Maki Horanai

Maki has held a number of solo exhibitions since arriving in Australia from Japan in 2005. Maki is an exciting new talent whose work immediately engages the viewer with its dramatic imagery and rich colouration. Her work is uniquely her own – displaying a combination of oriental and western sensibilities that defy single term categories.

Maki was born in Hakodate , Japan and grew up in small seaside villages where the early influences of the ocean shore and islands have continued to inspire the images in her art. Strongly influenced by the colours and themes of western religious/iconic art, her works show a world that exists both nowhere and everywhere, in the real world and in our dreams.