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From Maki Kimura

  1. Autumn Moon by Maki Kimura, Image 1.

    Autumn Moon, 2026

    Sumi ink on Japanese washi paper

  2. Manai Shrine by Maki Kimura, Image 1.

    Manai Shrine, 2026

    Pure copper pigment, hand-dyed hemp cloth, sacred water from Manai Shrine in Kyoto, Japan

    11 x 14 x 0.8 in (27.94 x 35.56 x 2.03 cm)

  3. Prayer Hill by Maki Kimura, Image 1.

    Prayer Hill, 2026

    Pearl silver pigment, pearl gold pigment, hand-dyed Japanese hemp cloth, sacred water from Manai Shrine in Kyoto, Japan

  4. Where Prayer Rests by Maki Kimura, Image 1.

    Where Prayer Rests, 2026

    Pearl silver pigment, hand-dyed Japanese hemp cloth, sacred water from Manai Shrine in Kyoto, Japan

  5. Prayer Rises, Light Descends by Maki Kimura, Image 1.

    Prayer Rises, Light Descends, 2026

    Pearl silver pigment, hand-dyed Japanese hemp cloth, sacred water from Manai Shrine in Kyoto, Japan

  6. Afterglow by Maki Kimura, Image 1.

    Afterglow, 2025

    Sumi ink on Japanese washi paper

  7. Path to the Cross by Maki Kimura, Image 1.

    Path to the Cross, 2025

    Pure silver pigment, brass-silver mixture pigment, indigo hand-dyed hemp cloth, sacred water from Manai Shrine in Kyoto, Japan

  8. Sacred Gate by Maki Kimura, Image 2.

    Sacred Gate, 2025

    Pure silver pigment, hand-dyed hemp cloth, sacred water from Manai Shrine in Kyoto, Japan

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Maki Kimura is a Japanese calligrapher based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. After over two decades of professional work in the United States as an award-winning collaborative pianist, she returned to calligraphy following a serious hand injury.

She began studying traditional Japanese calligraphy in childhood and later exhibited in Tokyo as a member of Hakuho-Sha, receiving several awards. After moving to the United States in 2003, she focused on her musical career in New Mexico, setting aside calligraphy while adapting to a new cultural environment.

Her recent practice has re-engaged calligraphy as a primary medium, creating contemporary work rooted in traditional Japanese materials, techniques, and aesthetics. Her work explores the expressive possibilities of written characters and the relationship between tradition and contemporary visual language.

She was recently selected for SURFACE: Emerging Artists of New Mexico at Harwood Art Center and the ZEN exhibition at Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum.


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