1. MAMORUBEKIMONO
Oil on canvas
20''x36''
2007
2. SENA KAERU
Oil on canvas
18''x18''
2010
3. TOROTOROMARILLAZ II-UMI WO KOETE
OIL ON LINEN CANVAS
11''X14''
2011
4. SENA & FUMI
Oil on canvas
30''x30''
2010
5. SARU NO THOUGHT
Oil on Canvas
14''x11''
2011
6. Hazama-In Between
Oil on wood board
16''x16''
2010
7. I WON'T FORGET YOU
Oil on canvas
12''x12''
2010
8. TORADOSHI
Oil on Canvas
12''x10''
2010
9. LOVE CONQUERS ALL
Mix media on wood panel
24''x24''
2010
10.
HOKKYOKU SEIFUKU
Oil on canvas
18''x36''
2010
11. CHOBIRINKO-CHAN
Oil on Canvas
18''x14''
2009
12. SENA SEIFUKU
Oil on canvasu
24''x18''
13. DECADENT IV
Oil on wood board
22''x20''
2010
14. KUMONOUE II
Oil on canvas
16''x20''
2011
15. DECADENT II
Oil on canvas
20''x16''
2010
16. SUPER SWEET PINK
Oil on canvas
28''x22''
2010
17. SEKAISEIFUKUDAN
"Mari Inukai's paintings are sumptuous in their technique and direct expressive qualities. Her underlying sense of sentiment and desire stand like beacons to ground her painterly figures in a realm which seems as influenced by Vermeer and John Currin as Manga and Anime. I felt mesmerized by her tactile paint handling and strong emotive yearnings."
John Stoehr, Flyover
Mari Inukai works in oil on canvas, and graphite and charcoal on paper to create a world straddling childhood and adulthood, sexuality and decadence, “Between the choices I’ve made and where life has put me,” states the artist.
She draws a contrast between sweet and bitter, soft and hard, the yummiest chocolate and the deadliest poison. "Riding that line — that edge between the two — between the yin and the yang," states Inukai.
A native of Nagoya, Japan, Mari came to the United States in 1995 to pursue her studies in art. She first attended Santa Monica Community College (Mentor program), Santa Monica, California, then Associates in Art, Sherman Oaks, California, and finally California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, California, where she received her BFA in Character Animation in 2004.
She has since amassed a long list of credits including work for Sanrio, Disney, Cartoon Network, and Nickelodeon, as well as clothing and ceramic figure design. Her animated short, Blue and Orange, was an official selection at Sundance 2003 and was the Japanese Gran Prix winner at the Short Shorts Film Festival EXPO 2005.
To view more of Mari's work, please visit: www.mariinukai.com
Upcoming shows:
Mari will be attending the San Diego Comic-Con, July 21-24, for signing of her figurine series "SEKAISEIFUKUDAN"
New show in October 2011, with Audrey Kawasaki, Amy Sol, and Stella Im Hultberg
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S U M M E R
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