Installation (murals, textiles, watercolors on paper)
Makiko Furuichi was born and raised in Japan. Now living in France for over 10 years, the artist is known for her colorful work inspired by the animal and plant world, which is very present in Japanese culture. Her work is distinguished by a prolific output of watercolors on paper, fabric, frescoes and sculptures. Lightness and freshness emerge from her compositions, which are both joyful and enigmatic.
Discovering the Chamonix valley, Makiko Furuichi was struck by the richness of the local flora and fauna. She became interested in the creatures that roam the woods and mountains. The singularity of the ecosystems specific to each floor of the massif led her to imagine a work made up of strata. The work created for the Hôtel Lyret is an installation comprising a mural and six textile panels: a bewitching whole that invites the viewer to lose himself in the composition.
To create Passage, Makiko Furuichi drew inspiration from ancestral Japanese beliefs, in particular the figure of the Yôkai. In Japanese folklore, the Yôkai is a supernatural creature, often associated with forest spirits. These spirits can be benevolent or malicious, or even resemble human vices and virtues. Yôkai have also long been used to justify disasters – such as natural disasters – and prevent their occurrence.
Solo Exhibitions
2024
Rattraper le pain perdu (L’Artothèque, Espaces d’art contemporain de Caen)
The wind, the wave, the star, (The museum of modern and contemporary art in Les Sables d’Olonne)
Yokai (PHAKT, Rennes)
2023
Chagall and Me! 50 years of the Chagall Museum (Nice)
2022
The Smell of the Sun (RIve d’Art, Les Ponts-de-Cé)
Drawing Now with Galerie Vachet-Delmas (le carreau du temple, Paris)
Hihifoufouism (Wish Less, Tokyo)
2021
Soggy daydream (Le Carré, Chateau Gontier)
Toute Petite Amazonie (Espace MIRA, Nantes)
Suru Suru (Galerie Vachet-Delmas, Sauve)
2019
L’Age de Raisin (Axenéo7, Gatineau, Canada)
2018
KAKI Kukeko (Frac des pays de la loire, Carquefou)
Thief of hand (Wish Less, Tokyo)
2017
Rêve gris (Sill, Nantes)
Boss (3e Parallèle, Paris)
Cheval Rétréci (HAUS, Nantes)
2016
Débilité (Pannonica, Nantes)
2015
Smoker’s forest (invade3, Tokyo)
Ciel Poilu (Galerie 5UN7, Bordeaux)
Muscles (3e Parallèle, Paris)
Group Exhibitions (selection)
2024
PAYSAGE(s) (Galerie MIRA Nantes)
QUEER CALIFORNIA (Le 109, Nice)
Omnipresence, Immortality and metamorphosis (Zuiun-an, Kyoto)
Origines/diversités (Galerie Alain Gutharc, Paris)
Encore Vivant (Galerie MIRA Nantes)
2023
Mon beau miroir (Galerie Alain Gutharc, Paris)
Cold Coffee at Monkey Beach with Jeremy Griffaud (Wish Less, Tokyo)
Pontmain Contemporary Art Center
TRACES (Cité internationale des arts, Paris)
Jardins Imaginaires (Abbaye cistercienne de l’Escaladieu, Bonnemazon)
MOONN O))) with Super Issue (espace à vendre, Nice)
2022
Arts au Centre Genève, Grand-Rue 29, 1204 Genève, Suisse
L’intime du vide (Le Dojo, Nice)
Makiko Furuichi
Born in Kanazawa, Japan, 1987 / lives in Toulon, France
