haruka makita
Profile
Focusing on images of women with old-fashioned nihongami hairstyles as her primary motif, Haruka Makita's works explore the thematic line between kawaii (cute) and kowai (frightening).
Her works on paper, rendered in acrylic, ink, suihi e-nogu and other traditional materials reflect the influence of ukiyoe and bijinga. By combining her own unique aesthetic, cultivated in the internet age, with the expressive techniques of nihonga, her women evoke both tradition and the collective emotions of young girls living today.
The fine detail and accomplished nature of her work earned her early attention and she began exhibiting as an artist while still attending university. Lately she has expanded her range to include images of women in student uniforms and western clothes in addition to kimono.
| 2011 | Graduated from Kyoto Seika University, Department of Visual Design, Illustration Course |
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| 1988 | Born in Kyoto Prefecture |
| 2013 | "Tokotowa" Hidari Zingaro, Tokyo |
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| 2012 | "Taoyame" Kaikai Kiki Gallery Taipei, Taipei |
| 2010 | "Onna no Ko no Nakami" Billiken Shokai, Tokyo |
| 2013 | "Art Basel Hong Kong" Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center, Hong Kong "SP Arte" Pavilhão Ciccillo Matarazzo, São Paulo "ART STAGE SINGAPORE" Marina Bay Stands, Singapore |
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| 2012 | "ob, JNTHED, Haruka Makita" Hidari Zingaro Berlin, Berlin "SCOPE BASEL" SCOPE BASEL Pavilion, Basel, Switzerland "SP-Arte" Pavilhão Ciccillo Matarazzo, São Paulo "ART STAGE SINGAPORE" Marina Bay Stands, Singapore |
| 2011 | "VOLTA7" Dreispitzhalle, Switzerland "Young Art Taipei," Dynasty Hotel, Taipei "Nihonga ZERO [Kansai region]" Hidari Zingaro, Tokyo "Mayuten" kyoto silk, Kyoto "Kyoto Seika University Graduation Exhibition" Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Kyoto "SNOW MIKU for SAPPORO2011" NORBESA, Sapporo "Sailor suit Complex" Billiken Shokai , Tokyo “’Tis Art,” Hidari Zingaro, Tokyo |
| 2010 |
“Wassyoi#,” 0000 Gallery, Kyoto “Manpukuji Art Festival,” Manpukuji, Kyoto “¥2010 exhibition –Final,” Daimaru Shinsaibashiten, Osaka “wassyoi+,” 0000 Gallery, Kyoto “Chaos Lounge 2010 ‘Kaosura!’,” 0000 Gallery, Kyoto “Chaos Lounge (Spring),” Billiken Shokai, Tokyo “¥2010 exhibition -Spring 2010,” 0000 Gallery, Kyoto |
| 2009 | “Hachiten,” Kaleidoscope Museum of Kyoto, Kyoto |
