ANJU MICHELE

The artist creates paintings and drawings focusing primarily on nature such as the ocean, mountains, stars, the moon, plants, animals and minerals. His recent body of work, which is attracting the attention of many, is a series of abstract paintings on silver paper which are used for producing silver thread for making Nishijin-ori (traditional textile produced in the Nishijin district of Kyoto).

Selected exhibitions: Yokohama Triennale, 2014 (Exhibited jointly with the artist Ritsue Mishima); About Freedom, TRAUMARIS, Tokyo (2011); Kagemi of love, HIGURE 17-15cas, Tokyo (2009); Inganzia, Cube gallery, Venice (2005)

Courtesy ShugoArts