Kumi Yamashita

Kumi Yamashita is a Japanese-born artist now living and working in the US after receiving her education in places like Glasgow and Seattle. As a sculptor, she does the most amazing things with light and shadow.

BUILDING BLOCKS  2014
H200, W300, D10 cm
Carved wood, single light source, shadow
Permanent Collection Otsuma Women's University, Tokyo, Japan

CITY VIEW  2003
H250, W500, D5 cm
Aluminum numbers, single light source, shadow
Permanent Collection Namba Parks Tower, Osaka, Japan.

CITY VIEW (detail) 2003

Kumi Yamashita also does portraits using thousands of tiny galvanized nails on a white wooden panel and a single unbroken sewing thread.

CONSTELLATION - MANA no.2 2013
H39, W30.5, D3 cm
Wood panel, brads, single sewing thread
Private collection

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