Shunto Noma

Shunto Noma (b. 1995, Würzburg, Germany; raised in Kyoto, Japan) is an artist whose practice spans multiple media, including painting, drawing, photography, and video. He studied Oil Painting at Tokyo University of the Arts and later pursued an MFA in Printmaking at the same university. From 2025 to 2026, he was a guest student at the State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart, Germany.

Noma is interested in the relationship between images of reality and fictional forms of expression. By combining different visual languages, he explores the notions of reality and signification inherent in images. In recent years, he has developed works that overlay cartoon- and animation-like line drawings onto realistically rendered backgrounds, moving between reality and fiction, surface and depth, and the boundaries of painting and drawing.

His major exhibitions include wo wir hinfallen (ABTART Galerie, Stuttgart, 2025) and AAIP – Artists as Independent Publishers (Sint Lucas Antwerpen School of Arts, Antwerp / Weserburg Museum für moderne Kunst, Bremen, 2022).

1995　Born in Würzburg, Germany; raised in Kyoto, Japan

2014　Graduated from Tōdaiji Gakuen High School, Nara, Japan

2018　B.F.A. in Painting, Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo, Japan

2021　M.F.A. in Printmaking, Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo, Japan

2026　Completed guest student program, State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany

2026　Joined TARO NASU Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan