Hitomi Orimo

Born in Tokyo, Hitomi Orimo creates sculptures, lamps, and other works that accompany and become a part of our lives, viewing space as a place people return and go out to.

She has had a strong interest in making things and space since childhood, which led her to major in spatial design at a specialty college. In college, she gravitated toward lighting as it affects the feeling of the space and creates the time spent there. After graduation, she began making lamps with wood and glass, having learned the basics of craftsmanship at a woodcraft workshop and stained glass class.

As she continued to create lamps, she realized that the light that leaks out when the lamp gets lit and the shadows that fall from the shade are part of the work, and that the work shows different faces depending on the space and the amount of light coming in from outside. These realizations led her to the current style of combining different materials in her sculpture.

Constantly observing what kind of light meets the object and what shape its shadow makes, she explores the unity and balance between light and shadow and different materials.

She has been exhibiting her work mainly in group and solo exhibitions and international art fairs since 2000.

東京生まれのHiromi Orimoは「帰る場所、出かける場所となる生活空間」を手掛かりに、生活の一部となり、生活に寄り添える、オブジェやランプなどの作品制作を手がける。

幼少期から物づくりや空間への関心が強く、専門学校のスペースデザイン科を専攻。
在学中、空間の表情を変え時間を生み出す照明に興味を抱き始める。
卒業後、木工の工房やステンドグラスの教室で技巧の基礎を学び、独自で木とガラスをベースにランプを創作し始める。

らんぷの創作を続けていく中で、灯したときに漏れる光、シェードから落ちる「影」も作品の一部とゆうこと、空間や外から入ってくる光の加減によって作品が違う顔を見せる瞬間の気付きと発見は、現在創作している異素材を組み合わせたオブジェの創作に繋がる。

どんな光を受けて、どんな影をつくるのか。
創作を通して、取り巻く光と影、異素材の一体感、そのバランスを探求中。

2000年から、展示会、個展、海外アートフェアを中心に活動中。