Makiko Furuichi was born in
Japan in the city of
Kanazawa. She studied at the
Kanazawa College of Art before moving to
Nantes,
France, to continue her studies at the Nantes Saint-Nazaire School of Fine Arts. She obtained her Higher national diploma in plastic expression in 2011.
In 2021, she was selected by the jury of the Maison Ackerman[3] for the seventh season of the artist residency to create a unique contemporary artwork in the Ackerman cellars[4]· .[5]
In 2023, she exhibited her collection Ciel poilu, pluie chaude at the
Musée Marc Chagall as part of the anniversary exhibition Chagall et moi! marking the museum's 50th anniversary[8]·[9]· .[10] She also created an original work for the project Les Arts au fil de l'eau for the Val d'Ille-Aubigné Community of Communes in partnership with
40mcube.[11] In the same year, she was the main subject in the documentary Makiko directed by Antoine Godet.[12] On 28 August 2023, she painted a giant mural on Avenue Léon-Blum in
Saint-Nazaire.[13]
Works
Public works
2021: 53-meter mural in the Ackerman cellars
2022: Pétronille, bell of the Abbey of Our Lady of Fontevraud
2023: Ciel poilu, pluie chaude, at the Marc-Chagall Museum
2023: Les Arts au fil de l'eau, Val d'Ille-Aubigné Community of Communes in partnership with 40mcube
2013: Salve pour un temps présent (Syndicat Potentiel, Strasbourg), Peu Familier (Space No wave / Artmonde, Seoul), Décongélations prématurées (Atelier Alain Lebras, Nantes)
2014: Chambre Charbon (Wish Less, Tokyo), Tourisme en Allergie (IRS, Nantes), La Chasse aux fauves (Dulcie Galerie, Nantes)
2015: Dans mes yeux (Bureau d’Art et de Recherche, Roubaix), Salon ddessins (Atelier Richelieu, Paris), Innocence (Temple du Goût, Nantes)
2016: Maison brûlée (Le Kalif, Rouen), Quelque chose mettra fin à l’ennui (3e Pararelle, Paris), Salon ddessins (Atelier Richelieu, Paris)
2018: Realms II (Gordon Snelgrove Gallery, Canada)
2019: Yoann Estevenin + Makiko Furuichi (Galerie Guido Romero Pierini, Paris), Je suis dans le tableau... (Atelier Bonus, Nantes), Nazcas Festival (Brasseries Atlas, Brussels)
2020: Pharmakon Chain Reaction (Atelier Mitsushima, Kyoto, Japan), INTER_ (Visual Arts Prize of the City of Nantes, L’Atelier, Nantes)
2021: I Believe I Can Fly (Le Port des Créateurs, Toulon)