Nahoko Kojima was born on 2 October 1981 and is a contemporary Japanese paper cut artist.
14 Facts About Nahoko Kojima
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Nahoko Kojima started Kirie under private tutelage at the age of five and continued throughout her formative years.
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Nahoko Kojima briefly pursued a career in graphic design in Tokyo before moving to London in 2005 to learn more of the Western culture of the arts.
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In 2010, Kojima opened her studio in Central London and started working on multiple works including the Majestic Birds, Kiku Flowers Collection, the full colour Alice Collection, based on the book by Lewis Carroll and numerous commissions, selling works mostly to private collectors and members of the public attending her Open Studio events.
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In 2012, Nahoko Kojima was successful in being selected by the Craft Council for Collect, at the Saatchi Gallery in London.
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Nahoko Kojima is known to create one-off designs that are never duplicated and often based on the forces of nature.
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In 2013, Nahoko Kojima was awarded the Jerwood Makers Open commission for which she proposed her next major paper cut sculpture.
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In 2014, Nahoko Kojima unveiled Washi, a life-sized Bald Eagle made from a single sheet of paper in her debut American show at the Gerald Ford Presidential Library in Grand Rapids MI, USA.
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Immediately after her US debut Nahoko Kojima was invited to pitch to redesign bridal displays in hundreds of shop windows in over 90 stores across the Asia region for the luxury brand BVLGARI.
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Nahoko Kojima won the contract and cut a 16 metre long piece by hand for the flagship Bulgari store in Ginza, Tokyo.
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In Fall 2015 Nahoko Kojima did a solo show in the Wirth Gallery in The Holburne Museum, Bath UK, which coincided with an exhibition on Gold from the Queen's Royal Collection.
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Nahoko Kojima revealed her latest sculpture, Honey, a single sheet of Gold Japanese Washi paper cut suspended in a spiral shape creating a beehive with honeycomb patterns and detail of the flight of bees.
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Workshops and talks by the artist were sold out and Nahoko Kojima received praise from critics and the media.
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In June 2016, Nahoko Kojima won the coveted Kuwasawa Award which she accepted at a ceremony in Tokyo.