Haruka Komori

Biography

Born in 1989 in Shizuoka, Japan. Graduated with graduate degree from the Department of Intermedia Art, Tokyo University of the Arts. Completed the elementary course of study in Fiction at the Film School of Tokyo. Komori’s work as a volunteer in east Japan after the Great East Japan Earthquake led her to start up artistic activities with artist/ writer Seo Natsumi. In 2012, Komori moved her base of activity to Rikuzentakata in Iwate, where she visually records the people’s stories, lives, and local scenery. She moved to Sendai in 2015. She is now a member of the general incorporated association NOOK. Her main works include Nami no Shita, Tsuchi no Ue (2014, a collaboration with Seo Natsumi), Iki no Ato (2016), and Sora ni Kiku (2018).