Miyouki Nakajima is a self-taught Japanese visual artist based in France since 2017. She is interested in using textiles to create floral plants. Lyrical and poetic, her creations invite us to travel and explore our feelings, even if it means moving away from realism to raise questions about the representation of time, whether it is frozen or past. Thus, memories and emotions are mixed.    

After having been both artistic director and responsible for a line of accessories in Japan, Miyouki Nakajima created in 2013 her own company, SOIE:LABO, within which she makes floral ornaments for various designers. As the making of artificial flowers is a craft rooted in history but has become a somewhat minor craft, the artist wishes to keep this heritage alive while contributing to its revival. In her creation, Miyouki Nakajima unconsciously projects her life and her history on the impermanence of nature.

Miyouki Nakajima is constantly exploring new techniques and studying new skills to put artistic value back at the center of this craft. It is thus quite naturally that she borrows, during her studies, techniques such as Sumi (Japanese ink), Kinzoku-Fun (metal powders) and Iwa-Enogu (natural mineral pigments) from Japanese painters. All these studies are a tribute to the great French craftsmen, heirs of century-old traditions.