Makiko Furuichi
Makiko Furuichi 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.In 2021, she was selected by the jury of the Maison Ackerman for the seventh season of the artist residency to create a unique contemporary artwork in the Ackerman cellars.
In 2022, she renovated the bell of the Abbey of Our Lady of Fontevraud, adorned with a dragon that she named Pétronille.
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. 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. Also in 2023, she was the main subject in the documentary Makiko directed by Antoine Godet. On, she painted a giant mural on Avenue Léon-Blum in Saint-Nazaire.
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, Ciel Poilu, Muscles
- 2016: Débilité
- 2017: Rêve gris, Boss, Cheval Rétréci
- 2018: KAKI Kukeko, Thief of hand
- 2019: L’Age de Raisin
- 2021: Rêverie détrempée, Toute Petite Amazonie, Suru Suru
- 2022: ''''
Group exhibitions
- 2011: Eizo ten
- 2012: Nouvel Accent, Pintzelen zarata, mailu isiltasuna
- 2013: Salve pour un temps présent, Peu Familier, Décongélations prématurées
- 2014: Chambre Charbon, Tourisme en Allergie, La Chasse aux fauves
- 2015: Dans mes yeux, Salon ddessins, Innocence
- 2016: Maison brûlée, Quelque chose mettra fin à l’ennui, Salon ddessins
- 2017: Doloris, Nix, Mémoires suspendues
- 2018: Realms II
- 2019: Yoann Estevenin + Makiko Furuichi, Je suis dans le tableau..., Nazcas Festival
- 2020: Pharmakon Chain Reaction, INTER_
- 2021: ''I Believe I Can Fly''
Participations
- 2025: Makiko, feature-length documentary by Antoine Godet
Awards, collections
- 2008: ASK? Film Festival 2008
- 2008: Grand Prize, Four National Japanese Art Schools exhibition
- 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