Fumi Nakamura Spotlighted in Booooooom Illustration Awards
Fumi Nakamura, an artist and illustrator from Shizuoka, Japan, currently based in New York City, was shortlisted for the 2025 Booooooom Illustration Awards. She studied at San Jose State University and lived briefly in the Bay Area before relocating to New York. Her work, inspired by natural surroundings like forests, mountains, and oceans, explores themes of life, death, and emotion through layered colored and graphite pencils. Nakamura is represented by Thinkspace Projects in Los Angeles. The awards also promote a 2026 Art & Photo Book Award and a Tomorrow's Talent 5 book featuring over 60 artists.
Key facts
- Fumi Nakamura is from Shizuoka, Japan.
- She studied at San Jose State University.
- She lived in the Bay Area before moving to New York City.
- Her work is inspired by nature and depicts life and death cycles.
- She uses colored and graphite pencils to create layered textures.
- She is represented by Thinkspace Projects in Los Angeles.
- She was shortlisted for the 2025 Booooooom Illustration Awards.
- The 2026 Booooooom Art & Photo Book Award is open for submissions.
Entities
Artists
- Fumi Nakamura
Institutions
- Thinkspace Projects
- Boooooom
Locations
- Shizuoka
- Japan
- San Jose State University
- Bay Area
- New York City
- Los Angeles