Biography

Japan-born, Seattle-based Fumi Watanbe is an art director and conceptual thinker in addition to being an artist with a background in both illustration and fine art. Her works are intricate compositions that convey a sensual and organic atmosphere. Fumi’s artistic process begins with hand-carved prints on Japanese silk tissue and paper. Using colors and patterns inspired by nature, the prints are layered in collage on wood panel. As Fumi speaks about her influences for this collection, she states, “The current collection of work is inspired from the spiritual landscape juxtaposed with simple observation of life. Like the surface of water, reflecting both the branches above and the ripples obscuring the dark rocks below, my work is about both what is seen and what is unseen. These works were created during a time of transformation, capturing the beauty and feeling that otherwise last only for the moment.”