Kazuyo Nomura “Circle Definition”
at Gallery Balta, Kaunas, Lithuania
31 August – 28 September 2013
Short presentation
Kazuyo Nomura is a textile artist and textile designer working in Gothenburg, Sweden. She grew up in Japan. With interest in weaving, Nordic form and colour she went a textile trip to Sweden. Impressions on the journey led her to attend weaving schools in Sweden early 1980s. After several years in Japan, she moved permanently to Sweden in 1988.
She studied textile design at the School of Textiles at the University of Borås and later textile art at the School of Design and Crafts at the University of Gothenburg.
During the early years in Sweden, Kazuyo Nomura actively participated in advanced weaving projects with the reconstruction of historic textiles at the Väfskolan/the University of Borås.
The experience of these projects has given her deepened knowledge, which she uses in her own creations.
With interest in the thread Kazuyo Nomura has created textile works depicting nature both abstract and figurative. She uses techniques as weaving, embroidery and sewing, the most time-consuming techniques.
She expresses herself:” Time sometimes goes slowly, sometimes fast and sometimes backwards. Time can be concentrated lust.”
Her works has a large experimental lust, she lets spontaneity and chance rule, and at the same time she reins the result. In later years, she has worked more with free sculptural thread-constructions and space-specific works where light and shadow is important. This also characterizes the works of Kazuyo Nomura.
“Her mastery seems to be based on an insight in what is specific to the thread, what is really communicates.”
– Hans Krondahl, Professor of Textile Art
She has exhibited both nationally and internationally and has created several commission works for public spaces. As freelance textile designer she works for Swedish companies: Ikea of Sweden, Almedahls and Ljungbergs.
In 2006 Kazuyo Nomura received the largest textile award in Europe “The Nordic Award in Textiles” for her artistic creativity, craftsman skills and capacity for stretching.
The exhibition is supported by IASPIS, The Swedish Art Grants Committee´s International Programme for Visual Artists.
More information and contact: www.kazuyo.se
