Makiko Furuichi (born in 1987) is a Japanese-born French painter.
Biography Makiko Furuichi was born in 1987, in Kanazawa. She studied at the Kanazawa College of Art before moving to Nantes, France, to continue her studies at the Nantes Saint-Nazaire School of Fine Arts. She obtained her Higher national diploma in plastic expression in 2011.
Career In 2018, she exhibited at the FRAC des Pays de la Loire.Makiko Furuichi's Kaki Kukeko on fracdespaysdelaloire.comon Le Journal des arts
In 2021, she was selected by the jury of the Maison Ackerman on Arts Hebdo Médias for the seventh season of the artist residency to create a unique contemporary artwork in the Ackerman cellars. on France Info on France Info
In 2022, she renovated the bell of the Abbey of Our Lady of Fontevraud, adorned with a dragon that she named Pétronille. on Ouest-France on Ouest-France
In 2023, she exhibited her collection Ciel poilu, pluie chaude at the Musée Marc Chagall as part of the anniversary exhibition Chagall et moi! marking the museum's 50th anniversary.Makiko Furuichi - Project at the Marc Chagall National Museum, 50th anniversary of the museum, 2023 on YouTube.comAnnick chevalier.Makiko fait la pluie et le beau temps à Chagall on artcotedazur.frJacqueline Pozzi.Le musée Chagall fête ses 50 ans à Nice : plus que jamais, "une maison pour tous les artistes" on France3 She also created an original work for the project Les Arts au fil de l'eau for the Val d'Ille-Aubigné Community of Communes in partnership with 40mcube.Les Arts au fil de l’eau invite l’artiste Makiko Furuichi on Ouest-France Also in 2023, she was the main subject in the documentary Makiko directed by Antoine Godet.David Charrier.Makiko Furuichi devant la caméra d’Antoine Godet : Un documentaire cinématographique mettant en lumière l’art plastique japonais on JustFocus.fr On , she painted a giant mural on Avenue Léon-Blum in Saint-Nazaire. on Ouest-France
Works Public works 2021: 53-meter mural in the Ackerman cellars 2022: Pétronille, bell of the Abbey of Our Lady of Fontevraud 2023: Ciel poilu, pluie chaude, at the Marc-Chagall Museum 2023: Les Arts au fil de l'eau, Val d'Ille-Aubigné Community of Communes in partnership with 40mcube
Solo exhibitions 2015: Smoker’s forest (invade3, Tokyo), Ciel Poilu (Gallery 5UN7, Bordeaux), Muscles (3e Parallèle, Paris) 2016: Débilité (Pannonica, Nantes) 2017: Rêve gris (Sill, Nantes), Boss (3e Parallèle, Paris), Cheval Rétréci (HAUS, Nantes) 2018: KAKI Kukeko (Frac des Pays de la Loire, Carquefou), Thief of hand (Wish Less, Tokyo) 2019: L’Age de Raisin (Axenéo7, Gatineau, Canada) 2021: Rêverie détrempée (Le Carré, Château-Gontier sur Mayenne), Toute Petite Amazonie (Espace MIRA, Nantes), Suru Suru (Gallery Vachet-Delmas, Sauve) 2022: (Wish Less, Tokyo)
Group exhibitions 2011: Eizo ten (Art space kimura ASK?, Tokyo) 2012: Nouvel Accent (Cosmopolis, Nantes), Pintzelen zarata, mailu isiltasuna (Mille feuilles, Nantes) 2013: Salve pour un temps présent (Syndicat Potentiel, Strasbourg), Peu Familier (Space No wave / Artmonde, Seoul), Décongélations prématurées (Atelier Alain Lebras, Nantes) 2014: Chambre Charbon (Wish Less, Tokyo), Tourisme en Allergie (IRS, Nantes), La Chasse aux fauves (Dulcie Galerie, Nantes) 2015: Dans mes yeux (Bureau d’Art et de Recherche, Roubaix), Salon ddessins (Atelier Richelieu, Paris), Innocence (Temple du Goût, Nantes) 2016: Maison brûlée (Le Kalif, Rouen), Quelque chose mettra fin à l’ennui (3e Pararelle, Paris), Salon ddessins (Atelier Richelieu, Paris) 2017: Doloris (Fragile, Nantes), Nix (Les Réalisateurs, Nantes), Mémoires suspendues (Galerie Detais, Guido Romero Pierini, Paris) 2018: Realms II (Gordon Snelgrove Gallery, Canada) 2019: Yoann Estevenin + Makiko Furuichi (Galerie Guido Romero Pierini, Paris), Je suis dans le tableau... (Atelier Bonus, Nantes), Nazcas Festival (Brasseries Atlas, Brussels) 2020: Pharmakon Chain Reaction (Atelier Mitsushima, Kyoto, Japan), INTER_ (Visual Arts Prize of the City of Nantes, L’Atelier, Nantes) 2021: I Believe I Can Fly (Le Port des Créateurs, Toulon)
Participations 2025: Makiko, feature-length documentary by Antoine Godet on Artdaily.com
Awards, collections 2008: ASK? Film Festival 2008 (Art space kimura ASK?, Tokyo) 2008: Grand Prize, Four National Japanese Art Schools exhibition (Kanazawa) 2018: Winner of the Visual Arts Prize of the City of Nantes 2020: Artdeliver Collection, Art Library of Nantes 2021: Collection of the Ille-et-Vilaine Departmental Fund for Contemporary Art 2021: Collection of the Regional Contemporary Art Fund of the Pays de la Loire 2023: Collection of the Marc-Chagall Museum (Nice)
Family Makiko is the granddaughter of the painter Minokichi Yasui, the first disciple of Ryusei Kishida. on réseaux-artiste.fr
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External links public leaflet of Makiko Furuichi CHAGALL ET MOI ! LES 50 ANS DU MUSÉE CHAGALL on musees-nationaux-alpesmaritimes.fr Makiko Furuichi, lauréate de la résidence Ackermann + Fontevraud on Fontevraud.fr