​Nozomi Tanaka

Tohoku University of Art and Design Graduate School, Department of Art and Culture, Western Painting Research Area

1989年	Born in Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture Lives in Yamagata City, Yamagata Prefecture
2013年	Sato International Cultural Foundation 22nd Scholarship Exhibition, Sato Museum of Art, Tokyo
2014年	Tohoku University of Design, Arts, Culture, and Western Painting Research Master's Program Completed “VOCA Exhibition 2014 Perspectives on Contemporary Art: Artists of a New Plane” Tokyo Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo

Author's comment

Monookuri is a work that connects the problem of nuclear waste disposal from nuclear power plants with the idea of a rural society welcoming the gods and ancestors that reside in nature. I would like to record points in history through the language of painting.

Judge's comment

The call of Anima hidden deep in the mountains, oceans, forests, and rivers of Tohoku. This artist's paintings create a world in which exotic fantasy and pure natural orientation are mixed together, and they are steeped in a mysterious nostalgia reminiscent of the world of folk tales and a sharp foreshadowing of the modern era. (Akiya Takahashi)