Naoko Miyazaki Exhibition at artsdepot, 9 May to 14 July 2013

Born in Japan in 1975, Naoko Miyazaki moved to the UK in 1999, to pursue her dream of becoming an artist. She studied at the Chelsea University of Arts, and stayed in London where she energetically continued producing and exhibiting work. On 28 April 2011 Naoko Miyazaki, aged just 35, was involved in a tragic traffic accident in London.

Now, a selection of the late artist’s work is displayed together for the first time in this unique exhibition at artsdepot. The exhibition features works created from paper, including a beautiful hanging staircase and the delicate folded origami piece Geometrical Lyricism for which Miyazaki won the Jerwood Drawing Prize in 2010.

Miyazaki developed her personal and unique style, mostly working with paper, the most pure and intimate material she could think of. She said: “Paper is a delicate existence, half solid and half air, or you may say it is mostly air held by fibres. I feel perhaps, paper connects our tangible world and the world of the invisible and unknown – a connection between physical and spiritual.”

Naoko Miyazaki Exhibition

Thursday 9 May – Sunday 14 July 2013
The Apthorp Gallery, artsdepot

Interviews

Kensuke Miyasaki has come to the UK from Japan, and her cousin Tetsuro Miyasaki from Holland, to assist with the installation of the exhibition. They are in the UK until 16 May and available for interviews.

LISTINGS INFORMATION:

Venue: artsdepot, 5 Nether Street, North Finchley, London N12 0GA
Dates: Thursday 9 May – Sunday 14 July 2013
Opening Times: Daily, 12pm – 4pm (check website for evening opening times)
Admission: Free
Nearest Tubes: Finchley Central, West Finchley, Woodside Park (Northern Line)

Website www.artsdepot.co.uk

PRESS ENQUIRIES:

For more information, exhibition images, a full list of the works in the exhibition please contact Helen Draper, Marketing & PR Officer at artsdepot, on 020 8369 5467 or info@artsdepot.co.uk