Makiko Nakamura
Born in Gifu, Japan, Makiko Nakamura studied art in Kyoto and Nagoya. She worked initially in film editing before concentrating on painting. In 1996 she moved to Paris, where she studied print-making at Atelier Contre Point and the following year took up a residency at Cite International Des Arts. From 1997-98 she was artist in residence in the fine art department, University of Pennsylvania. In 1999, attracted by the prospect of visiting the home town of Samuel Beckett, whose writings have greatly influenced her work, Nakamura came to Dublin. Since then she has had solo exhibitions at the Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast, Peppercanister Gallery, Ashford Gallery at the RHA and Taylor Gallery, Dublin. Aidan Dunne has written of her work: The smoky, burnished, metallic surfaces of her paintings bear traces of overall grid patterns and other methodical markings, half there, half already gone. The absolute precision of her method and the sureness of her instinct, plus the sombre presence of her work, mark her out as an artist of exceptional quality.
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'WORD PLAY, 1997'
- Price Realised: 4,000
- Sale: 28 April 2008
- oil on canvas
- 91 by 91cm., 36 by 36in.
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'6.02.02, DUBLIN (TRIPTYCH)'
- Price Realised: 3,200
- Sale: 29 November 2021
- oil on canvas; (unframed)
- 18 x 54in. (45.72 x 137.16cm)
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'UNTITLED, 2001'
- Price Realised: 3,200
- Sale: 30 May 2011
- oil on canvas laid on board
- 244 by 122cm., 96 by 48in.
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'UNTITLED (BLACK), 2001'
- Price Realised: 2,800
- Sale: 27 September 2021
- oil on canvas laid on board
- 48 x 48in. (121.92 x 121.92cm)
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'ELEMENTS I and ELEMENTS II, 1998 (A PAIR)'
- Price Realised: 2,000
- Sale: 02 December 2019
- acrylic on canvas; (2)
- 36 x 24in. (91.44 x 60.96cm)
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'6.03.02, 23.04.02, 25.05.02 (TRIPTYCH)'
- Price Realised: 1,900
- Sale: 06 June 2022
- oil on canvas; (unframed)
- 24 x 36in. (60.96 x 91.44cm)
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'A CALL FROM A DARK SEASIDE, 2007 (DIPTYCH)'
- Price Realised: 1,600
- Sale: 06 March 2023
- oil on canvas laid on panel; (unframed)
- 23½ x 23½in. (59.69 x 59.69cm)
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'TRANQUIL, 2003'
- Price Realised: 1,300
- Sale: 29 November 2021
- oil on canvas; (unfamed)
- 18 x 18in. (45.72 x 45.72cm)
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'UNTITLED, 2002'
- Price Realised: 1,050
- Sale: 27 September 2021
- oil on canvas
- 18 x 18in. (45.72 x 45.72cm)
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'YOURS, 2003'
- Price Realised: 800
- Sale: 18 October 2021
- oil on canvas stretched over board; (unframed)
- 18 x 17Ύin. (45.72 x 45.09cm)
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'WILL BE THERE, SOON, 2003'
- Price Realised: 800
- Sale: 18 October 2021
- oil on canvas stretched over board; (unframed)
- 18 x 17Ύin. (45.72 x 45.09cm)
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'LOVE / RED II, 2009'
- Price Realised: 500
- Sale: 12 March 2012
- oil and gesso on paper
- 14.605 by 19.05cm., 5.75 by 7.5in.