YUKIKOMIZUTANI is pleased to present ‘Disassembly Rhythm’ a solo exhibition by nomoco, on view from Thursday 11 September to Saturday 4 October.

Born in Fukuoka, nomoco has been working as an illustrator since completing her Master’s degree at Central Saint Martins. She has exhibited her work in solo and group exhibitions in cities such as London, Milan, Mexico City, and New York. Drawing inspiration from nature and sound, she has developed a unique creative approach that embraces the unpredictable movements of ink.

This exhibition will be her second at YUKIKOMIZUTANI and features a body of work that expands upon elements she has explored in her illustration practice. While her previous solo show focused on organising the internal “chaos” she felt within herself, this new exhibition deepens that exploration though the contrary desire to disassemble herself, down even to the atomic level, and to investigate the forms and rhythms that emerge from such deconstruction. Compared to two years ago, when she was striving to impose order on her inner turmoil, this shift signals a profound transformation in her state of being.

Disassembling, arranging, dissolving, bleeding, layering, bursting – all these processes are expressed through a new series of ink-based works.

“Last year I moved from bright, busy central Tokyo to greeny suburban London. Surrounded by nature everyday, I began to notice myself gradually slowing down both in body and mind. At first I was worried that my personality might begin to change, but eventually I thought perhaps it wouldn’t be so bad to dissolve myself, to merge and become one part of nature.

In trying to adapt to this new environment, I felt a strong impulse to break down, to the atomic level, everything I had carefully organised.

I’ve spent so much of my life trying to hold myself together, to stay in order, which made me hesitate – was it really okay to suddenly disassemble
that all now? But then I thought, well, maybe it’s OK.”

̶    nomoco

Profile
Born in Fukuoka. Graduated from Osaka University of Arts (Department of Design) in 1999, the London College of Communication (Graphic & Media Design) in 2003, and completed her Master’s degree in Communication Design at Central Saint Martins in 2005.

Selected Solo Exhibitions
2023 Organising Chaos (YUKIKOMIZUTANI / Tokyo)
2025 Through The Window (Pocko Gallery / London)

Client Work
Alaska Air, Alice and Olivia, Apple, Assouline, Audi, Barneys New York, Casa Brutus, Die Zeit, Harper Collins, Hodder & Stoughton, Kodansha, Loro Piana, Little Tiger Books, Mall at Milenia, Marc Jacobs, Moschino, New York Times, Nestlé, Nike, Penguin Books, NSPCC, Portbello Books, Puffin Books, Random House, Royal Shakespeare Company, Science Museum (uk), Simon & Schuster, the ABRSM, The Telegraph, The Guardian, Vintage Books, Volvo, The Nippon Foundation, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, among many others.