Like infinity cell division of living things
Like layered thoughts and emotions of one's mind
Like the stars and planets in space
We are constantly changing and things are always moving
One fine delicate line is drawn
from another line connected and
it gives birth to another line
The drawing gradually expands from the starting point
Every line is connected to another line, everything is connected to everything else.
Things are organic and geometric at the same time.
It is like an imagery or a sample of on going cell division of the universe.
Each line is a thought and an emotion, and or a feeling, the whole drawing is an imagery of human mind. If each line is a cell of a life, then whole view is a life. If each small line is a unique life on the earth, then the whole view is the universe.
Nothing emerges, nor comes out of the blue as far as I know.
Things exist, existed, and will exist, and they are connected to each other, like my drawing in front of you.
I am still in the process of examining the connections between everything, from one art'st's point of view, using my art and my life.
My drawing will become a connection between you and me, when you encounter it, when you own it, or when you remember it in your heart, and you will be another connection and media or like the one line of the drawing, when you talk about it to another person.
We are all individual, we are all part of everything, and each of us is a medium at the same time.
Like infinity cell division of living things
Like layered thoughts and emotions of one's mind
Like the stars and planets in space
We are constantly changing and things are always moving
One fine delicate line is drawn
from another line connected and
it gives birth to another line
The drawing gradually expands from the starting point
Every line is connected to another line, everything is connected to everything else.
Things are organic and geometric at the same time.
It is like an imagery or a sample of on going cell division of the universe.
Each line is a thought and an emotion, and or a feeling, the whole drawing is an imagery of human mind. If each line is a cell of a life, then whole view is a life. If each small line is a unique life on the earth, then the whole view is the universe.
Nothing emerges, nor comes out of the blue as far as I know.
Things exist, existed, and will exist, and they are connected to each other, like my drawing in front of you.
I am still in the process of examining the connections between everything, from one art'st's point of view, using my art and my life.
My drawing will become a connection between you and me, when you encounter it, when you own it, or when you remember it in your heart, and you will be another connection and media or like the one line of the drawing, when you talk about it to another person.
We are all individual, we are all part of everything, and each of us is a medium at the same time.
Like infinity cell division of living things
Like layered thoughts and emotions of one's mind
Like the stars and planets in space
We are constantly changing and things are always moving
One fine delicate line is drawn
from another line connected and
it gives birth to another line
The drawing gradually expands from the starting point
Every line is connected to another line, everything is connected to everything else.
Things are organic and geometric at the same time.
It is like an imagery or a sample of on going cell division of the universe.
Each line is a thought and an emotion, and or a feeling, the whole drawing is an imagery of human mind. If each line is a cell of a life, then whole view is a life. If each small line is a unique life on the earth, then the whole view is the universe.
Nothing emerges, nor comes out of the blue as far as I know.
Things exist, existed, and will exist, and they are connected to each other, like my drawing in front of you.
I am still in the process of examining the connections between everything, from one art'st's point of view, using my art and my life.
My drawing will become a connection between you and me, when you encounter it, when you own it, or when you remember it in your heart, and you will be another connection and media or like the one line of the drawing, when you talk about it to another person.
We are all individual, we are all part of everything, and each of us is a medium at the same time.
Like infinity cell division of living things
Like layered thoughts and emotions of one's mind
Like the stars and planets in space
We are constantly changing and things are always moving
One fine delicate line is drawn
from another line connected and
it gives birth to another line
The drawing gradually expands from the starting point
Every line is connected to another line, everything is connected to everything else.
Things are organic and geometric at the same time.
It is like an imagery or a sample of on going cell division of the universe.
Each line is a thought and an emotion, and or a feeling, the whole drawing is an imagery of human mind. If each line is a cell of a life, then whole view is a life. If each small line is a unique life on the earth, then the whole view is the universe.
Nothing emerges, nor comes out of the blue as far as I know.
Things exist, existed, and will exist, and they are connected to each other, like my drawing in front of you.
I am still in the process of examining the connections between everything, from one art'st's point of view, using my art and my life.
My drawing will become a connection between you and me, when you encounter it, when you own it, or when you remember it in your heart, and you will be another connection and media or like the one line of the drawing, when you talk about it to another person.
We are all individual, we are all part of everything, and each of us is a medium at the same time.
ARTIST BIO
Natsumi Goldfish is a Japanese visual artist based in New York City. She was born and raised on the outskirts of Tokyo, Japan. Her early environment, situated between urban and suburban landscapes where nature and the city coexist, made a lasting impression on her creative practice. This dialogue between the natural and urban worlds continues to be a central theme in her work.
Growing up between an outside world without clear borders and people shaped by complex personal boundaries, she developed an interest in pluralism—a state of "being both and in between"—as well as the idea that "everything is connected to everything else." These concepts continue to inform her artistic practice. Through her work, Natsumi explores the porous boundary between humanity and nature, inviting viewers to reconsider where one ends and the other begins.
In her practice, Natsumi creates paintings that explore man-made, intimate spaces—such as fish tanks, bathtubs, and windows—as symbols of human presence. These spaces are rendered as both realistic and dreamlike, existing somewhere between reality and imagination. Her work is rooted in an interest in conscious and unconscious human behavior, informed by both historical contexts and her own personal experiences.
Natsumi received her B.A. in Art from Tyler School of Art at Temple University in 2013. She has held solo exhibitions in Tokyo and New York City, and her work has been featured in numerous group exhibitions. Selected publications include Hyperallergic, OXYGEN Magazine, VoyageLA Magazine, CanvasRebel Magazine, Studio Visit Magazine, and Whitehot Magazine.
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EDUCATION
2013 BA in Art, Tyler School of Art, Temple University, PA
EXHIBITIONS
2026 High Visibility, GOCA Gallery, Chelsea, NY
Summer Highlights, Hollis Taggart Gallery, Chelsea, NY
Elsewhere, Village One Art Gallery, Chelsea NY
Unbearable Lightness, Pictor Gallery, Chelsea NY
Through the Looking Glass, SHOWROOM (Guerra Paint & Pigment Corp), NY
Greenpoint Open Studio, New York, NY
2025 HOLIDAY REMIX, Hollis Taggart Downtown, NY
THRESHOLDS, GOCA Gallery, Chelsea NY
THREADS OF BELONGING, Hollis Taggart Downtown, NY
UNKNOWN ENTRY POINT, ROMI GALLERY, Greenpoint, NY
Solo Exhibition: ROOMS IN A ROOM, Yasher Gallery, Greenpoint, NY
2024 Hidden In Plain Sight (Duo Exhibition), FLATFILE x Yant Art Space, Queens, NY
HEALING COLOR: The Biogenenerative, Botanica Grove, Brooklyn, NY
2023 SOMETHING BLUE, Emerge Gallery, Saugerties, NY
2022 THICKET, Gristle Gallery, Williamsburg, NY
SAINTLY BODY(Emil Memon), Loža Gallery (OBALNE GALERIJE PIRAN), Koper, Slovenia, EU
INTERGALACTIC OPEN 3, Shockboxx Gallery, Hermosa Beach, CA
2021 TOY BOX, Gristle Gallery, Williamsburg, NY
HOME SWEET HOME, SFA Project, LES, NY
TOADSTOOLS, Gristle Gallery, Williamsburg, NY
2020 TRADING CARD ART SHOW, Gristle Gallery, Williamsburg, NY
ART IN BOXES X, AG Gallery, Williamsburg, NY
CULT OF MEOW IV, Gristle Gallery, Williamsburg, NY
FLATFILE 8 x 8, SFA Project, New York, NY
QUARANTINE FOLK, Calico Brooklyn Gallery, Greenpoint, NY
FLATFILE, SFA Projects, New York, NY
2019 WAGMAG Benefit 2019,Grace Exhibition Space, New York, NY
Greenpoint Open Studio, New York, NY
2018 Solo Exhibition: Half Human, AG Gallery, Williamsburg, NY
Solo Exhibition: Window Mereology, Yashar Gallery, Greenpoint, NY
Opening of the Third Eye, Living Gallery Outpost, by Stephen Romano Gallery, New York, NY
2017 Solo Exhibition: Don’t Take Me to the Moon, Chateau 2F Gallery, Koganei, Tokyo
Mediation | 15 Years of Art From Temple University Japan Campus, UltraSuperNew Gallery, Tokyo
2016 SMART DUST, SLA307, New York, NY
96.8 Miles, Emerge Gallery, Saugerties, NY
2014 ASYMMETRY, The International Art Guild of New York, NY
WAGMAG, BROOKLYN ART GUIDE BENEFIT AUCTION 2014, Kunsthalle Galapagos, NY
Freedom Of Fantasy, New York Realism Fine Art Gallery, NY
2013 Summer Small Works Exhibition, Greenpoint Gallery, NY
The Small Worlds, Plastic Club, Philadelphia, PA
Tiberino Museum Group Exhibition, Tiberino Museum, PA
2012 Annual Student Exhibition, Faculty selected works, Tyler Gallery & Art Lounge, PA
Group Art Show & Big Critic, First Friday Art Exhibition, F&N Gallery, PA
2011 Art Seminar Group Exhibition, Stella Elkins Gallery, Tyler School of Art, PA
Solo Exhibition: “Tea Ceremony”, Restaurant The Ugly American, PA
Art Photography Group Exhibition, Harajuku Design Festival, Tokyo
Tokyo Book Art Week Exhibition: 15 Galleries exhibition, Azabu Art Space TUJ,
Tokyo Ruby Room Tokyo Music Event, A Special Guest Artist, Tokyo
BIOGRAPHY
MUSEUM COLLECTIONS
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Copelouzos Family Art Museum Comission "Overthinking" Oil on Canvas 35cm square
PRESS & PUBLICATIONS
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Canvas Rebel, Interview, 2026
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Whitehot Magazine Exhibition Review by Liam Otero "Threads of Belonging: Ten Emerging Asian Women Artists" at Hollist Taggart Downtown"
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The Best Art In The World ~20 Years of Noah Becker's Whitehot Magazine of Contemporary Art~ (Hardcover Book), Anthem Press: Chapter 21
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White Hot Magazine, Interview: Artist You Should Know: Natsumi Goldfish", 2024
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Canvas Rebel, Interview, 2024
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OXFORD Magazine (5/1/23): ISSUE 50
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Voyage LA(11/26/22): Daily Inspiration: Meet Natsumi Goldfish
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STUDIO VISIT Magazine: Vol. 47 (Front Cover and Page 78)
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Voyage LA Magazine (3/15/21): Artist SHOUTOUT LA
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Voyage LA Magazine (6/15/20): Interview Meet Natsumi Goldfish
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Studio Visit Magazine 2020
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Hyperallergic (6/13/19): " Natsumi Goldfish, with her series “Half-Humans,” envisions a series that combines the upper bodies of elfin, female-presenting subjects with the lower bodies of wild animals — vaguely reminiscent of Disney’s Fantasia’s segment on centaurs."
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Alex Inc. (START UP), Pilot Painting, ABC Television Series Starring Zach Braff (2017)
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Mishima Yukio Film, Tokyo Footage, Director: Emil Memon Shot by Pawel Wojtasik(2017)
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Jarek Szczyglak "THE FOLK" Music Album Art Cover "The Dream Bird" (2016)
AWARDS
2014 The Silver Medal Award, The International Juried fine Arts Exhibition
"Freedom of Creativity" Exhibition, New York Realism Fine Art Gallery, NY
2010 New Artist of The Year Awards, Temple University Japan
