya Books Art Wall, Tokyo
”Pairs: Paint & Print” (Solo Exhibition), L’illustre Galerie LE MONDE, Tokyo
2025
”Everyday Fantasy” (Solo Exhibition), GALLERY ROOM・A, Tokyo
LUMINE FAIR 2025, NEWoMan Shinjuku, Tokyo
”Beyond the WINDOW” (Group Exhibition), ART GALLERY 1 (Daimaru Tokyo), Tokyo
WAVE 2025, LURF GALLERY, Tokyo
ONE ART Taipei 2025, Taiwan
2024
”Otome Mode: More Than Just Cute” (Group Exhibition), Bunkamura Gallery 8/, Tokyo
”Whose Memory? ”(Solo Exhibition), Otherwise Gallery, Tokyo
