NORIKO TOMITA
Fiber Artist
I have continually been fixated on familiar materials such as everyday items and discarded objects in my practice. I believe that everyday items clearly reflect the aesthetic sense and ways of thinking of a country. My works appear to be made from special materials, but can be seen as "forms of everyday items liberated from recognition". From my interest in everyday items and fibers as a starting point, I use trial and error while observing their materials and structure to create my works.
I consistently focus on the relationship between materials and methods, but I do not only involve textile itself, but evoke textile expression in a broad sense. My encounters with materials in daily life have led me to pursue "the definition of textile creation" outside its usual boundaries of common textile production such as weaving and knitting.
BIOGRAPHY
Born in Tokyo, Japan
-Awards
・Won TXT Prize 2017 in 19th International Mini Textile Exhibition “Nearby-Faraway”, Slovakia, 2017
・Won Second Place in "Small Expressions", the Handweavers Guild of America, Inc. (HGA), USA, 2013
・Won "Special Award" in 8th International Biennial of Textile Miniatures "Thoughts -that is...", Lithuania, 2013
・Won "Excellent works" in 6th International Mini Textile Exhibition, Ukraine, 2013
・Won Second Prize in The 3rd International Contemporary Textile Art Competition "Continere", Belgium, 2011
・Invited to Awashima Artist in Residence, Japan, 2011
-Teaching Experience
・Invited as a visiting lecturer, Da-Yeh University, Taiwan, 2012
-Publications
・Textile free magazine "mA" vol.13 edited by Tama Art University, 2023
・Shuttle SPINDLE & DYEPOT (HGA), USA, 2013
・LA PALABRA y el HOMBRE, Mexico, 2011
・Textile Forum Magazine "Como-Miniartextil", 2010
-Education
・M.F.A., Textile Design Course, Tama Art University, Japan, 2010
・B.F.A., Textile Design Course, Tama Art University, Japan, 2007
-Selected Exhibitions, others
・"Desert 23°S" La Wayaka Current, the Atacama Desert, Chile, 2023
・Echigo-Tsumari 2022, Niigata, Japan
・Textile Art of Today, Slovakia, toured Hungary, Czech and Poland, 2018-19
・TXT Prize 2017 in 20th International Mini Textile Exhibition, Slovakia, 2018
・Contemporary Textile Art Biennial "Contextile 2016", Portugal
・Setouchi Triennale 2016, Awashima Marine Museum, Japan
・5th Riga International Textile and Fibre Art Triennial "Diversity&Unity", Latvia, 2015
・Tama Art University 80th Anniversary 1935-2015, Japan
・BankART Artist in Residence, Japan, 2015, 2019, 2021
・10th International Biennial of Contemporary Textile Art "Scythia 10", Ukraine, 2014
・Rokko Meets Art 2014, Japan
・TEXTILE PRESENT, Akibatamabi 21, Japan, 2012
・6th Biennial International Textile Art "World Textile Art", Mexico, 2011
・The Japan Contemporary Fiber Art Exhibition, Tama Art University Museum, 2011
・The 3rd International Contemporary Textile Art Competition "Continere", Belgium, 2011
・Como-Miniartexil, Italy, 2010, 2013, 2020
・Valcellina Award 2009 / 2011, Italy