gallery UG Osaka Umeda is pleased to announce “Zukyuun in the Field,” a joint exhibition by Naoki NOMURA and Nobuko NUMANO, running from June 5 (Wed) to June 25 (Tue).
This marks the first joint exhibition hosted by gallery UG Osaka Umeda. The exhibition features the unique perspectives of both artists, showcased through Naoki NOMURA’s ceramics and Nobuko NUMANO’s paintings.
We look forward to welcoming you.

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Nobuko NUMANO

Musashino Art University College of Art and Design, Department of Painting Graduate

2023　　D-art, ART 2023 – Matsuzakaya Nagoya Department Store, Nagoya
　　　　 Solo Exhibition “The Field of Someday” – gallery UG Bakurocho, Tokyo
2022　　Solo Exhibition “Box Garden - Hiding in the Grass, as if in a Little Garden” – Alpino Ginka Gallery, Saitama
　　　　 “Colors of the Future” Art colours Vol. 39 Winter-Spring Exhibition – Park Hotel Tokyo, Tokyo
　　　　 ART REMIX – ＋ART gallery, Tokyo
2021　　“Precious Time” ART colours Vol. 35 Summer-Autumn Exhibition – Park Hotel Tokyo, Tokyo



The small buildings and flowers at the center of my work represent my alter ego. The surrounding fields signify the passage of time. Buildings rise on an empty field, only to return to open land once more. By placing my alter ego at the heart of these transformations, I express my own "territory."

Through my art, I aim to give form to the landmarks that exist in the spaces between changing elements

Nobuko NUMANO



Naoki NOMURA

Kyoto Seika University Graduate School of Art, Master of Fine Arts (Ceramics) Graduate

2024　　Solo Exhibition “Zukyuuun” – Daimaru Kobe Department Store 8F gallery TOART, Kobe
　　　　 KOBE ART MARCHE 2024 – Kobe Meriken Park Oriental Hotel, Kobe
2023　　OSAKA ART FES HANSHIN – Hanshin Department Store Umeda Main Store, Osaka
　　　　 KOBE ART MARCHE 2023 – Kobe Meriken Park Oriental Hotel, Kobe
　　　　 D-art, ART 2023 – Daimaru Tokyo Department Store, Tokyo
　　　　 ONE ART Taipei 2023 – Hotel Metropolitan Premier Taipei, Taipei
2022　　Fine Art Collection 2022 – Matsuzakaya Nagoya Department Store, Nagoya
　　　　 Solo Exhibition “Zukyuuun” – gallery UG Tennoz, Tokyo
　　　　 D-art, ART 2022 – Daimaru Kobe Department Store, Kobe
　　　　 ART FAIR ASIA FUKUOKA 2022 – Hotel Okura Fukuoka, Fukuoka
　　　　 TANAGOKORO-TEN – Daimaru Sapporo Department Store 8F Art Gallery, Hokkaido
　　　　 ART ART KOBE 2022 – Daimaru Kobe Department Store, Kobe
　　　　 HANSHIN Art Meeting – Hanshin Department Store Umeda Main Store, Osaka
　　　　 Solo Exhibition “Clay Stories” – GINZA TSUTAYA BOOKS, Tokyo


In the lush green mountains, the sounds, smells, and signs that I experience while creating my work make me imagine the lives of creatures burrowed away. Similarly, casual conversations and everyday encounters are filled with small discoveries that move me.

When these imaginings and discoveries blend, a story forms in my mind, bringing many characters to life. I capture their vague images on paper, then shape them with clay, add layers of color, and bake them over and over again.
They emerge into the real world with expressions of sealed intentions, gently curving surfaces, and unchanging colors and textures. Watching them gradually appear before my eyes, after existing only in my mind, fills me with joy and excitement.


I hope you can imagine the continuation of their story from their appearance, as if they are quietly plotting something.

Naoki NOMURA