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He was awarded the Young Talent Programme Winners’ Solo, 2017\/2018, the Grand Winner at the Shitsurai International Art Competition, Kobe Biennale, 2015 and the Winston Oh Travel Award, 2013.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"emerald-canopies","title":"Emerald Canopies","description":"\u003cp\u003eEmerald Canopies is a sculptural meditation on memory, place, and belonging. Inspired by the silhouettes of tropical palms native to Singapore, the work echoes the vertical rhythm of foliage once framing the artist's daily view. Hand-shaped forms stretch skyward, recalling fronds that sway while reaching for light. Created during a time of relocation, the piece reflects a queer artist's negotiation of home, adaptation, and identity. With its green vibrancy and architectural arrangement, Emerald Canopies bridges natural and built environments, making it resonant for exhibitions exploring home, queer space, adaptation, nature, and architecture.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Faris Nakamura","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56769992229246,"sku":"HC907","price":5800.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/6545\/8814\/files\/HC907-Faris-NakamuraEmeraldCanopies2024_2.jpg?v=1767463520"},{"product_id":"verdant-cascades","title":"Verdant Cascades","description":"\u003cp\u003eVerdant Cascades is a sculptural exploration on movement, resilience, and transformation. Cloaked in deep purple, its form draws from the turbulence of crashing waves and the cascading flow of Southeast Asian waterfalls. Shaped during a period of relocation, the work reflects the artist's negotiation of home, adaptation, and belonging. Its gestures suggest both force and fluidity, embodying the dualities of fragility and strength. By bridging natural with architectural presence, Verdant Cascades resonates within exhibitions exploring themes of home, space, adaptation, and the intersections of nature and architecture, offering a contemplative anchor in shifting landscapes.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Faris Nakamura","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56769998291326,"sku":"HC908","price":5800.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/6545\/8814\/files\/HC908-Faris-NakamuraVerdantCascades2024_2.jpg?v=1767463787"},{"product_id":"beneath-identical-skies","title":"Beneath Identical Skies","description":"\u003cp\u003eWithin uniformity, two houses dissolve into each other, their walls softening into thresholds of overlap. The work reflects on living between two homes across two countries, at once familiar and estranged. Boundaries blur, revealing porous spaces where one dwelling becomes another. Beneath identical skies, distance collapses as sameness intertwines with difference. Here, home is not fixed but fluid, an entanglement of memory, place, and longing, suspended between departure and return. The piece resonates with exhibitions on home, diaspora, space-making, and adaptation, offering a contemplative anchor in shifting landscapes.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Faris Nakamura","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56770004582782,"sku":"HC909","price":5800.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/6545\/8814\/files\/HC909-Faris-NakamuraBeneathIdenticalSkies2025_1.jpg?v=1767464643"},{"product_id":"glimmer-beneath-carapace-facade","title":"Glimmer Beneath Carapace Façade","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis work embodies the artist’s inquiry into architectural form and its relationship to identity. Constructed with treated wood and emulsion, the work comprises overlapping, curved panels that suggest hidden layers and protected interiors. These gestures prompt reflection on what lies beneath external structures, highlighting façades as both protective shields and restrictive barriers. The sculpture engages viewers in considering how urban environments both conceal and reveal aspects of personal and communal identity. Extending the artist’s ongoing exploration of spatial interaction and psychological impact, the work resonates with exhibitions on home, identity, adaptation, architecture, and the fluid negotiations of space-making.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Faris Nakamura","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57293811646846,"sku":"HC1342","price":4200.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/6545\/8814\/files\/Screenshot2026-04-21at13.34.59.png?v=1781017889"},{"product_id":"suspended-between-departure-and-return","title":"Suspended Between Departure and Return","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis work gathers fragments of built environments held in the artist’s memory: a skate ramp, stairwells, the quiet landings once occupied before returning home. These peripheral architectures of leaning, lingering, and waiting are reassembled into a single,\u003cbr\u003efluid structure. What were once distinct sites become entangled impressions, where rigidity softens and yields to movement.\u003cbr\u003eSuspended between departure and return, the sculpture reflects an ongoing negotiation with place and how spaces dissolve, compress, and reform through memory. Rendered in a luxurious magenta, the colour elevates these tucked-away environments, framing them as formative and precious.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Faris Nakamura","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57297052729726,"sku":"HC1361","price":3200.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/6545\/8814\/files\/Screenshot2026-04-22at12.41.10.png?v=1781017662"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/6545\/8814\/collections\/HC493_-_Hannah_Thomas_-_portrait_image_6fa13060-ab9e-41d6-ac8d-68ffed9f9c5e.jpg?v=1767463395","url":"https:\/\/hyphacurates.com\/collections\/ilua-hauck-da-silva-copy.oembed","provider":"Hypha Curates","version":"1.0","type":"link"}