Live Painting and Sessions Also Held During the Period

When the sun's light extends its roots,
grass, flowers, and trees all reach towards it.
When I extend my paints with feelings like those roots,
I feel as if my paintings reach back.
Bathed in light, grow strong, my paintings.

Miroco Machiko, a painter and picture book author, has garnered immense popularity since her picture book debut in 2012, receiving numerous awards including the Grand Prize at the Japan Picture Book Awards for her works characterized by unique observation and color sense. At the "arflex × Miroco Machiko: Taiyo no Nekko" event, you will have a precious opportunity to experience how Miroco Machiko's world gradually takes shape within the modern interior space over time, through the exhibition of her painted works on arflex furniture and live painting sessions with music.

Some Exhibited Works Will Be Available for Purchase

In this exhibition, Miroco Machiko's first endeavor in an interior space, she will visit the arflex shop Tokyo frequently during the event period to create works on-site, allowing visitors to witness the collection grow day by day.

Furthermore, a collection of her past works, both large and small, will be displayed. This includes "Forest of Moose," brimming with vitality and seemingly about to burst from its large canvas, first shown during a live creation at the Yokosuka Museum of Art in 2014 and later exhibited at the Tagawa City Museum of Art, as well as "Nagasu Whale," created in 2010 and measuring approximately 9.8 meters in length.

Miroco Machiko shares her message: "In this event, 'Taiyo no Nekko,' my first collaboration with an interior space, I will create and expand works based on the theme of the sun throughout the period. I will embed creatures and plants within the gaps of the furniture, creating a world that feels like being in a forest. Please come and experience this endeavor, where the forest feels different each time you visit."

I want to experience Miroco Machiko's world through her powerfully and colorfully depicted works, themed around "Taiyo no Nekko."

Miroco Machiko
Born in Osaka Prefecture in 1981. Painter and picture book author. Debuted as a picture book author in 2012 with "Ooki ga Tobu Hi" (East Press). Received the 18th Japan Picture Book Award Grand Prize for the same work, the 45th Kodansha Publishing Culture Award for Picture Books for "Tetsuzo wa Ne" (Bronze Shinsha), and the 63rd Shogakukan Children's Publishing Culture Award for "Boku no Futon wa Umi de Dekite Iru" (Akane Shobo). Her illustrated essay collection is "Horohorocho no Yoru" (Minato no Hito), and her art collection is "Kedara-ke" (Chikuma Shobo).
She has held numerous exhibitions, including the solo exhibition "Odorou! Tsuchitachi" at the Tagawa City Museum of Art in Fukuoka Prefecture in 2014. Her fresh depictions of animals have garnered attention, and she appeared on the TV documentary "Jounetsu Tairiku" in 2013. In 2014, she was responsible for the main visual of the Isetan Christmas display, which received significant acclaim. In 2015, her work "Ore to Kiiro" (WAVE Publishing) won the Golden Apple Award at the Bratislava World Biennial of Animated Film, a prestigious international competition in the field of children's books. She is also a member of the art collective "Shigatsu to Jugatsu."

arflex × Miroco Machiko "Taiyo no Nekko"
Period: October 22 (Thursday) - November 3 (Tuesday, holiday), 2015 *Closed Wednesdays, October 28
Hours: 11:00 - 19:00
Venue: arflex shop Tokyo
1F, Ebisu Prime Square, 1-1-40 Hiroo, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo

Planning Cooperation: noie.cc by newton (http://noie.cc)