exhibitions
I was featured recently in South Side magazine in Hong Kong. I grew up in Stanley, which is 'South Side' so I was happy about that! You can see the interview online here or click on the image below to see it full size.
Thank you to everyone who braved the cold to make it to our private view last night! 
Helene Turbe makes delicate jewellery, Aude Van Ryn makes decorative ceramics, I have etchings and woodblock prints on show, and Romilly Graham has bold colourful ceramics.
The show continues this weekend, 11am-5pm both saturday and sunday. We'd love to see you!
My show with Aude Van Ryn opens tonight, 6-9pm. It's in a private gallery in Kentish Town, London. Please e-mail me for the exact address. It would be great to see you!
I'm showing a variety of of etchings and woodblock prints...
Here's a photo of our show in the summer. Small, but delightful!
A little advance notice of an exhibition I'm having with my friend Aude, who makes beautiful ceramics. I'll have lots of framed prints, perfect for gifts, and we've got two guest exhibitors this year. The show will be in Kentish Town, London, in a private gallery, so please e-mail me for exact directions.
So far I've done 2 new images for this project, making use of several other artists' bits of artwork. In the first, I directly used Aude's fox mask and Kahori's flower to complement my bird branch theme:
In the next round, I didn't use the others' actual artwork, but was inspired to draw my own stag (thanks Hiromi!) and fox. I made a little scenario with its own Latin motto "a true friend is a rare bird".
Keep voting, and some of these t-shirts could become real!
So, my Outer Edit collaboration project starts today. Please go the website, register, and vote for my artwork! The collaboration continues until October 16th, and then the T-shirts with the most votes get produced, yay!
The theme is 'Flora & Fauna', and this is my starting artwork...
My cutlery proverb sketchbook for the Art House Co-op is on its world tour, and will be in London next week! 
All the European and Australian sketchbooks will be available to view at The Canada Water Library on these days at these times:
Oct. 12th 4pm-8pm
Oct. 13th 11am-5pm
Oct. 15th - 19th 4pm-8pm
Hope you can make it along!
My sketchbook for the Art House Co-op 2012 tour ('Forks and Spoons, and what we think about them') has been scanned and is now available to view online in their digital library. Just register, and feel free to browse. There are some amazing books in there...
I've just been to visit the first stop of the Brooklyn Art Library's Sketchbook Tour 2012, in the home of the library itself: Williamsburg New York. 
It was a gloriously sunny day, and I wandered in, got myself a library card, and browsed some of the delightful sketchbooks on offer. There were so many! 
Of course I checked that my own sketchbook (you can see some pages from it on one of my previous blogs) was there safe and sound, which was a great feeling. 
The sketchbooks will be in Brooklyn for another few weeks, and then off around the States, and in London in November. You can check the dates on the website. Hope you'll make it!
I've been interviewed in the current issue of AERIS, a China-based online cultural lifestyle magazine. You can read the whole issue online, or take a sneak peek at my pages here...
I joined a community sketchbook project run by the Art House Co-op in Brooklyn, NY last year, and recently completed my book for the 2012 project.
I chose the subject 'forks and spoons' and researched folklore, sayings, and proverbs from all over the world concerning cutlery. I experimented and doodled in the sketchbook in a variety of media, including collage. 
All the sketchbooks in the project will be going on tour around the States, before they're permanently archived in Brooklyn. Please keep a look out and see if they're going to be near you. I'd love to hear from you if you see my sketchbook!
This weekend I went to Liverpool to visit some friends and see the Alice in Wonderland exhibition at the Tate Gallery. Although the Tenniel illustrations (the ones the story was originally published with) are fabulous, my favourite are those by Tove Jansson (of Moomins fame) and Mervyn Peake (author of Gormenghast). It was great to see so many original documents relating to Lewis Carroll and the original Alice.
We walked around the docks in the glorious sunshine and blue skies...
and also enjoyed a drink in the amazing Philharmonic pub. I loved all the period details.
Wishing all my readers a very happy, beautiful and creative 2012...
I have some prints in a special Christmas show at Amelia Johnson Contemporary Gallery in HK. It opened this week, and will continue until the first week of January. Hope you can make it!
I have several little prints in this group show at a gallery in the new and trendy 3331 Arts Chiyoda complex in Tokyo. The show opens this saturday, and continues for a month. If you're nearby, please drop in!
This is one of my prints on the invite...
So, it's that time again. I'm working at the thinkgadgets lighting stand at the Spirit of Christmas Fair at Olympia in London next week (2 - 6 Nov), please come and say hello!
I've worked for thinkgadgets since it started, over 10 years ago, designing light-shapes, creating illustrations for their packaging, and doing work on their website (check out the link above). The lights are all decorative, and are usually sold in large stores, like John Lewis, Libertys, The White Co etc. But the Fair is a chance to see all the collection together!
This is a drawing of one of their colourful light-chains, and here's one of my favourite light mobiles (I designed the shapes, they change colour!)
I help out every year at the Christmas fair, it's great to get direct feedback from people buying lights I've designed. Hope to see you there!
Hi all, a big thank you to everyone who came to my opening party last night. It was crowded and cosy and wonderful! Many tea sets and etchings were sold, and I hope all my new patrons of the arts went home happy.
The show continues until the 24th September, with new pieces (rugs/cushions etc) being added next week. Bring your friends...
This is me, my friend Alexis, and some of my 'Peony Collection' silk cushions. The Peony Collection designs are created from details of the flowers in my etchings.
Hello all, a reminder that the opening party for my solo show is tonight from 6-9pm, at the AJC gallery on Shin Hing Street, Central, Hong Kong.
There'll be drinks, nibbly things, lots of lovely pictures and even a HK toile-covered chaise longue...
As you may know, I'm part of an illustration collective in London called monsters and we sometimes get together and do projects as a group. We've got a show launching on sunday at a cycling-themed cafe/bar in Old Street.
Everyone (except me, unfortunately I'm still away) will be attending the private view, so if you fancy meeting us, please join us on thursday evening. Otherwise, pop in any time to have a look at the wonderful work!
Here's a sneak preview of one of my new pieces done especially.
It's a digital archival print, in an edition of 10.
Hope you enjoy the show!
I have a solo exhibition opening soon, in a gallery in Hong Kong, yay! It will feature my printmaking work, themed around Asia, tea, flowers and playing cards.
As well as my etchings, my HK toile teasets recently sold in Lane Crawford will be available to buy.
There'll be new furnishing fabric in the pattern, which has been made into cushions, sofas, table napkins etc. I've also designed some unique Peony rugs, and this will be the first time they're available for sale! The teasets and fabric are produced by faux, and if you can't make it to the show, you can buy directly from them.
The exhibition will be at Amelia Johnson Contemporary, G/F, 6-10 Shin Hing Street, just off Hollywood Road in Central.
The opening party is from 6-9pm on Wednesday 7 September 2011, and the show continues until 24 September.
If you'd like any more information, please contact me!
Mariko
