Akinori Towma
My fascination with art began in my teenage years. Throughout my teens and early twenties, I was deeply influenced by artists such as Antoni Tàpies, Alberto Burri, Andy Goldsworthy, Robert Smithson, and Walter De Maria. Their approaches to materiality, nature, time, and transformation continue to shape my artistic practice today.
My work invites you to encounter the beauty of uncertainty and the mystery of life itself.
When you experience my work, you are not simply viewing an object. You are engaging with processes that exist beyond human control—natural forces, unconscious movements. These elements become collaborators in the creation of each piece, producing outcomes that could never be fully predicted or repeated.
If you are drawn to art that finds harmony in chaos and celebrates the uncontrollable beauty, I invite you to explore my latest collection.
Statement
My work explores the intersection of natural phenomena, biological structures, and contemporary technology. Using microscopic imagery of living cells as a starting point, I transform biological data into three-dimensional forms and combine them with processes influenced by natural forces. Through this approach, I create artworks that exist between scientific observation and poetic imagination.
I am fascinated by the hidden systems that shape life. Cells, growth patterns, all reveal forms that emerge without conscious design. By collaborating with these processes rather than attempting to control them completely, I allow chance and transformation to play an essential role in the creation of each work.
Through my practice, I investigate how individual life is connected to larger natural systems. The resulting works invite viewers to reflect on the mystery of existence, the beauty of uncertainty, and the invisible relationships that bind living organisms to the wider universe.
CV
2008 B.A. Kanazawa College of Art
Solo Exhibition
2010 Extension of the Wish (Bill Hodges Gallery, NY, USA)
2009 Nature (Ouchi Gallery, NY, USA)
2008 Primal (Gallery3A, Kyoto, Japan)
Group Exhibition
2023 Public Communication (Elgin Art Space Lofts, IL, USA)
2019 BOCCARA Fine ART Show (BOCCARA Fine ART Gallery, NY, USA)
ARTIST IN BUSHWICK OPEN STUDIO 2019 (SPACE776. NY, USA)
2018 529 Arts Avenue Group Show (529 Arts Avenue, NY, USA)
Con Artist Collective Group Show (Con Artist Collective, NY, USA)
2017 Trap 2 Art Show (358 Gallery, NY, USA)
AYLO Best of New York Exhibition ( AYLO Asian Youth Leadership Organization, NY, USA)
529 Arts Avenue Group Show (529 Arts Avenue, NY, USA)
2016 Pre Basel Art Exhibition (XA Society Gallery, NY, USA)
2013 Art Stream 2013（Daimaru、Osaka, Japan)
Uzunomi Art Festival 2013（Yamanashi, Japan)
3331 Chiyoda Art Festival 2013（Tokyo, Japan)
GEISAI#18（Tokyo, Japan)2012 Young Japan Artist 5 (Tokyo, Japan)
Shinjuku Ophthalmologist Gallery (Tokyo, Japan)
2010 Bronx Art Space (Bronx Art Space, NY, USA)
2009 Benefit for Nicole (Priska Juschka Fine Art, NY, USA)
2007 Encounter (Ishikawa, Japan)