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tomoNoRi NiShimURA

Lives and works in London, great Britain
www.tomonorinishimura.co.uk

I was born in Japan in 1978 and moved to England in 1994. I graduated
Chelsea College of Fine Art, London in 2001, since then I have had
several exhibitions internationally. I create paintings of plants that are
endangered or extinct in wild. I use metallic colours and challenge to
harmonize its industrial feel and natural feel of plants. ginkgo Biloba is
a particular endangered species whose genus has survived since the
Jurassic period without evolution. In some of my paintings, the images
of plants are represented by the reflection on its metallic surface. The
painting is textured with brush marks and stroke of trowels to reflect the
light in a certain way. The images become visible or invisible depending
on the lighting.

 gINkgo fERRUM: MEDIA, 2013 OIL ON CANvAS 37X37 IN. | 95X95 CM. (DETAIL)
 gINkgo fERRUM: MEDIA, 2013 OIL ON CANvAS 37X37 IN. | 95X95 CM.
LoTUs bERThELoTII, 2013 OIL ON CANvAS 62X47 IN. | 160X120 CM. 

VIoLA, 2013 OIL ON CANvAS 47X35 IN. | 120X90 CM. 

 gINkgo fERRUM: sTRUCTURE, 2013 OIL ON CANvAS 47X47 IN. | 120X120 CM.

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