MIKA

Mika (Mika Maekawa) is a contemporary artist who was born and raised in Tokyo, Japan.
Her talents include drawing, illustrating, painting, and much more. 

Mika refers to her pieces as her babies. As they are created from her intuition, mind, struggle, feeling, passion, love
she feels as if each work is the unique product of lovemaking between her and her creative outlet of choice.
 She prefers to illustrate with black/red/grey/white colors.
She believes monotone colors reflect human existence, for example, red signifying love, blood, and hate simultaneously.

She is currently living in New York City.
She is available for gallery showings at request.

" Mika's clever works use simple imagery and palette (black, white and red) to express complex emotions through ironic imagery. Macabre, yet humorous, her images make the viewer want to explore them more and more! "
- Nathan Cartwright (The Hive Gallery owner)

Past Exhibition/Show

in the U.S.

       Nov 16th - Dec 18th 2016  "Open call  l l" @Lorimoto gallery (Bushwick Brooklyn)

       May  2016 "The Kumamoto,Japan and Ecuador Earthquake 2016 Relief Art Event" @Gallery onetewntyeight (Manhattan NY)   

       May  2015 Exhibited in "Line Attack 4" @The Hive gallery & studio (Downtown LA) 
       May  2014 Exhibited in "Line Attack 3" @The Hive gallery & studio (Downtown LA)
    

in Japan

April 3rd - April 9th 2023 “2014-” First solo show @DesignFesta gallery (Harajyuku Tokyo)