TAKAHASHI Misaki

aaploit

2026

Artist Statement

To paint is not to transcribe what is visible. It is to construct, from the ground up, the conditions under which a subject can exist within the picture plane.

Objects that have fulfilled their purpose have already ceased to be something. They continue, quietly, as presence alone. When function falls away, structure emerges more purely, and what remains appears weightless.

My painting stands on the premise of seeing.

Nothing stays, 2024, 2025

Oil on chalk ground on panel

567 × 422 mm (22.3 × 16.6 inches)

Biography

TAKAHASHI Misaki is a painter whose primary motifs are objects that have lost their original function — things that have served their purpose. She approaches painting not as the transcription of what is visible, but as the construction, from the ground up, of the conditions under which a subject can exist within the picture plane. Every point of the background, never given as atmosphere, is held within the same necessity as the subject. When function falls away, structure emerges more purely and its form appears weightless. Such a painting brings the very premise of seeing into view.

Born in Fukushima Prefecture in 2001; based in Tokyo. BFA in Oil Painting, Musashino Art University (2024); MFA in Oil Painting, Musashino Art University (2026).

CV

EDUCATION

2024

Musashino Art University, Department of Oil Painting, Faculty of Fine Arts, BFA

2026

Musashino Art University, Graduate School of Fine Arts, Oil Painting Course, MFA

GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECTED)

2025

The 34th Scholarship Art Exhibition, Sato Museum of Art, Tokyo

Suwa Atsushi Lab Exhibition: LINGUA FRANCA, Chotei Gallery, Tokyo

2024

Tranquility -Kanda Azusa and Takahashi Misaki Two-Person Exhibition-, Flew Gallery, Tokyo

Suwa Atsushi Lab Exhibition: MELTING POT, Chotei Gallery, Tokyo

FIRST CONTACT, REIJINSHA GALLERY, Tokyo

Ouka Touri, Mononoaharewo, Fukuoka

2022

The 9th Future Exhibition -Nichido Gallery University Student Support Program-, Nichido Gallery, Tokyo

Spark Exhibition, Arai Gallery, Tokyo

AWARDS & GRANTS

2026

Musashino Art University, Excellence Award for MFA Thesis Exhibition

2025

The 34th Scholarship Art Exhibition (Sato Museum of Art): Namura Taiseido Award, Matsuda Oil Paint Award, PIGMENT TOKYO Award

Sato International Cultural Scholarship Foundation, 34th Scholar

2024

Musashino Art University, BFA Graduation Exhibition Excellence Award and Mikumo Shonosuke Award

2022

Musashino Art University, Oil Painting Department Competition, Suwa Atsushi Award

Hanau Art Promotion Foundation, Realist Painter Development Grant

Copyright & Usage

All artworks, images, and texts in this document are protected by copyright and owned by the artist and aaploit.

Portfolio & High-Resolution Images

A comprehensive portfolio and high-resolution image files for publication, research, or curatorial use are available upon request. For inquiries, please contact: info@aaploit.com