Kaori HOMMa

Homma uses a distinctive Fire Etching technique, Aburidashi, an arresting process that employs invisible ink and flame to reveal images through burning. Homma’s method draws on historical use in espionage, where messages were concealed in plain sight until exposed by heat. In her hands, the technique becomes both material and metaphor: fire scorches paper to uncover what has been deliberately obscured, leaving behind fragile yet irreversible traces.

Kaori Homma is a Japanese-born, London-based artist exhibiting internationally. She holds a BA in Fine Art from Tokyo University of Art & Design and an MA in Fine Art Sculpture from Chelsea School of Art. Homma a Director of Art in the Nuclear Age, an Associate Lecturer at the University of the Arts London, a Trustee of Morphe Arts, and a recipient of the Freeland Foundation Research Bursary (2024).