Natsumi COMOTO is a designer from Kyoto, Japan, born in 1994.
She explores the role of furniture as a tool for evoking emotions based on the universal value intrinsic to nature. Her creative stance is to take a seamless design approach that goes beyond both art and design, and she focuses on studying design from a multi-genre perspective, with an emphasis on individual materials.
“Everything around you is a mirror that reflects yourself, and the new relationship between people and objects is constructed through humble dialogue with them” This is her belief, and her craftsmanship is always rooted in a deep respect for materials. The pursuit of the potential of non-verbal communication design is simply an extension of her childhood curiosity.
She exhibited at Milano Design Week 2019 (Galleria Rossana Orlandi / Italy), Ventura Dubai 2019 (Dubai World Trade Center / UAE) and many others.
1994 – born in Kyoto, Japan
2014 – 2018 Department of Design, Tokyo University of the Arts (BFA)
2018 – 2023 Master Course of Design, Tokyo University of the Arts Graduate School of Fine Arts (MFA)
2023 – ÉCAL / École cantonale d’art de Lausanne, Master Product Design
2019 – BVLGARI MECENATE / Selected
2018 – COMITÉ COLBERT AWARD 2018 / Grand Prix
2018 – Toyama Design Competition 2018 / Nominee
2018 – The 66th Graduation Works Exhibitions of Tokyo University of the Arts / Heisei Art Award
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2024 – Program of Overseas Study for Upcoming Artists (Agency for Cultural Affairs)
2024 – Overseas training grant (UNION Foundation For Ergodesign Culture)
2023 – Arts and Culture Scholarship (Nomura Foundation)
2021 – Design and Crafts Scholarship (Taiju Sasaki Scholarship society)
2019 – Creator Scholarship (KUMA Foundation)
2019 – Kawakita award (Tokyo University of the Arts)
2019 – Design and Crafts Scholarship (Taiju Sasaki Scholarship society)
2018 – Creator Scholarship (KUMA Foundation)
2017 – Ikuo Hirayama scholarship award (Tokyo University of the Arts)
comotoand@gmail.com
2023.01 – The 71th Graduation Works Exhibitions of Tokyo University of the Arts
└ Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo
2019.11 – BVLGARI MECENATE
└ BVLGARI Ginza Tower, Tokyo
2019.09 – Ventura Dubai 2019
└ INDEX, Dubai
2019.04 – Milano Design Week 2019
└ Galleria Rossana Orlandi, Milan
2019.03 – KUMA EXHIBITION 2019
└ Spiral, Tokyo
2018.11 – COMITÉ COLBERT AWARD 2018 -People and Nature in the modern world-
└ The University Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo
2018.11 – the 25th Japan Society for Interior Studies Graduation Works Exhibition
└ The Tachikawa Ginza Space Åtte, Tokyo
2018.10 – “TOYAMA DESIGN WAVE” TOYAMA DESIGN COMPETITION 2018
└ Toyama Prefectural Civic Center, Toyama
2018.06 – The 4th Tokyo University Heisei Geijutsu Award Exhibition
└ Heisei Memorial Museum of Art Gallery, Tokyo
2018.01 – The 66th Graduation Works Exhibitions of Tokyo University of the Arts
└ Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo
2023.06 – AXIS web magazine
└ web magazine
2021.02 – designboom
└ web magazine
2020.07 – BS Fuji “breakzenya” appearance
└ TV appearance
2019.06 – NTV “next creators” appearance
└ TV appearance