Mami Yamasaki

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Mami Yamasaki creates luminous cityscapes and landscapes that transform familiar places into vibrant fields of light and movement. Through a distinctive visual language of layered color and radiant lines, the work captures not only the appearance of a place, but also its atmosphere, energy, and sense of presence.

 

What draws me to Mami Yamasaki's work is the way light becomes a storyteller.

In the artwork in this collection, Station, the sweeping lines of light seem to trace the movement of people, time, and everyday life. What could have been a familiar cityscape instead feels vibrant, personal, and full of energy.

The longer I look, the less I see a place and the more I feel its presence.

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Yamasaki focuses on painting clusters of lights in the city.

Her painting style has earned her a reputation as a promising newcomer, and she is beginning to attract attention in the secondary market as well.

 

2023 “Square” Sakae Hirobus (Nagoya)

2023 “Journey” Zero Base Jingumae (Tokyo)

2023 “Chaotic” Seibu Shibuya Department Store (Tokyo)

2023 “White noise” Hankyu Men's Osaka Contemporary Art Gallery, Osaka

 

anonymous collection AWARD 2023

Emerging artist of the year

2023 anonymous art project competition, 1st special prize

2022 WATOWA ART AWARD 2022 Shibuya Style Prize

2020 Newcomer of the Year Award for Artists Debut, Honorable Mention

 

Public collection

Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art