Noriko Tomita

Noriko Tomita is a fiber artist based in Tokyo/Japan, where she was born. She obtained BA and MA degrees in Textile Design from Tama Art University in Tokyo in 2003-2007 and 2010, respectively. Although her works appear to be made from special materials, they can be seen as »forms of everyday items liberated from recognition«. In Textile Art of Today (Slovakia, 2018-2019) and the 5th Riga International Textile and Fiber Art Triennial (Latvia, 2015), her works utilized mosquito nets familiar to every household. She has also exhibited at major international art festivals in Japan, including the Setouchi Triennale (2016).

She does not only involve the textile itself in her work, but evokes textile expression in a broader sense. In Desert 23°S (Chile, 2023), shadows and stones became the warp and weft of a »textile«. Her current project in Contextile (Portugal, 2024) combines plant-based and modern materials to create a thread, while concurrently weaving together two opposing places: The craft community and factories.

She was appointed a visiting lecturer at Da-Yeh University (Taiwan, 2012), and has received awards at various competitions such as the 3rd International Contemporary Textile Art Competition (Belgium, 2011).