ZHONG CHENG

Miwa Komatsu was born in Nagano in 1984. In her childhood, Komatsu spent the majority of her time immersed in nature, surrounded by animals and rich natural landscape; the experience of being present at their final moment led the artist to form her unique view of life and death, which linked to the peculiar style toward the beauty of death. She studied copperplate engraving during her enrollment at Joshibi College of Art and Design. At the age of 20, she created the work “The Forty-ninth Day” which received praises for its originality and begun her professional artistic journey. In 2012, She held her first solo exhibition. In 2013, she placed 39^th in the France’s PRIX CANSON. In 2014, the artist dedicated her work to Izumo Taisha Shrine. She also collaborated with landscape artist Kazuyuki Ishihara exhibiting her porcelain Guardian Lion Dogs at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show in London, which won Gold Prize and is not part of the permanent collection at the British Museum; making her the youngest living artist to display at the museum. In 2017, her solo exhibition at Tokyo Garden Terrace Kioicho recorded circa 30,000 visitors. In 2019, she was invited to exhibit at Ichinomiya City Migishi Setsuko Memorial Art Museum and Tomioka City Art Museum. She collaborated with HTC VIVE in creating the work “Prayers.” Furthermore, she was also nominated for the 76^th Venice Film Festival VR Competition Unit. Komatsu has been active internationally versatile fields, evidence of her ever-growing influence in the art world.