Mishiho Fukuhama

Mishiho Fukuhama (Tokyo - 1992) is part of a new generation of Japanese figurative artists.

After graduating from Musashino Art University with an oil painting degree, Mishiho created a body of work named ‘Grandscape’.

Using a precise process, she creates small houses with chairs, fabrics, etc. Then she makes a special scenography, connecting her tiny objects within a landscape or, conversely, within an interior scene. Once fully satisfied by the composition, she photographs it and then she starts transposing it onto her blank canvas.

That’s the particular moment where all the magic happens. That ritual allows her to remove some realistic touches from the photograph, drown them with the help of oil painting, and create an ambiguous work.

A slightly mysterious claim emerges from Mishiho’s paintings, which seem to keep pace with the times.

Those ethereal compositions are a tribute to the intimate, an ode to contemplation. Under the vaporous veil of textures, an enigmatic scene plays out; shadows and textures participate in the narrative, while muted colors perfect a melancholic feeling that the artist seeks to convey in her art.

"My monotone color palette is linked to my ideal of tranquility and nostalgia. It also allows me to create undefined spaces, which we can imagine as real or non-existent."