ビーズ刺繍作家 maki
Web SITE:https://www.maki-embroidery.com
東京都在住。
Epic/Sony Records勤務後、ギャラリーartist in主催のカフェで刺繍を楽しむワークショップ「刺繍CAFE」に参加し、枠にとらわれず絵を描くように、そして素材一つ一つと色から発せられるメッセージを受け取りながら直感とひらめきを大切にする刺繍の魅力にはまり本格的に創作活動を開始する。
その後、1800年代フランスのリュネヴィルという街で発祥したオートクチュール刺繍のリュネビル刺繍を知り、ファッション業界で活躍している刺繍アトリエが生み出す作品や世界に憧れ、東京にある刺繍アトリエ「オートクチュール刺繍 Lemmikko」で学び始める。
クロシェ・ド ・リュネビル(Crochet de Lunéville)という特殊な細いかぎ針を使い、ビーズやスパンコールを生地の裏側から刺繍していく技術を習得。
図案を元にたくさんのビーズやスパンコールなどで彩り飾り付け、華やかさと煌めきが生まれていく過程の面白さと、異種素材、様々な形状や色を自由自在に組み合わせ一体となり一つの作品が完成する楽しさを知る。また糸の太さ、縫い方の強弱で表情が変わり、針を刺す位置が1mm違うだけでバランスが崩れてしまう繊細な作業を進めていくための精神力と集中力も身につける。作品のテーマは主に女性。リュネビル刺繍と針の刺繍でビーズ、スパンコール、布、レース、羽、紙、縫い付けられる素材などを用いて女性の魅力、神秘、可愛らしさ、艶やかさ、気品、強さ、心の中にある思いなどを小さなフレームの中に色鮮やかに表現。非日常と夢とファッションを刺繍アートに込める。
★ 2022年4月 第18回全国美術公募作品展「ベラドンナ・アート展」「入賞」を受賞 作品名 "黄昏に舞う"
< 出展歴 >
● 2015年〜2018年 Cafe Cure(茅ヶ崎)で初個展・SZKギャラリー(茅ヶ崎) クリスマス展覧会・茅の美展・天使/人魚展・グループ展 ギャラリー大作戦39・ギャラリー大作戦10 五里霧中 (東京芸術劇場 アトリエイースト)
● 2019年 第16回全国美術公募作品展「ベラドンナ・アート展」(東京都美術館)・東京銀座 プチ・ベラドンナ展(アモーレ銀座ギャラリー)・アートフェア "Salon Art Shopping Paris"(Carrousel du Louvre Paris)
● 2020年 JCAT Online exhibition "Beautiful"
● 2021年 第17回全国美術公募作品展「ベラドンナ・アート展」(東京都美術館)・公募展 花とひと5(The Artcomplex Center of Tokyo 四谷)・JCAT Online Exhibition "SUMMER"・フリルと帽子展(Gallery IYN 大阪)・IYN Art Festival in 神戸阪急
● 2022年 IYN Art Festival in 神戸阪急 コサージュブローチ販売・219公募展Vol.3(Gallery219 東京 表参道)・幸せの花園 vol.2 in 神戸阪急・あつまれ!どうぶつイラスト展(松坂屋高槻店)・ 第18回全国美術公募作品展「ベラドンナ・アート展」(東京都美術館)・アートの交差展(Gallery219 東京 表参道)・Made in Japan Exhibition(Noho M55 Gallery in New York)
● 2023年 FUDGE gallery & cafe展示販売 (品川区)・第19回全国美術公募作品展「ベラドンナ・アート展」(東京都美術館)・公募展 bouquet -ブーケ-3 (The Artcomplex Center of Tokyo)・豊島区総合美術展 みんなのギャラリー(東京芸術劇場 アトリエイースト)
● 2024年 ギャラリー美の舎公募展「猫と鳥たち」・第20回全国美術公募作品展「ベラドンナ・アート展」(東京都美術館)・「猫とビールと音楽と。」(GALLERY SAGE)・豊島区総合美術展 みんなのギャラリー(豊島区庁舎1Fとしまセンタースクエア)
● 2025年 第21回全国美術公募作品展「ベラドンナ・アート展」(東京都美術館)・HANDMADE EXPO 2025東京会場「東京渋谷手づくり博」(西武百貨店渋谷店)・豊島区総合美術展 みんなのギャラリー(東京芸術劇場アトリエイースト・ウエスト)
Embroidery artist, maki
Maki lives in Tokyo.
After leaving her position at a record-label company, she attended a workshop organized by the “artist in Gallery” at “Embroidery CAFE”. She was attracted by the ability to create out of the box artworks, and the importance of intuitions and inspirations that emanate from each material and color, and decided to properly start her embroidery career.
After learning that the origins of the Lunéville embroidery was from a town called Lunéville in 1800s France, and being captivated by the artworks produced by embroidery ateliers in the fashion industry, maki joined the embroidery atelier, “Lemmikko” in Tokyo.
She learned the “Crochet de Lunéville (Crochet hook)” technique, where a special thin needle is used to embroider the beads and sequins on the backside of the fabric.
She learned to enjoy the process of producing glitz and glamor by following patterns to decorate with beads and sequins, and found delight in freely combining and creating one piece with the various materials, colors, and shapes. The thickness of the string, the strength of the stitchings, and a small 1mm difference in the position of the needle, changes the balance of the whole piece. The delicate process tested and strengthened her attention span and mental powers.
Her artworks are based on the theme of women. She colorfully expresses the female attractiveness, mysteriousness, cuteness, flirtatiousness, elegance, strength, and inner thoughts with beads, sequins, fabric, lace, feathers, paper, and other stitchable objects through the Lunéville embroidery and needle embroidery method in a small picture frame. She incorporates out-of-the-ordinary concepts, dreams, and fashion into her embroidery art.
She held her first solo exhibition at a cafe in 2015 and later opened an online store. From 2015 to 2018, she exhibited at several galleries and in 2016 and 2017, she exhibited at a group exhibition in the Tokyo Metropolitan Theater Atelier East Gallery. In 2019, she exhibited at a Ginza gallery organized art exhibition at Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum and the art fair, “Salon Art Shopping” in Paris.
⚫︎She won the prize at the 18th Belladonna Art public exhibition in 2022.
<Exhibition History>
⚫︎2015–2018
First solo exhibition at Cafe Cure (Chigasaki)
Christmas Exhibition at SZK Gallery (Chigasaki)
Chinobi Art Exhibition
Angels / Mermaids Exhibition
Group Exhibitions at Gallery Daisakusen 39 and Gallery Daisakusen 10
Gorimuchu Group Exhibition (Atelier East, Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre)
⚫︎2019
16th National Open Call Art Exhibition Belladonna Art Exhibition (Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum)
Petit Belladonna Exhibition, Ginza, Tokyo (Amore Ginza Gallery)
Art fair Salon Art Shopping Paris (Carrousel du Louvre, Paris)
⚫︎2020
JCAT Online Exhibition “Beautiful”
⚫︎2021
17th National Open Call Art Exhibition Belladonna Art Exhibition (Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum)
Open Call Exhibition Flowers and People 5 (The Artcomplex Center of Tokyo, Yotsuya)
JCAT Online Exhibition “SUMMER”
Frills and Hats Exhibition (Gallery IYN, Osaka)
IYN Art Festival at Kobe Hankyu
⚫︎2022
IYN Art Festival at Kobe Hankyu (Corsage Brooch Sales)
219 Open Call Exhibition Vol.3 (Gallery 219, Omotesando, Tokyo)
Garden of Happiness vol.2 at Kobe Hankyu
Animal Illustration Exhibition (Matsuzakaya Takatsuki)
18th National Open Call Art Exhibition Belladonna Art Exhibition (Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum)
Intersection of Art Exhibition (Gallery 219, Omotesando, Tokyo)
Made in Japan Exhibition (Noho M55 Gallery, New York)
⚫︎2023
Exhibition and Sales at FUDGE Gallery & Cafe (Shinagawa, Tokyo)
19th National Open Call Art Exhibition Belladonna Art Exhibition (Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum)
Open Call Exhibition Bouquet 3 (The Artcomplex Center of Tokyo)
Toshima City Comprehensive Art Exhibition Everyone’s Gallery
(Atelier East, Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre)
⚫︎2024
Gallery Minoya Open Call Exhibition “Cats and Birds”
20th National Open Call Art Exhibition Belladonna Art Exhibition (Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum)
Cats, Beer, and Music. (GALLERY SAGE)
Toshima City Comprehensive Art Exhibition Everyone’s Gallery
(Toshima City Office Building 1F, Toshima Center Square)
⚫︎2025
21st National Open Call Art Exhibition Belladonna Art Exhibition (Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum)
HANDMADE EXPO 2025 Tokyo
Tokyo Shibuya Handmade Expo (Seibu Shibuya Department Store)
Toshima City Comprehensive Art Exhibition Everyone’s Gallery
(Atelier East & West, Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre)