Misaki Kawai

Misaki Kawai (河井美咲) (born 1978 in Ōkawa, Kagawa, Japan[1][2]) is a Japanese artist. Her work has been shown extensively in the United States.[3] "Her father was an architect and amateur painter and her mother made clothing and puppets" [4] Kawai creates installations out of paper-mâché, wood, fabric, and other low-tech, "crafty" materials like felt, stickers, and yarn.[4] She shuns expertise and uses an anime method called heta-uma that "risks amateur aesthetics by embracing basic expression" [5] Kawai artist books include Blueberry Express (Nieves Press, 2009),[6] Pencil Exercise (Edition Nord, 2011),[7] Steamy Buns (nos:books, 2020).[8]

From December 2020 through April 2021, Kawai held her first installation in Australia, Moja Moja Land.[9]

References
  1. "ICA Home | Press Release". www.icaboston.org. Archived from the original on 2007-06-29.
  2. Shiner, Eric C.; Tomii, Reiko (2007). Making a home: Japanese contemporary artists in New York. New York, N.Y.: Japan Society. p. 205. ISBN 978-0-300-12634-1.
  3. Graeber, Laurel (March 15, 2012). "Wizard Of Whimsy". New York Times. Retrieved September 16, 2014.
  4. "ICA Boston". Momentum 7: Misaki Kawai. 2006–2007. Retrieved September 16, 2014.
  5. Thorne, James (May 9, 2012). "Misaki Kawai for Paddle8". Cool Hunting. Captain Lucas, Inc. Retrieved September 16, 2014.
  6. "Blueberry Express". Nieves Catalogue - Misaki Kawai. Nieves Press. Retrieved September 16, 2014.
  7. "Misaki Kawai - "Pencil Exercise"". Edition Nord. Archived from the original on 21 November 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
  8. "Steamy Buns 饅頭". nosbooks. Retrieved 2021-11-21.
  9. "Moja Moja Life: Misaki Kawai for Kids". Broadsheet. Archived from the original on 11 May 2021. Retrieved 12 October 2022.

Further reading
  • Smith, Roberta "Make Room for Video, Performance and Paint," The New York Times, January 3, 2010
  • Michilis, Raphael "Good Sense Bad Technique" (Interview), Elephant, Issue No.1, Winter 2009-10
  • "Manifesto", Art Review, April Issue #31, 2009
  • "Wild Feature", New York Times, July 24, 2009
  • "The Fiction Issue", Vice Magazine, December Issue, 2008
  • "Tokyo's Hottest Creators Misaki Kawai," Harper's BAZAAR May, 2008
  • “Making a Home: Japanese Contemporary Artists in New York,” Japan Society, NYC, 2007
  • Fricke, Kirsten "Misaki Kawai," Theme Magazine, Spring, 2007
  • McQuaid, Cate "In her whimsical installation, she plays with dolls," The Boston Globe, March 27, 2007
  • Shirasaka,Yuri "HETA-UMA & Underground Summit Japan/U.S.A. @ ON SUNDAYS & BOROBORO DORODORO SHOW@Watari Museum of Contemporary Art", Bijutsu Techo, Vol.59, No.890, January, 2007
  • "A Decade Of Art In Tokion" (Interview), Revisionaries, 2007
  • "Trouble At Play", Modern Painters, November Issue, 2007
  • "It’s a Beautiful Day", The Asahi Shimbun, January 13, 2006
  • Goodman, Wendy "home is where the art is," MODERNPAINTERS, March, 2006
  • Saltz, Jerry "Lesser New York", The Village VOICE, March 28, 2005
  • Smith, Roberta "Desired Constellations," The New York Times, August 5, 2005
  • Poor, Kristin "PROJECT IN THE MAKING...: THE WOW-WEE WORLD OF MISAKI KAWAI," ArtAsiaPacific No.45 Summer, 2005
  • LaVallee, Andrew "Majority Whip: Get Personal with Politics," NY ARTS, July/August, 2004
  • Buckner, Clark "Kuru Kuru Jet," GUARDIAN: The San Francisco Bay, June 2, 2004
  • Mar, Alex "Misaki Kawai," The New York Sun, February 6, 2003
  • Smith, Roberta "A Bread-Crumb Trail to the Spirit of the Times", The New York Times, 2003
  • Saltz, Jerry "Rays of Light", The Village Voice, 2003
  • Smith, Roberta "ART IN REVIEW, MISAKI KAWAI," The New York Times, January 31, 2003
  • Smith, Roberta "ART REVIEW; A Bread-Crumb Trail to the Spirit of the Times," The New York Times, January 17, 2003
  • Smith, Roberta "ART GUIDE: TENTIONISM," The New York Times, March 15, 2002
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