Fumiko Nakashima

Fumiko Nakashima
Born	August 24, 1981 Iwate, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Website	Official site

Fumiko Nakashima (中島 布美子^?, Nakashima Fumiko) is a Japanese artist who lives in Mexico, primarily working on surrealist pieces in watercolor. She began exhibiting works in various galleries in Japan but has since settled in the Colonia Roma neighborhood of Mexico City. Her interest in Mexico came when she was seventeen, visiting the country two times to study culture and language before moving permanently in 2010. She has exhibited works in Mexico City, which include the painting of an old trolleybus in the Colonia Hipódromo neighborhood and organizing an event called Pray for Japan in response to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.

Fumiko Nakashima was born on August 24, 1981, in Iwate, Japan, near Miyako. As a child, she displayed interest in narrative drawing and children’s literature. Later she studied at the Art Academy of Tokyo, specializing in design, with her first exhibitions at galleries in Japan such as Hanjiro, Fourth Floor and Niji.

Her interest in Mexico came at age seventeen when she discovered a book about Mexico with illustrations at her parent’s home in Iwate.

She visited Mexico for the first time in 1999 studying the art of Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera as well as that of the Huichol, leading to interest in other aspects of Mexican culture such as the commemorations of Day of the Dead .

During her second visit in 2006, she decided to stay for almost two years to have contact with the culture and the art of Mexico as well as to learn Spanish. She states that it was not easy but she met many friends who helped her learn and adapt to life in Mexico. During this time, she exhibited at Garros Galería and the Japanese embassy in Mexico .

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