​Juliana Matsumura's artistic research explores relationships between the body, ancestry, and territory, situated at the intersection of drawing, installation, writing, and performance. In her image-making process, she uses elements and phenomena from nature, symbols, and archetypes in an attempt to speculate about the invisible and about memory (both interpersonal and historical). Her visual work alludes to flows, plays of force, movement, and the passage of time, offering a cinematic apprehension of the world.

Among the exhibitions she has participated in, the following stand out: "River-Flow" at Mitre Galeria, Belo Horizonte, Brazil (2025); “A Body in the World” at Galeria Coletivo Amarelo, Lisbon, Portugal (2024); “One Gesture, All Drawings”, an exhibition part of the cycle "Drawing as Thought", curated by João Silvério, at Centro de Artes de Águeda, Águeda, Portugal (2024); “key in the sawdust” at Arquipélago – Contemporary Arts Center, Ribeira Grande - Azores, Portugal (2022); and “Kawa-Kami” at Casarão do Chá, Mogi das Cruzes, Brazil (2022). In 2022, she received a grant from the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation for the project "Kawa-Kami", developed in São Paulo. In 2023, she was one of the artists selected for PEA - Portuguese Emerging Arts, a publication promoted by EMERGE, Portugal, with a jury comprising Leonor Lloret, Emília Ferreira, and Pedro Calapez. In 2024, she published her first book of poems, “to walk as the clouds walk” (andar como as nuvens andam), by Urutau publishing house. Her work is represented in the collections of Arquipélago – Centro de Artes Contemporâneas, the PLMJ Foundation, the Fondazione Fiera Milano, and the FAAP São Paulo Residency. She has been exhibiting her work since 2018.