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Madoka was raised on the tropical island of Okinawa surrounded by the ocean, waves, and banyan trees. She explores humans' innate creativity and uniqueness as nature, while celebrating life as a whole universe. Through her experience of living in different places such as Nepal, Alaska, and Canada, she came to know that right or wrong does not exist but it’s difference that exists, and that truth can only be found within oneself.​

As she creates her work, she often uses whatever she finds around her, while absorbing the energies of both her visible and invisible surroundings. ​Her works embrace the organic flow of life, chaos and harmony, while reflecting a fundamental truth she acquired during her travels: as beings of nature, all humans are fundamentally the same, yet each of us is entirely unique. 

She was a 2021 artist-in-resident at Chateau d’Orquevaux in Champagne-Ardenne, France, and was awarded The Denis Diderot Grant. Her work is now part of their permanent collection at the Chateau. She has also received Harmony for Humanity: The Global Consciousness Art Prize in 2023.

Statement

When I look at trees, I see a whole different world operating in a completely different dimension from humans’ world. Growth rings on trees look like the ripples that raindrops make on a puddle, and branches look like veins that run through our body. These resemblances remind me that we are a small part of the interwoven system that exists in a dimension distant from human society. Humans are nature and are part of the flowing world. Everything in this world is genuinely original and creative, and the truth can only be found within oneself. When all beings stay true to their authentic selves, the whole world shines and everything circulates in harmony.

 

Exhibition

2024                  A Sense of Place, Pyramide, JINIS, Hiroshima, Japan

2023                  Light of Life, solo exhibition, Chabitan Art Space, Okinawa, Japan

2023                  Assonanze, collective exhibition, Galleria De Marchi, Bologna, Italy

2023                  Shapes of Nature, collective exhibition, Galleria Spazio Opera, Matera, Italy

2022                  Shine Between the Waves, solo exhibition, KuruKuru, Beppu, Oita, Japan 

2022                  True Abundance and Dialogue, solo exhibition, NYC (Central Park, High Line, etc.), USA

2022                  Love in Multiple Forms, collective exhibition, Agora Gallery, Chelsea, NY, USA

2022                  Little Treasures, collective exhibition, Galleria De Marchi, Bologna, Italy

2022                  Wind is Blowing, solo exhibition, Takachiho Marleya, Miyazaki, Japan

2022                  Wind is Blowing, solo exhibition, Gallery echo-ann, Ginza, Tokyo, Japan

2021                  True Abundance and Dialogue, solo exhibition, online

2021                  True Abundance and Dialogue solo exhibition,Tokyo International Art Fair 2021, Belle Salle, Roppongi, Tokyo, Japan

2021                  echo-ann Summer Festa 2021, collective exhibition, Gallery echo-ann, Ginza, Tokyo, Japan

2021      Borderless - Art Goes Beyond Borders, collective exhibition, Hiltopia Artsquare, Shinjuku, Tokyo,  Japan

2020                  Time, collaboration of art and chocolate, solo exhibition, Oak Cube, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan         

2020                  Circle, solo exhibition, Rigna Terrace Tokyo, Chuo, Tokyo, Japan

2020                  Voice, two person exhibition, Nagatacho GRiD, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan

2020                  Art Melting Pot Exhibition, collective exhibition, ego-Art and Entertainment Gallery, Nihonbashi, Tokyo, Japan

2020                  Stories, collective exhibition, Gallery Iro, Kichijoji, Tokyo, Japan

2014                  BFA Graduate Show, collective exhibition, Owens Art Gallery, Sackville, NB, Canada

2014                  WUSC, Shine a Light Art Auction, donation for fundraising, Struts Gallery, Sackville, NB, Canada

2013                  (DIS) COMFORT, collective exhibition, 19 Bridge St., Sackville, NB, Canada

Education

2014                  Mount Allison University Bachelor of Fine Arts, NB, Canada

Residency

2024      JINIS (Jinseki International School) artist-in-residency, Jinseki, Hiroshima, Japan

2022-2023      ELSI (Earth-Life Science Institute) Science-Art Collaborative Project, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan  

2022      Wakasa Bay, Fukui, Japan

2021      Château d'Orquevaux, Champagne-Ardenne, France

Workshop

2023      Time and Your Own Universe, ELSI (Earth-Life Science Institute), Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan

2022      Creation and expression with the children of Wakasa Bay, Fukui, Japan

2019      Freedom of Perception and Representation, AmerAsian School In Okinawa, Ginowan, Okinawa, Japan

Commission

2022       Private commission, mixed media on canvas, Beppu, Oita, Japan

2021       Yu Ikemi EP jacket design, mixed media on canvas, Miyazaki, Japan

2021       NPO GAJYUMARU logo design, Okinawa, Japan

2014       Private commission, oil on canvas, 279x356mm, Busto Arsizio, VA, Italy

Award/Grant

2023       Harmony for Humanity: The Global Consciousness Art Prize, Contemporary Art Collectors

2021       The Denis Diderot Grant, Chateau d’Orquevaux in Champagne-Ardenne, France

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