Born on the eastern edge of the Eurasian continent, in Hokkaido, Japan, Mayumi Nakabayashi has now spent 24 years on its western end, in the Republic of Ireland. While Mayumi's primary medium of expression is Land Art, which is art that's made through and with natural materials in the environment, she also works with voice. This means that the materials she creates with are diverse and ever-changing. From the delicate nature of working with spider webs to the dynamism of working with the human body, the contrasts and internal contradictions of Mayumi's work give her cause to think deeply about the nature of each piece she interacts with.
Through Land Art, Mayumi creates geometric patterns using petals, twigs, leaves, stones, and other natural materials in her environment. While her materials inevitably come in diverse shapes and sizes, they do follow the rhythms of the sun and moon, have innate geometries in their beings, and behave collectively according to the principle of emergence. Rhythms, geometries, and patterns seem to bring harmony and connection in the natural world, and Mayumi's work is greatly inspired by these aspects of nature. Find out more about Mayumi here: https://www.instagram.com/mayuminakabayashi?igsh=N2Y3bWh6cXV5Zjdo
