Nozomi Watanabe
Letter of the Stars (framed)
2013
Micro Dry print original
21.0 × 14.8cm
Frame:39.6 × 20.5cm
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This work likens words to stars in the night sky. Using letters written in English by historical figures, the artist extracts only the dots above the lowercase letter “i” and rearranges them.
Words are understood through layers of context, including country, culture, history, personal experience, and emotion. These differences can sometimes make mutual understanding difficult, yet they can also invite us to imagine the depth of another person’s words. Through traces of words stripped of their meaning, this work suggests that we can still connect the dots and create new meaning, revealing the nature of language and its profound depth.
The work invites us to imagine that the thoughts and feelings a person once put into a letter to someone are now quietly shining like stars.
Micro Dry printing is a specialized thermal transfer printing technology developed by Alps Electric and used in printers the company formerly sold. It enabled printing in white and metallic colors such as gold and silver, which are difficult to achieve with conventional inkjet printers.
Frame included. A certificate is attached to the back of the frame.
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ABOUT Nozomi Watanabe
Interdisciplinary Artist / Researcher / Educator
Throughinstallations and project-based works and practices, she creates expressions that focus on the relationships between people, as well as between the individual and society.
Since 2017, she has been continuously developing the Nomadic Stars Project, an art project that depicts starry skies on the ground.
In 2019, she launched AN.Y Talks, an artist-led interactive talk series, and has been working to create spaces for creative dialogue and co-creation. To date, she has conducted workshops and projects in collaboration with museums, educational institutions, and local communities both in Japan and abroad.
BIOGRAPHY
2015-2016 Univeristy for the Creative Arts, MA Fine Art (UK)
2007-2009 Tama Art University, MFA (JP)
2003-2007 Joshi University of art and design, BFA (JP)
Exhibition
Narrative : Words and Images Walls Tokyo Art Collection」WALLS TOKYO（Tokyo）
2025
solo exhibition KATSURAV: Katsurao AIR 2025 Report Exhibition, Former Katsurao Junior High School, Fukushima, JP
2021
The 14th Arte Laguna Prize: FINAL EXHIBITION VENICE, Nappe Arsenale Nord, Venice, IT
2019
The universe consists of dots and lines, Fujisawa City Art Space, Kanagawa, JP
2017
solo exhibition Kamiyama no Sora: Kamiyama AIR 2017 Report Exhibition, Yorii-za Theater, Tokushima, JP
Littoral Light: Ⅱ, Ramsgate Festival, Ramsgate, UK
Nomads, DEPO2015 Creative Zone, Pilsen, CZ
2016
solo exhibition PARALLAX, Brewery Tap Gallery, Folkestone, UK
MA show, Herbert Read Gallery, Canterbury, UK
Littoral Light, Ramsgate Festival, Ramsgate, UK
Cheriton Light Festival, Cheriton Recreation Ground, Folkestone, UK
2014
Inspector, CRANE Bldg., Tokyo, JP
Unknown Series No. 5: Unknown Nature, Underground, Tokyo, JP
2013
split a thread, gallery COEXIST-TOKYO, Tokyo, JP
I equal to you: Arts created by interactive communication, gallery COEXIST-TOKYO, Tokyo, JP
2012
solo exhibition Ground Channel", OKAMOTO MEMORIAL Code Color Museum, Chiba, JP
2010
solo exhibition trill, Nroom artspace, Tokyo, JP
2009
solo exhibition Breath of light, ANOTHER FUNCTION, Tokyo, JP
2009
solo exhibition Where the rainbow is, FUTABA Gallery, Tokyo, JP
2008
solo exhibition During the blink, FUTABA Gallery, Tokyo, JP
AWARD & GRANTS
2020 Finalist of The 14th Arte Laguna Prize
2018 Michio Ono Award（3331 ART FAIR ）
2013 Received the Art Encouragement Prize by AYAKO OMURA FOUNDATION, JP
2010 WONDER SEEDS 2010, JP
PROJECT
2025- KATSURAV Project
2019- A.N.Y Talks
2017-Nomadic Stars Project
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