Tamamoto has consistently reinterpreted universally familiar symbols, natural phenomena, and narratives—such as numbers, letters, the phases of the moon, and Greek mythology—through his own philosophy, creating a unique worldview.

At the core of Tamamoto's work lies an overwhelming sense of materiality achieved by condensing and transforming the soft fabric. Its texture evokes images of human organs, cells, or pulsations, powerfully depicting the “primordial vitality” inherent in women.

Within the lineage of contemporary art, fabric (textile) has often been treated as a material symbolizing physicality and inner life. Tamamoto does not treat fabric merely as a support; using clothing she cherished in her childhood, she treats it as a “skin” onto which she projects her own passions. Layered and meticulously sculpted, this material becomes a “stratum” where one can tangibly feel the experiences, traumas, and raw vitality accumulated within the human interior.

Moreover, the vivid, bewitching colors embedded into its “surface layer” powerfully stimulate the senses, drawing us into an abstract spiritual realm beyond rational explanation. Within its details reside the body's pulse and the primal energy of womanhood, where Eros (life) and Thanatos (death) coexist in a chaotic blend. This “vivid abstraction” is Tamamoto's unique domain, making her work stand out as exceptionally singular within the contemporary art scene.

1998 Graduated from Seian University of Art and Design

1998 Worked as a textile designer (until 2000)

2010 Completed Master's program at Kyoto University of Art and Design Graduate School of Art

Major Solo Exhibitions

2002 Toyama Prefectural Art Museum (Toyama)

2003 Galerie GAM'ART (France)

Ibaraki Prefectural Art Museum, Tsukuba (Ibaraki)

 Shiga Prefectural Museum of Art G (Shiga)

2004 Fukui City Art Museum (Fukui)

Nationally Registered Tangible Cultural Properties: Uchiyama Residence / Kanaoka Residence (Toyama)

2006 Kariya City Art Museum (Aichi)

2007 World Heritage Site Gokayama, Aikura Gassho-zukuri Village Takakawa House / Yamazaki House (Toyama)

Takaoka City Museum of Art G (Toyama)

Saka no Machi Art Museum (Toyama)

2011 “Thoughts on Life” Gallery Miyawaki (Kyoto)

2012 “Truth - Depths” Amashin Museum (Hyogo)

2014 “Time to Face” Hirakata Civic Gallery (Osaka)

 “Time to Face” Gallery Miyawaki (Kyoto)

2015 “Resonance” World Heritage Site Gokayama Suganuma Village

 “Neighbors” Note Gallery

2016 “Primordial Force - Origin of Life” Gallery Miyawaki (Kyoto)

2017 “Pulse” Note Gallery

2019 “Accumulation” Note Gallery

2020 “Concept” World Heritage Site Gokayama Suganuma Gassho-zukuri Village

2022 “Nana Tamamoto: Being - Numerology” (Kawabata Yasunari Museum)

“Circles of Time” Note Gallery

2025 “Nana Tamamoto: Kizahashi” (Gotenyama Lifelong Learning Art Center)

Major Group Exhibitions

2004 “VOCA Exhibition: New Horizons in Contemporary Art - New Artists of the Plane” Ueno Royal Museum (Tokyo)

2024 “A Private View of Japanese Contemporary Art: The Ryutaro Takahashi Collection - Postwar Japan as Seen by a Psychiatrist” Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo (Tokyo)

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