Category: Artist Portfolios

Rio Ishihara Ishihara is an artist based in Japan whose works have been exhibited in both France and Japan. Her notable exhibitions include the Japan France Contemporary Art Exhibition in 2024, the Paris International Salon in 2023, and solo shows at Art Cafe Sakura in Osaka in both 2020 and 2023.

Tomo Tomo, born in Fukuoka, Japan in 1977, is an accomplished artist. Graduating from Daito Bunka University in 1999 with a BA in Chinese Literature and a teaching license in Japanese Language and Calligraphy, Tomo began teaching calligraphy classes in 2011. Notably, her artwork has been exhibited at Salon Art Shopping Paris (2021, 2022, Carrousel…

Featured | Asako. NAG NAG, as an artist deeply engaged with the world’s events, channels her profound emotional responses into her art. Her works vividly capture her intense feelings of grief, anger, and resilience, reflecting a raw and powerful emotional depth that resonates through her expressive paintings. When Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022 she was…

Featured | Kumiko Kawasaki Kumiko Kawasaki is an artist who expresses water through tapestries, weaving in themes of life and the Western Pure Land that lies at its end. Born and based in Niigata, she spends much of her time gazing at the Sea of Japan from places like Teruhaku, Mase, and Echizenhama. While the…

Featured | Yoshiko Iwai Iwai says, ‘To avoid putting oneself in a box, serendipity is very important.’ Traveling overseas and to islands, she etches these experiences into her mind, transforming them into mental landscapes that shape her works. These serendipitously created pieces are vibrant in color, poetically composed, and radiate a sense of tranquility and…

Tenkuu In a recent achievement, Tenkuu secured Second Runner-Up at Japan Contemporaries Series 3, a Juried Open Call curated by Motoichi Adachi and Kyoko Sato at Gallery Max New York in 2023. His works were showcased at the Ruime Showroom in Het Center, Amsterdam, the Linda Farrell Gallery in Paris, O Museum in Tokyo, and…

Sponsored | Sonoko Nakajima The abstract paintings by Sonoko Nakajima are self-portraits. Her technique applies the principles of Steiner education, which she pursued for many years as an educator, to herself. This approach, as a comprehensive art form that engages with each individual’s unique emotions and will, allows her to embrace her own personality fully…

Yoko Nakanishi Nakanishi is a visual artist based in Aichi, Japan, who produces paintings, sculptures and animations. Her works have been exhibited in Japan and New York, including the Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, Aichi), the Ueno Royal Museum (2003, Tokyo), the Art on Paper Art Fair (2019, New York), Viridian…

Featured | Yuriko Hirose Andy Warhol admired Hirose’s work, noting her captivating use of color in space and form during their meeting in Warhol’s New York studio in 1986, just a year before his passing. Hirose’s artworks are a vibrant display of color, aiming to evoke cheerfulness and positivity in viewers. Notably, her expressions bear…