JUST ADDED
Mizuki Nishiyama

When in Kyoto, 2022

Oil on canvas

Painting50 x 40 x 1cmShips from Hong Kong

£9,475

In stock

Add to WatchlistRemove from Watchlist
Add to Watchlist
Calculate Shipping
Categories: ,
Enquire or Make an Offer

About the Artist

Mizuki Nishiyama (b.1998) is a London based, mixed-Japanese artist, creating raw, vivid and multifaceted paintings that explore the fragile human condition. As a mixed-Japanese artist, Nishiyama draws inspiration from the East and West. Bridging her Hong Kong, Japanese and Italian cultural heritages. Embracing deeply personal experiences to craft each artwork: the artist’s ongoing relationship with anxiety and trauma has greatly influenced her practice, and has fuelled her to confront vulnerability, fragility and the human condition. Painting is a chaotic yet meditative process for Nishiyama that allows her to make sense of the more tempestuous periods in life. Nishiyama holds a Masters of Fine Arts degree from Central Saint Martins, and a Bachelors of Fine Arts degree from Parsons School of Design. Her solo exhibitions include Shunga (2020) at Whitestone Gallery Hong Kong, An Exploration of Human Fragility: Love & Lust (2020) at the Tenri Cultural Institute of New York, and 脆い Moroi: An Exploration of Human Fragility (2019) at Greenpoint Gallery New York.

About the Artwork

A blood rainstorm of nostalgia, family, and history. When in Kyoto reclaims Japonisme, coining a new perspective into the third culture eye of contemporary mixed heritages. Symbolically, the parasol is a barrier to protect humanity from illness, obstacles, harmful energies, and sufferings in the three lower realms of existence. With the dome representing wisdom, and the shaft mimicking the human spine, When in Kyoto dives deeper into the spirituality of reconnecting with one’s roots and culture.

Other artworks by Mizuki Nishiyama