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  • The Gate
    Giclee Print on Paper
    29" x 21"

  • The Solitude of Eve
    Digital Print on Paper
    18" x 12"

  • The Moon Cage
    Digital Print on Paper
    12" x 17"

  • The Last Eden Bleu Noir
    Digital Print on Paper
    12" x 17"

  • Sugar
    Digital Print on Paper
    17" x 12"

  • Lilith
    Giclee Print on Canvas
    16" x 8.5"

  • Ruby
    Digital Print on Paper
    17" x 12"

  • Sleepy Legend
    Digital Print on Paper
    16" x 8.5"

  • Gift
    Digital Print on Paper
    14.5" x 10"


Midori KakinoMidori Kakino

Midori Kakino

Matrix of the Mind: Contemporary Fine Art by Japanese Artists
February 26 - March 19, 2010 Reception: Thursday March 4, 2010 6-8 PM

Press Release

Midori Kakino presents a fantastical world of opulence, mystery, and intrigue in her mesmerizing digital prints. Kakino entices the viewer with dramatic scenes rich with visual detail and sparks curiosity with their unusual and otherworldly nature. Depicting subjects that seem familiar yet decidedly foreign, Kakino engages the viewer in a visual game of sorts, constantly asking him to question and reassess his own assertions. Lost in imaginative thoughts, Kakino transports the viewer from the real world to her own artistic realm where shapes float, undulate, shimmer, and shift; a visual and even spiritual travel.  Kakino’s dream-world provides endless artistic inspiration, fueling her intense desire to explore the ideas of mystery and illusion.

Born in Japan to an artist father, Midori Kakino began her artistic education at age three.  Having studied the Renaissance and Baroque masters from an early age, Kakino incorporates their influence along with a host of others into her decidedly individualistic style.


Artist Statement

Because my father was an oil-painter and a designer, many of my childhood memories include famous paintings of artists such as da Vinci, Corregio, Ingres and Kandinsky, which took the place of fairy tales for me. These early experiences developed my artistic appreciation and were the basis of my desire to create art myself. Yet I also discovered relatively early in my life an interest in geometry and its shapes, and I began to incorporate this into my art, through use of digital media. It seems to me that this is an important part of how I address the mysteries of the world through my art.

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