Moeko Machida

Through my painting practice, I visualize the invisible energy of life and reveal the essential forces inherent in nature.
I draw inspiration from quiet elements ─ stones, plants, shadows, and water and engage in a careful dialogue with their unseen movements of energy through al my senses. From their presence, I capture emotions, bodily memories, and traces of history and culture that guide each composition. Rather than depicting nature as “the beauty
of living things,” I paint it as a space where life and death, presence and absence coexist.
My practice is rooted in the East Asian concept of Qi Yun Sheng Dong (気韻生動), which seeks to evoke the living energy of nature upon the surface of the painting. I also folow
the approach of Japanese painting (Nihonga), which values both the reality and the decorative quality of the motif. The layered textures of natural mineral pigments (iwa-
enogu) and the tonal rhythms of color mirror the subtle movements of breath and body. This interplay imbues each work with Q ─ the vital energy of life ─ creating a
poetic presence that connects with viewers on physical and emotional levels.
This process is less about “depicting” than about receiving what emerges naturally ─ an inner experience through wh...

Mar 2015 MA in Fine Art (Nihonga: Japanese painting)
Kyoto City University of Arts, Kyoto, Japan

2025 Selected to group project and exhibition “Ebb & Flow,” New Museum Los Gatos, Los Gatos, CA, U.S.A.

2025 Selected to participate in "MONDO TERRA: REGARD, THE SHIFTING LANDSCAPE," Wessling Contemporary, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.

2024 Selected to participate in “Life and Time - blurbird, Moeko MACHIDA Duo Exhibition,” BlueStream Gallery, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.

2022 SOLO EXHIBITION, GALLERY TOMO, Kyoto, Japan

2021 Selected to participate in"Kyoto Art for Tomorrow 2021", The Museum of Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan

2021 SOLO EXHIBITION, Gallery b. Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

2019 SOLO EXHIBITION, GALLERY TOMO, Kyoto, Japan,

2019 Invited to participate in “Takumi of ASUKA” by General Foundation Asuka Village, The Nara Prefecture Complex of Man’yō Culture, Nara, Japan

2018 “Saki Maeda & Moeko Machida -Progressive Blue-”, organized by Gallery TOMO, Kyoto, Japan

2017 SOLO EXHIBITION, Marsiglione Arts Gallery and TOMO Gallery, Como, Italy