about me

nanaimay

1998年ブラジル生まれ、ブラジルとアメリカ育ち。2020年、アイデア雑誌でインターンシップに参加する。2021年、フリーランスのデザイナー、イラストレーターとして活動を始める。2022年、テンプル大学ジャパンキャンパスアート学科を卒業。現在、メトポリス雑誌でデザインや広告などを手がける。

主な仕事内容は、シルクスクリーンやモノタイププリント、イラストレーション、写真、エディトリアル、zine、アートブックなどのアートディレクションとデザイン。

Originally from Sao Paulo, Brazil, nanaimay is a graphic designer, illustrator, and writer living and working in Tokyo. In 2022, she graduated from Temple University Japan Campus with a Bachelor of Arts.

She has worked and interned for Japan’s biggest English-published magazines, Metropolis and Tokyo Weekender as well as Japan’s oldest design and typography periodical still in publication, IDEA.

An avid collector of zines, she has also self-published a few titles of her own. When she is not immersed in one of her art projects, you can find her in a bouldering gym or enjoying Japanese tea at a cafe.

Japan, you have t be here to do it!

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exhibitions

First Roll Group Exhibition February 15-19, 2023

A group photography exhibition exploring the theme of first impressions and feelings from your first film roll.
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Gallery Filmo, 5-min from Chitose-Karasuyama | ギャラリーフィルモ、千歳烏山駅から5分

Fragments Exhibition April 19 – 22, 2021

Exhibited a sound-based installation work, Full House (2021), alongside the work of seven other Temple University Japan Campus art students. Designed the exhibition’s zine.

TUJ-SWU Joint Student Exhibition November 5 – 29, 2019

Invited to participate in a joint student exhibition with a select group of art students from Temple University Japan Campus and Showa Women’s University. Exhibited two personal projects, a children’s book titled Curtains (2018), and a triptych photo series, titled Belonging (2019).

work experience

December 2022 – Present

Social Media Designer at Metropolis Magazine, Japan Partnership Holdings Inc.

May 2022 – May 2023

Graphic Designer at Metropolis Magazine, Japan Partnership Holdings Inc.

Jun 2021 – April 2022

Research Assistant at Temple University Japan

December 2021 — February 2022

Editorial Intern at Tokyo Weekender Magazine, Engawa Co., Ltd.

April — July 2021

Design and Editorial Intern at Metropolis Magazine, Japan Partnership Holdings Inc.

Aug – Dec 2020

Assistant Editor at IDEA Magazine, Seibundo Shinkosha Publishing Co., Ltd.

May – Jul 2020

English and Writing Tutor at Temple University Japan