Misaki Kawai

Misaki Kawai (河井美咲) (born 1978 in Ōkawa, Kagawa, Japan[1][2]) is a Japanese artist. Her work has been shown extensively in the United States.[3] "Her father was an architect and amateur painter and her mother made clothing and puppets" [4] Kawai creates installations out of papier-mâché, wood, fabric, and other low-tech, "crafty" materials like felt, stickers, and yarn.[5] She shuns expertise and uses an anime method called "heta-uma" that "risks amateur aesthetics by embracing basic expression" [6] Kawai artist book, Blueberry Express, was published by Nieves Press in 2009.[7]

References

  1. http://www.icaboston.org/about/pressreleases/kawai/
  2. Eric C. Shiner; Reiko Tomii; Japan Society (New York, N.Y.) (2007). Making a home: Japanese contemporary artists in New York. Japan Society. p. 205. ISBN 978-0-300-12634-1.
  3. GRAEBER, LAUREL (March 15, 2012). "Wizard Of Whimsy". New York Times. Retrieved September 16, 2014.
  4. "ICA Boston". Momentum 7: Misaki Kawai. 2006–2007. Retrieved September 16, 2014.
  5. "ICA Boston". Momentum 7: Misaki Kawai. 2006–2007. Retrieved September 16, 2014.
  6. Thorne, James (May 9, 2012). "Misaki Kawai for Paddle8". Cool Hunting. Captain Lucas, Inc. Retrieved September 16, 2014.
  7. "Blueberry Express". Nieves Catalogue - Misaki Kawai. Nieves Press. Retrieved September 16, 2014.

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