Mai MiyakeArtist
PROFILE
Mai Miyake studied at the École Nationale Supérieure des beaux-arts in Paris, France. A visual artist, her practice is imbued with a sensibility that can be traced in the depth of ancient Japan, caring for the unicity of what one can feel in the present moment in a chosen space.
Site-specific and collaborative, her works span wide-ranging fields of forms and narratives: she tells stories, intimate and collective, within exquisite installations blending technology, crafts and antiques, ready-made, collage, paintings and poetry.
SOLO EXHIBITION
| 2023 | Spring-Announcing Bird｜Kyoto at Nan no Hana Gallery（Kyoto, Japan） |
| 2021 | The Summer Grass｜KAKIDEN GALLERY (Tokyo, Japan) |
| 2018 | The Salt of the Earth｜Shibuya Kuroda Touen (Tokyo, Japan) |
| 2017 | 2017 TOBI ART FAIR "Mai Miyake: The Breath of Dragonfly" ｜Tokyo Art Club, Murakoshi Gallery Booth (Tokyo, Japan) Tenningosei (With the Force of Five Celestial Beings)｜t.gallery (Tokyo, Japan) "Everybody Girl is Nobody’s Girl" Book Launch Exhibition｜Morioka Shoten Ginza (Tokyo, Japan) Duodecimal Nihombashi｜Takashimaya, 6F Art Gallery X (Tokyo, Japan) Time Flies｜TRI Gallery Ochanomizu (Tokyo, Japan) |
| 2016 | The Shape of Prayer｜Gallery Zushiya Ginza (Tokyo, Japan) |
| 2015 | The EM District Japan Week 2015 “Thing that Reminds”｜The EM District (Bangkok, Thailand) ART FAIR TOKYO 2015 "Heaven and Earth"｜Tokyo International Forum, Gallery Murakoshi (Tokyo, Japan) |
| 2014 | A Sign｜Gallery Kochukyo (Tokyo, Japan) |
| 2013 | Heaven Helps Those Who Help Themselves.｜Pola Museum of Art (Kanagawa. Japan) Little Lily - White Lie｜Pola Museum Annex (Tokyo, Japan) Obaitori (cherry, plum, peach, and apricot trees)｜Hiroshima Mitsukoshi (Hiroshima, Japan) ART FAIR TOKYO 2013 "March drifting clouds bring forth April flowers"｜Tokyo International Forum, Gallery Murakoshi (Tokyo, Japan) THE SEVEN TALES OF A CAT｜Gallery Murakoshi (Tokyo, Japan) |
| 2012 | Dead Angle｜ICN Gallery (London, UK) Queen Projects by Ishibashi｜Gora Kadan (Kanagawa, Japan) |
| 2011 | Down the Rabbit Hole｜Bunkamura Gallery (Tokyo, Shibuya) FINE ART ASIA 2011 "OPEN WINDOW"｜Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (Honkong, China) Auspicious｜Gallery Kochukyo (Tokyo, Japan) NEXT vol.1 Sparkling Days｜Yokohama Civic Art Gallery (Kanagawa, Japan) |
| 2007 | When U Wish Upon a Star｜sake KYOKA (Tokyo, Japan) ART FAIR TOKYO 2007 "Luna Park"｜Tokyo International Forum, Gallery Murakoshi (Tokyo, Japan) |
| 2005 | Criterium 65｜Contemporary Art Center, Art Tower Mito (Ibaraki, Japan) ART FAIR TOKYO 2005｜Tokyo International Forum, Gallery Kogure (Tokyo, Japan) Pudding Rather than Praise｜Murakoshi Gallery (Tokyo, Japan) Umi-Mori Art Museum (Hiroshima, Japan) |
| 2004 | Time for Tea｜Bunkamura Gallery (Tokyo, Japan) Miyake My Room｜Laforet Lapnet (Tokyo, Japan) |
| 2003 | PRINTEMPS GINZA (Tokyo, Japan) |
GROUP EXHIBITION
| 2022 | Summer Vacation at a Certain Art Museum｜Chiba City Museum of Art（Chiba,Japan) |
| 2021 | Mai Miyake & Kasetsu Exihibition: The Shapes of Words, The Words of Shapes｜Kanagawa Kemnin Hall Gallery（Yokohama,Japan） ART BASEL HONG KONG 2021: UNLIMITED｜HK Convention and Exhibition Centre（Chaina） Collaborative Exhibition of the 6th Anniversary of the “World Bonsai Day” and “Saitama Triennale 2020,” Yoshihiro Suda & Mai Miyake｜The Omiya Bonsai Art Museum（Saitama,Japan） |
| 2020 | 2020 Christmas Smile Pola Museum,2020｜POLA MUSEUM ANNEX (Tokyo,Japan) Saitama Triennale 2020｜Former Omiya ward office (Saitama,Japan) The Meiji Jingu Forest Festival of Art｜Meiji Shrine Museum (Tokyo,Japan) |
| 2019 | Throughout Time : The Sense of Beauty｜World Heritage Site Nijo-jo Castle (Kyoto, Japan) Mai Miyake / Aurore Thibout "Aurore Thibout Les Modesties"｜Wacoal Study Hall Kyoto Gallery (Kyoto, Japan) |
| 2018 | Culture City of East Asia 2018 Kanazawa: Altering Home｜Neighborhoods in Kanazawa city / 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa (Ishikawa, Japan) Busan Museum of Art "BOTANICA"｜BUSAN MUSEUM OF ART (Busan, Korea) "Tea Ceremony Fascination of Art and Design" Marcel Wanders, Sudo Reiko, Miyake Mai｜Oita Prefectural Art Museum (Oita, Japan) 風詠抄 −常−(JOU)｜Yokohama Takashimaya 7F Gallery (Kanagawa, Japan) |
| 2017 | KAKEGAWA CHAENNALE 2017｜Shiseido Art House (Shizuoka, Japan) VOLTA13｜MARKTHALLE, Gallery Kogure (Basel, Switzerland) |
| 2015 | Peninsular Practices: The New Faces of Realism Asian Art｜Asian Art (London, UK) (Purple) : Women of Mankind｜One East Asia ART Space (Singapore) |
| 2013 | Ukiyo-e POP｜Shizuoka Tokaido Hiroshige Museum of Art (Shizuoka, Japan) 3rd Support for Reconstruction of The Great et Japan Earthquake Charity Art Bag Auction｜Takashimaya, Kyoto/Nihonbash (Kyoto,Tokyo, Japan) BENETTON COLLECTION: Imago Mundi｜Fondazione Querini Stampalia (Venice, Italy) TAGBOAT ART FES 2013: SUMMER SHOW 2013｜Takashimaya, Kyoto/Nihonbash (Kyoto,Tokyo, Japan) |
| 2012 | The 57th (2012) CWAJ Print Show｜Tokyo American Club (Tokyo, Japan) |
| 2011 | NEXT vol.1 Sparkling Days｜Yokohama Civic Art Gallery (Kanagawa, Japan) The Great East Japan Earthquake Charity Art｜Mori Art Museum (Tokyo, Japan) Spiritutainment｜100 Tonson Gallery (Bangkok, Thailand) ART HK11｜Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (Hong Kong, China) OHAKO｜Icn Gallery (London, UK) |
| 2010 | ART FAIR TOKYO 2010 "3 puku-tsui"｜Tokyo International Forum, Murakoshi Gallery (Tokyo, Japan) |
| 2009 | LOWER AKIHABARA. 1st.｜LOWER AKIHABARA (Tokyo, Japan) |
| 2008 | Kuchu Teien｜Gallery Kogure (Tokyo, Japan) ART FAIR TOKYO 2008 “Forget-me-not”｜Tokyo International Forum, Masuho Gallery (Tokyo, Japan) |
| 2007 | Hako Ningen｜Gallery Kogure (Tokyo, Japan) Dan/Dans "Le Monde de Coco"｜Chanel Nexus Hall (Tokyo, Japan) EDO ISHO "Maister Meets Designer vol.1"｜Gallery le bain (Tokyo, Japan) |
| 2006 | Toumei Ningen｜Gallery Kogure (Tokyo, Japan) [express] Shanghai｜Shanghai Duolun Museum of Modern Art (Shanghai, China) |
INSTALLATION
| 2020 | Saitama Triennale 2020｜Former Omiya ward office (Saitama,Japan) |
| 2018 | Culture City of East Asia 2018 Kanazawa: Altering Home｜Neighborhoods in Kanazawa city / 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa (Toyama, Japan) |
| 2015 | Tokyo Midtown DESIGN TOUCH 2015 "Can Not See the Forest for the Trees"｜Tokyo Midtown, Tsumiki no Hiroba (Tokyo, Japan) Oita Sightseeing Wall "Mai Miyake’s World Cuckoo-Clock – WORLD could bea safer place CLOCK"｜Oita Prefectural Art Museum (Oita, Japan) |
| 2012 | Forest of words｜Keio University (Kanagawa, Japan) Aqua x Ignis (Mie, Japan) |
| 2011 | FINE ART ASIA 2011 “OPEN WINDOW”｜Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (Hong Kong, China) |
| 2010 | "East and West, linked by a washi paper thread" with Torafu Architects Inc.｜The Italian Cultural Institute (Tokyo, Japan) "Oriente ed occidente uniti da un filo di carta washi" with Torafu Architects Inc.｜Villa Necchi Campiglio (Milano, Italy) |
| 2008 | KOGANECHO BAZAR (Yokohama, Japan) Dan/Dans "The House"｜Nihon Homes (Tokyo, Japan) |
CONTRACTED WORKS
| 2019 | SHISEIDO WINDOW GALLERY 2019｜SHISEIDO THE STORE (Tokyo, Japan) |
| 2018 | SHISEIDO WINDOW GALLERY 2018｜SHISEIDO THE STORE (Tokyo, Japan) |
| 2016 | BEAMS JAPAN (Tokyo, Japan) |
| 2014 | HOTEL RYUMEIKAN OCHANOMIZU HONTEN (Tokyo, Japan) Andaz Tokyo Toranomon Hills (Tokyo, Japan) |
| 2013 | TOKYO DESIGNERS WEEK 2013: TOTO “NEORESTx4CREATORS”｜Roppongi Hills (Tokyo, Japan) |
| 2012 | AQUA x IGUNIS (Mie, Japan) |
| 2007 | Window Display "COME RAIN OR SHINE"｜Maison Hermès (Tokyo, Japan) |
| 2006 | Inside Out｜And A (Osaka/Kanagawa/Fukuoka, Japan) |
WORKSHOP
| 2012 | "Forest of words" Open work shop at Keio University with Mai Miyake (Kanagawa, Japan) |
| 2010 | Yokohama Art University (Kanagawa, Japan) |
| 2007 | Setagaya Art Museum (Tokyo, Japan) |
COLLECTION
| 2016 | BEAMS JAPAN (Tokyo, Japan) |
| 2014 | Andaz Tokyo Toranomon Hills (Tokyo, Japan) HOTEL RYUMEIKAN OCHANOMIZU HONTEN (Tokyo, Japan) |
| 2013 | Pola Museum of Art (Kanagawa, Japan) LUCIANO BENETTON COLLECTION (Italy) |
| 2012 | AQUA x IGUNIS (Mie, Japan) |
| 2009 | Kakegawa Ninomaru Museum of Art (Shizuoka, Japan) |
| 2005 | Umi-Mori Art Museum (Hiroshima, Japan) Fujiyama-Museum (Yamanashi, Japan) |
GRANTS
| 2016 | BVLGARI AVRORA AWARDS |
| 2010 | DE LA MER 10th Anniversary Female Artist Award |
| 2003 | Special Jury Prize, Amuse Artist Audition in Kyoto |
JURY in AWARDS
| 2015 | Terrada Art Award 2015 |
| 2014 | 1st Terrada Art Award |
| 2013 | art_icle Award vol.5 |
| 2012 | KONICA MINOLTA eco art AWARD 2012 |
| 2010 | Kawaii Award 2010 |
| 2009 | Maebashi Art Competition Live 2009, vol.13 |
| 2008 | Montblanc de la Culture Arts Patronage Award 2008 |
COLLECTION
| 2016 | BEAMS JAPAN (Tokyo, Japan) |
| 2014 | Andaz Tokyo Toranomon Hills (Tokyo, Japan) HOTEL RYUMEIKAN OCHANOMIZU HONTEN (Tokyo, Japan) |
| 2013 | Pola Museum of Art (Kanagawa, Japan) LUCIANO BENETTON COLLECTION (Italy) |
| 2012 | AQUA x IGUNIS (Mie, Japan) |
| 2009 | Kakegawa Ninomaru Museum of Art (Shizuoka, Japan) |
| 2005 | Umi-Mori Art Museum (Hiroshima, Japan) Fujiyama-Museum (Yamanashi, Japan) |