MAKIKO is a proud member of DECAY collective.
She is an international photographer and author who has lived, studied, and worked in Japan, France, North America, Switzerland, and UK. She studied photography at International Center of Photography in New York and since 2006 her work has been exhibited in Japan, North America, and Europe. A diverse image-maker that understands the power of the medium in various forms, she is best known for her black and white photography.
She has published three books - “Beautifully Different” (self-published, 2014), highlighting her eight-year experience with high-functioning autism, produced in collaboration with Dr. Landa, the director of the Kennedy Krieger Institute, U.S.A.; its Japanese version, “Jiheisho Spectrum” (Nihon Bungeisha 2016); and “BATTLESHIP ISLAND” (Dewi Lewis Publishing, 2018) published after exhibiting at London School of Economics (U.K.) with art grant from Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation, then in Bunkamura and Fukuoka Asian Art Museum (Japan). In 2019, Nagasaki city included the entire series in their collection. BATTLESHIP ISLAND was exhibited at Paris Photo, Photo London, the 2018 Book Awards at Les Rencontres de la Photographie, and was shortlisted for the Best Published Photobook, 7th Singapore International Photography Festival 2020.
MAKIKO won BJP International Photography Award 2020. With art grant from Art Council England, she has worked on PICTURE IMPERFECT during and post pandemic while she was a mentee of Magnum Photos. In April 2024, York Theatre Royal is showcasing the project along with her first short animation film featuring children’s handwritten thoughts about pandemic with her original sound recording. Publication of the project is currently in progress. She is currently working on a long term project entitled ヒステリー[Hysteria], which focuses on the mass hysteria following the Pearl Harbour Attack and how it impacted on people with Japanese ancestry in the US.
