Masako was born in Hirado, Japan which is one of the islands located on the west of Kyushu region. The natural scenery around her was always magnificent and limitless, to which these were the overwhelming presence to stimulate her five senses as the core of her production of paintings. She realized her passion of paintings in early teenage and developed her interest of learning the meaning of colors in the exchange year in USA. It took no time to express herself in abstract paintings by learning Academy of Art University in San Francisco.
Her passion to create became abstract paintings that are not only expressive but also emotional in their effects, in which, nature appreciation that may reflects Japanese spirituality. She deeply found her sense of Japanese beauty by studying at Kyoto Art University. She installed and curated her first solo exhibition in Hasami, where was renovating an old pottery garage into an art gallery to show juxtaposition of old and modern through her artworks. Over 1400 people are collected during the exhibition.
Since 2019, she’s been based in NYC, her paintings are represented for the group exhibition at Red Fox Contemporary Art Gallery in Pound Ridge, NY 2022, featuring the six prestigious artists from New York City. Her paintings were also exhibited by nonprofit organizations, such as Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance and Kota Alliance in NYC. Her works have been shown internationally and are featured in public collections in Japan and gaining collectors globally.
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