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Born in Gifu Prefecture in 1951;
Graduated from Kyoto Seika University of Arts, Kyoto, Japan;
Studied at the Nagoya Art Institute; Artist in Residence at the Studio of Cite
Internationale Des Arts Foundation, Paris; Visiting Artist at the Graduate
School of Fine Arts of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia;
Member of the Japan Artist Association, Tokyo;
Member of the Japanese and International Association of Art, Paris
2000: Selected Visiting Artist by the Arts Council of Ireland;
Granted Government Fellowship for the Study of Arts Abroad by Japan's
Agency for Cultural Affairs
An artist of extraordinary abstract vision, Makiko Nakamura's works
depict the micaceous flow of light and color across adjacent cells on a grid.
With the use of up to fifty layers of acrylic per canvas, Nakamura
meticulously renders minute variations on pattern within an overall scheme
of similarity and repetition. Her pieces, however, far from result in lifeless
iteration. Inspired by a fascination with the forests of Japan,
Nakamura's art displays an affinity for the organic -- the veinous texture of
leaves; the fluid strata of living cells. A daughter of Gifu City, the
papermaking center of Japan, her work recalls as well the fibrous delicacy of
traditional Japanese paper.
Collections
Centre Culturel Lutherien de Paris, Paris, France;
Cite Internationale Des Arts Foundation, Paris France
The American College, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
Kobe International School, Kobe, Japan
SAFETY Corp., Porsche Japan
Takenaka Construction Group, Osaka, Japan
Boyle Civic Collection, Boyle, Ireland
Limerick City Gallery of Art, Limerick, Ireland
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