Sumie Painter

Tamayo Samejima is a Japanese Sumi-e painter, and chair of an Sumi-e ink painting school. Her items are available online on Etsy. During her first year of university she was enchanted by the work of Kaō, a Japanese Zen monk painter of the 14th century, and began training under the Sumi-e master Sōu Meguro in Tokyo. She had brushed up her skills in a drawing school in Tokyo and an art college in London. While studying in London she launched her own brand of Sumi-e painted clothing, sold through Shibuya Seibu, Laforet Harajuku, hpfrance, and tomorrowland, and exhibited in a well-known fashion exhibition “rooms”. She have had solo exihibitions and on-stage painting performances in Tokyo, NY and Frankfult, and have collaborated with musicians and dancers. She have been featured on a TV program, as well as web and magazine articles. She is also working as an art writer and translator for museum exhibitions, books, magazines and websites, and am doing art classes to share creative joy.

- I use a superfine Sumi; a Japanese black ink stick made of pine trees soot and natural glue by all handmade traditional technique. I rub down it on a topmost Suzuri (ink stone) and make Sumi ink, each time I paint.

Recent Main Activities

Featured in a TV program ”Gururi Tokyo Sanpo” at Tokyo MX TV, Dec 24, 2022

Featured in a TV program ”Tokyo Crossing” at TV Tokyo and its official Youtube channel, June 29, 2021s:

Featured on Nikkei Asian Review, Dec. 19, 2019 edition

Painting school open studio at Ueno Studio, Tokyo, 2019

Solo show at UPLINK Gallery, Shibuya, Tokyo, 2018

Collaboration with a fashion brand, Little Eagle, 2018SS

Painting Performance, Wedding Party, 2017

Painting Performance, Hamarikyu Asahi Hall, 2017

Painting Performance, Saga Harenohi Photo Studio, 2017

Dhillon Marty Salon: Sumie Presentation

Collaboration with a fashion brand, Little Eagle, 2017SS