Mori Toshifumi

Toshifumi Mori

Centered on "care for people, space, and emotions," I create clay sculptures and spaces guided by a touch sensitive to subtle shifts in body and mind.

Artist Statement

By touching others, I often sense tension or fatigue they may not even notice. Unspoken emotions quietly inhabit both our bodies and spaces.

Guided by this awareness, I work with clay—a humble material long entrusted with human prayers—shaping figures, animals, and familiar scenes into three-dimensional forms.

I move my hands not merely to build shapes, but to gradually loosen what has hardened. Rather than seeking efficiency or "correctness," I gently embrace ambiguous feelings and subtle inner shifts that cannot be simplified into black and white.

I hope my works and spaces offer a place to pause and breathe, easing the tension in someone’s heart and body. With this wish, I create as a quiet prayer for those living in our time.

Toshifumi Mori

Based in Tokyo. Graduated from Musashino Art University, College of Art and Design, Department of Creative Innovation. After working at a printing-related company upon graduation, he actively creates artwork exploring "care" and "tactility" within society and daily life.

EXHIBITIONS

2024

Ikenotsuyu Dochaku Design Exhibition

2023

Musashino Art University Excellent Works Exhibition, Musashino Art University

Owarema-ten (Group Exhibition)

Musashino Art University Degree Show, Musashino Art University Ichigaya Campus

2022

Nezu Kannon-dori Shopping Street Street Exhibition, Stamp Rally & Workshop, Nezu, Tokyo

AWARDS

2023

Musashino Art University Graduation Work Excellent Award