“Creatures Are My Mirror” Miroco Machiko Exhibition Official Catalog *The vinyl cover has stains. --- (From the Publisher's Introduction) This official catalog fully introduces the charm of the exhibition "Miroco Machiko: Creatures Are My Mirror," featuring recent and new paintings, illustrations, art direction works, picture book originals, and three-dimensional works. The color illustration pages, including gatefolds, convey the dynamic power of the artworks. Gravure photographs showing her life on Amami Oshima and interview pages allow you to feel the dense natural atmosphere. The catalog also includes an essay written on the theme "Who is Miroco Machiko?" and numerous comments from people who know her well, making it a book full of both visual and reading pleasure. Table of Contents: 1. Recent Works 2. Book Covers and Art Direction 3. Picture Book Originals 4. Yamagata Biennale 5. New Works 268 pages Size: Approx. 27x20cm Published: September 2020 Publisher: The Asahi Shimbun Company Editing and Writing: Takae Nakamura (Yokosuka Museum of Art), Shuji Kobori (Utsunomiya Museum of Art), et al. Editorial Cooperation: Ren Takahashi (call) Design: Yuichi Urushibara, Mana Kurihara (tento) Miroco Machiko Born in Osaka Prefecture in 1981. She draws creatures with a free spirit and holds solo exhibitions both domestically and internationally. Her picture book "Ōkami ga Tobu Hi" (When the Wolf Flies) won the Grand Prize at the 18th Japan Picture Book Award. She received the 45th Kodansha Publishing Culture Award for Picture Books for "Tetsuzō wa Ne" (Tetsuzo Has Wings) (Bronze Shinsha) and the 63rd Shogakukan Children's Literature Award for Picture Books for "Boku no Futon wa Umi de Dekite Iru" (My Futon is Made of the Sea) (Akane Shobo). Her book "Ore to Kiiro" (Me and Yellow) won the Golden Apple Award at the Bratislava World Biennial of Illustrations (BIB), and "Kemono no Niōi ga Shite Kita zo" (The Scent of Beasts is Coming) (Iwasaki Shoten) won a Gold Plaque. She has numerous other published works and received the 41st Iwaya Sazanami Literary Award. Immediate purchase is welcome.