Fumi Imamura (b. 1982, Aichi Prefecture, Japan) received her MFA from Kanazawa College of Art, Japan, in 2008. She currently lives and works in Aichi.
Fumi Imamura is a contemporary artist who uses collage and watercolour on paper to create glossy, crinkly floral works. Her delicate multilayered creations resemble dried flowers pressed into the pages of a book, but on a wall-sized scale.
These plants derive their charm not only from their branching, budding, insect-nibbled blossoms and leaves, but also from their poignantly rendered roots. Echoeing to the ethos of the Japanese crafts, Imamura’s works speak to the beauty of the cracked, the faded, and the lovingly preserved.
Her collages on semi-transparent glassine paper feature delicate botanical motifs inspired by the landscape of her native Aichi in central Japan, as well as Japanese written folklore. Meticulously crafted, tiny floral elements are arranged in surreal shapes that the artist borrows from nature to express her own body and mind and imagine a world with an organic sense of freedom.