Mika Horie
Photography on Handmade Japanese Paper
Mika Horie (1984, Kyoto, Japan)
Lives and works in Yamanaka Onsen, Kaga, Ishikawa
I was born in Kyoto. She studied photography and design at Kyoto University of Art and Design, and fine art with a focus on European conceptual art at Kingston University London. In 2013,
I moved to Kaga-city in Ishikawa Prefecture. My entirely handmade paper is made by ancient technique, and photographs are printed on it by cyanotype, exposed by the sunlight. All my works contain joy, encouraging the viewer to forget about time and cultural differences.
Education
Master in European Art Practice (Fine Arts), Kingston University London, 2009
Bachelor in Information Design at Kyoto University of Art and Design, 2007
Awards
Selected to be a part of the ‘2018 Art Trail, power by Tesla at Unseen (Amsterdam, The Netherlands), 2018
Selected Exhibitions
Blues (Ingrid Deuss Gallery
Mizu/The theme of Water (IBASHO gallery, Antwerp, Belgium), 2021
Photo London Digital (Online Art Fair), 2020
Paper Positions (Berlin, Germany), 2020
PHOTOFAIRS Online Exhibition, 2020
Photo Basel Virtual Edition, 2020
詫寂WABI SABI (IBASHO gallery, Antwerp, Belgium), 2020
Hatsuyuki (IBASHO gallery, Antwerp, Belgium), 2020
Haute Photographie (Rotterdam, The Netherlands), 2020
Photo Basel (Basel, Switzerland), 2019
NEKO Project (IBASHO gallery, Antwerp, Belgium), 2019
NEKO Project (Galerie ARGENTIC, Paris, France), 2019
Busan Annual Market of Art (Busan, South Korea), 2019
Art Market San Francisco (San Francisco, USA), 2019
Art on Paper (New York, USA), 2019
On the Planet (Frank Masi’s Art Reality Studio, Los Angeles, USA), 2019
INFINITE GRACE ² (Waterfall Mansion & Gallery, New York, USA), 2018
JCAT SHOWCASE 2018 JAPANISM (One Art Space, New York, USA), 2018
Unseen Amsterdam (Amsterdam, The Netherlands), 2018
Photo Basel (Basel, Switzerland), 2018
Photo London (London, UK), 2018
KOGEI Art Fair Kanazawa (Ishikawa, Japan), 2017
FEMALE FORCE FROM JAPAN (IBASHO Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium), 2017
SHOW CASE_44 (Ouchi Gallery, New York, USA), 2016
PAN Amsterdam (Amsterdam, The Netherlands), 2016
Solo Exhibition
Life is a Circle (KG+ KYOTOGRAPHIE Satellite exhibition, Kamiji Kakimoto, Kyoto, Japan), 2019
WATERFRONT Ⅱ (KG+ KYOTOGRAPHIE Satellite exhibition, trace, Kyoto, Japan), 2018
Kodamasuru (Gallery Misyo, Ishikawa, Japan), 2017
WATERFRONT (trace, Kyoto, Japan), 2017
B3-304 (Ouchi Gallery, New York, USA), 2017
Gallery
IBASHO Gallery (Antwerp, Belgium)
Bildhalle Gallery (Zurich, Switzerland, and Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Kamiji Kakimoto (Kyoto, Japan)
Kayotei (Ishikawa, Japan)
Beniya Mukayu (Ishikawa, Japan)
Art 551 (Ishikawa, Japan)
Hotel Ethnography (Kyoto, Japan)
Sokyo (Kyoto, Japan)
Waterfall Mansion & Gallery (New York, USA)
Verne Collection (Ohio, USA)
Art All Ways (Los Angeles, USA)
Private Collection
Olnick Spanu (New York, USA)
Congress
IAPMA(International Association of Papermakers and Paper Artists) PAPER International
Congress (Brasilia University, Brasilia, Brazil), 2016
Media
DAIBENKYO by PHAETON Issue 2 FALL/WINTER (Japan)
PHOTOWORLD 2019 (China)
Ishikawa TV, Documentary program ‘Shin Furusato Hito-to-Hito’ (Japan)
Financial Times 15 June 2018 (UK)
SAVEUR 3 June 2016 (USA)