Originally from Japan, HIROMI NAKAI completed her professional art education at the Wackers Academy in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, a private art academy specializing in figurative drawing, painting, and sculpture. She studied under renowned Dutch artists Sam Drukker and Frank Leenhouts.
Hiromi enjoys painting still lifes, bringing together objects she has collected over the years and arranging them in her own way. Composition plays an important role in her work, as do visible brushstrokes. Through colour, texture, and light, she creates quiet, poetic little worlds with a soft, impressionistic feel.
More recently, she has also been exploring interior paintings, capturing the atmosphere of a room and the personal details that make it unique. She enjoys making small, personal paintings as surprise gifts for friends, often including their beloved pets in the familiar surroundings of their homes.
After living in France for many years, Hiromi has returned to the Netherlands, where she has recently opened a small gallery in Weesp, near Amsterdam. Alongside her own paintings, she presents the work of other artists, including several she previously represented in her gallery in France. The gallery currently focuses mainly on painting, with the possibility of expanding to include ceramics and other art forms in the future.
You can discover Hiromi’s paintings and the work of the artists she exhibits on the gallery website, where selected works are also available to order online. In addition to her native Japanese, Hiromi speaks English, Dutch, and French, and offers online Japanese language lessons.
For more information visit:
Galerie Nakai and INSTAGRAM
or contact: info@galerienakai.com.
Phone: +31 (0)628818347
Exhibitions
Galerie Nakai, Weesp, from 2025
Galerie Nakai, Tournus, from 2016
Galerie Lionne de Kaolin, Oingt mai 2011
Galerie Mary-Anne, Mâcon aout 2010
ZING’A’T, Mâcon, octobre 2009
L’ Hivernal de Lyon, Lyon, janvier 2009
Art Tea Party, Uchizy (71) , septembre 2008
Allianz Suisse, Berne, Suisse en 2007
Salon de peinture et sculpture, Tournus (71) en 2006
Allianz Suisse, Berne, Suisse en 2005
Salon de peinture et sculpture, Tournus (71) en 2005
Salon de peinture, Nolay (21) en 2005
Allianz Suisse, Berne, Suisse en 2004