Biography

Exhibitions

Selected Exhibitions

2018
Kanazawa Utatsuyama Kogei Kobo Exhibition, Kanazawa 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Ishikawa, Japan (’19)

KANAZAWA 21st CENTURY KOGEI FESTIVAL -—Kogei Kairo, Ishikawa, Japan
2019
Art Fair Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan (’21)

Asia Contemporary Art Show FALL 2019 EDITION, Hong Kong

Sakiyama Design ART 2019, Tokyo, Japan
2020
WHAAAAAT`S STUDIO OPENING, Taipei, Taiwan

Kanazawa Utatsuyama Kogei Kobo Exhibition –TOKYO–, Ginza no Kanazawa, Tokyo, Japan
2021
Kanazawa Utatsuyama Kogei Kobo Graduation Exhibition, Kanazawa Crafts Hirosaka, Japan

Textile in Future Expression, Takarazuka Arts Center, Hyogo, Japan

Textile Art Miniature, Gallery 5610, Tokyo, Japan (’23)

Solo Exhibition, Nihombashi Takashimaya S.C. Art Avenue, Tokyo, Japan
2022
The Future Eternal —a special exhibition for DESIGNART TOKYO, A Lighthouse called Kanata, Tokyo, Japan
2023
Group Exhibition, Nihombashi Takashimaya S.C., Tokyo, Japan

Art Miami, USA
2024
Seattle Art Fair, USA
2025
Solo Exhibition, A Lighthouse called Kanata, Tokyo, Japan

Awards

Public Collections

Selected Commission Works

Hyatt Centric Kanazawa

三尾瑠璃 Ruri
Mitsuo Ruri
Mitsuo

Scarlet. Indigo. Pillar. Reflection. ｜ Dyed silk, acrylic

H30 x W14 x D14 cm / H11.8 x W5.5 x D5.5 in

Ruri
Mitsuo

Profile

1992 Born in Tokyo, Japan
2016 Tama Art University, MFA
2020 Kanazawa Utatsuyama Craft Workshop
Lives and works in Fukuoka

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Textile artists add color to fabrics to create dazzling displays of ancient techniques. Ruri Mitsuo (b. 1992 –), in a similar fashion, utilizes dyeing techniques to breathe new life into old kimono fabrics. In recent years, she has found new horizons by combining fabric with multimedia to create objects that stand alone as sculptures.

The colors of fabric oft become more vibrant when flowing in water. However, such moments are usually unseen. Transforming the fleeting beauty of that moment into something eternal, as if capturing the flow of fabric in water in amber, stopping time and space itself — these elements are a part of Mitsuo’s aesthetic.

Currently based in Fukuoka, Mitsuo focuses on the most beautiful aspects of fabric, elevating the two-dimensional textile into something that stands alone as object. With a progressive mindset, her spirited pursuit to shape new ideas captivates, drawing admiration for Mitsuo’s aesthetic consciousness and the boundless potential of a young artist.