sayumi kunikata

Yumi creates her work on the theme based on 'Pure heart' and 'Emptiness'. Before creating her work, she starts with breathing deeply to move any thoughts in her mind. After that, she draws simple shapes and that came up in her mind and start adding a detailed pattern to it. She likes to go back and...

Yumi creates her work on the theme based on 'Pure heart' and 'Emptiness'. Before creating her work, she starts with breathing deeply to move any thoughts in her mind. After that, she draws simple shapes and that came up in her mind and start adding a detailed pattern to it. She likes to go back and forth between simple and complex to face her spirit and reveal 'something' that's in the center or root of herself.
Yumi was born in 1994. She decided to become a painter when she was sophmore in university, after taking sketching class and felt a glimpse of the depth of drawing.
Originally, she wanted to learn about shrines, temples, and Shinto as well as more about her home country, so she is currently studying and incorporating those elements into her work.