Masanori Tomita was born in 1989 in Kumamoto, Japan, and is currently living and working in Saitama. He received his B.F.A. in Oil Painting from the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, Tokyo.
Tomita has presented his work in: solo show Lamella at HIGH ART ARLES, Paris, 2023; solo show Usen at KAYOKOYUKI, Tokyo, 2022; LA CONSTITUANTE at Parliament, Paris, 2021; Emerging Japanese Painters at SHOP Taka Ishii Gallery, Hong Kong, 2021; Studio Exhibition at Satoshi Ohno studio, Yamanashi, 2018; Hikarie Contemporary Art Eye vol.9 supervised by Tomio Koyama -through the glasses at Shibuya Hikarie, Tokyo, 2018; Inner Flash at Space Wunderkammer, Tokyo, 2014; SLASH/ square at gallery 5, Tokyo, 2014; Masanori Tomita / Koji Nakazono at TURNER GALLERY, Tokyo, 2012; and solo show mtz2 at TURNER GALLERY, Tokyo, 2012.
Text courtesy KAYOKOYUKI

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