Born in Kanagawa, Japan in 1992.
I’ve enjoyed making things ever since I was a kid. When I was 13, I started learning about French embroidery through self-study. When I was 21, Japanese embroidery books drew me back to the culture of my home country. Japanese embroidery was beautiful and elaborate, and it felt representative of many Japanese arts. It was around this time that I started to learn about not only embroidery, but other Japanese arts too, such as paintings and Kabuki※, to help broaden my means of expressing myself.
I realised that embroidery was the ideal means of expression for me, and I felt a true sense of vocation for it. This was when I decided to devote myself to embroidery, and spend my life honing my abilities.
After graduation, I went to Kyoto, where traditional Japanese embroidery lives on. I refined my skills over the 4 years I spent working there as an embroiderer at a Kimono※ workshop.
At the moment I use both Japanese and French embroidery techniques separately to produce works, while also combining both Japanese and French embroidery techniques to create works that embody my own methods and style.
I moved to Paris and have been soaking up French culture in an effort to discover new means of expression.
As I take in the sights and sounds around me, I’m continuing to create my own works. I also hope my embroidery techniques can help artists working with other materials to express their own worldviews!
※Kabuki
– a traditional Japanese theatre form, listed as part of UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage.
※Kimono
– a traditional Japanese outfit worn mostly to festivals and cultural events in the present day.