Mari Ishikawa

Mari Ishikawa (1964, Kyoto, Japan. Based in Munich, Germany) studied art and design, but soon took her career to jewelry design.

The main concept of her work is to capture the essence of the landscapes that are created under the moonlight, so different from those we capture in broad daylight.

His jewelry revolves around the concept of parallel worlds, which are those created by humans through architecture and those in which nature survives. Worlds where human beings do without nature for their existence, forgetting that their intervention is only temporary and that it is nature that is reborn and persists.

Currently she also works as a professor at the Kobe University of Design, Japan and at the Hawk University of Applied Sciences and Art in Hildesheim, Germany.

Mari Ishikawa
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Exhibited works

  • Hanging Garden 4

    Mari Ishikawa

    "Hanging Garden 4"

    2011

    58 x 7 x 5 cm

    Plata 925

    Collar

  • Water 8

    Mari Ishikawa

    "Water 8"

    2024

    7 x 6 x 2 cm

    Broche de plata 925, topacio azul, espinela, seda

  • Hanging Garden 3

    Mari Ishikawa

    "Hanging Garden 3"

    2011

    53 x 5 x 3 cm

    Plata 925, parcialmente oxidada, perlas

    Collar

  • Water 9

    Mari Ishikawa

    "Water 9"

    2024

    6 x 6 x 2 cm

    Broche de plata 925, aguamarina, seda

  • Hanging Garden 2

    Mari Ishikawa

    "Hanging Garden 2"

    2011

    56 x 5 x 3 cm

    Plata 925, parcialmente oxidada, perlas

    Collar

  • Water 10

    Mari Ishikawa

    "Water 10"

    2024

    6 x 7 x 2 cm

    Broche de plata 925, aguamarina y seda

  • Hanging Garden 1

    Mari Ishikawa

    "Hanging Garden 1"

    2011

    54 x 7 x 3 cm

    Plata 925, parcialmente oxidada, perlas

    Collar

  • Water-Flower 1

    Mari Ishikawa

    "Water-Flower 1"

    2024

    2 x 2 cm

    Broche de plata 925, labradorita, seda

  • Parallel world 3

    Mari Ishikawa

    "Parallel world 3"

    2011

    11 x 9 x 4 cm

    Plata 925, parcialmente oxidada, perlas

    Broche

  • Water-Flower 2

    Mari Ishikawa

    "Water-Flower 2"

    2024

    2 x 2 x 1 cm

    Broche de plata 925, labradorita, seda

  • In the Shade of the Tree 1

    Mari Ishikawa

    "In the Shade of the Tree 1"

    2007

    5 x 6 x 4 cm

    Oro 750, Plata dorada 925

    Broche

  • Shadow 1

    Mari Ishikawa

    "Shadow 1"

    2024

    2 x 2 x 1 cm

    Broche de plata 925, piedra luna, seda

  • Moonlight shadow 15

    Mari Ishikawa

    "Moonlight shadow 15"

    2021

    3 x 5 x 2 cm

    Plata 925, perlas

    Anillo

  • Shadow 2

    Mari Ishikawa

    "Shadow 2"

    2024

    2 x 2 x 1 cm

    Broche de plata 925, piedra luna, seda

  • Moonlight shadow 1

    Mari Ishikawa

    "Moonlight shadow 1"

    2008

    60 x 40 x 3 cm

    Dibond

    Fotografía

  • Shadow 3

    Mari Ishikawa

    "Shadow 3"

    2024

    2 x 2 x 1 cm

    Broche de plata 925, piedra luna, seda

  • Rebirth 1

    Mari Ishikawa

    "Rebirth 1"

    2016

    40 x 60 x 3 cm

    Dibond

    Fotografía

  • Whirpools 2

    Mari Ishikawa

    "Whirpools 2"

    2024

    5 x 6 x 4 cm

    Broche de plata 925, bañado en oro, algodón, seda

  • Rebirth 2

    Mari Ishikawa

    "Rebirth 2"

    2016

    40 x 60 x 3 cm

    Dibond

    Fotografía

  • Border

    Mari Ishikawa

    "Border"

    2024

    200 x 1 cm

    Collar de plata 925, labradorita, seda

  • Water 1

    Mari Ishikawa

    "Water 1"

    2024

    8 x 4 x 48 cm

    Collar de plata 925, topacio azul, espinela, seda

  • Border-red

    Mari Ishikawa

    "Border-red"

    2024

    100 x 1 cm

    Collar de oro 750, plata 925, seda, granate

  • Water 3

    Mari Ishikawa

    "Water 3"

    2024

    50 x 9 x 3 cm

    Collar de plata 925, topacio azul, espinela, seda

  • Light 1

    Mari Ishikawa

    "Light 1"

    2024

    51 x 5 x 3 cm

    Collar de plata 925, citrina, espinela, seda

  • Water 4

    Mari Ishikawa

    "Water 4"

    2024

    2 x 6 x 47 cm

    Collar de plata 925, topacio azul, espinela, seda

  • Shadow gold

    Mari Ishikawa

    "Shadow gold"

    2025

    40 x 30 x 20 cm

    Anillo de plata 925 bañada en oro, oro 750

  • Moonlight shadow 1

    Mari Ishikawa

    "Moonlight shadow 1"

    2008

    58 x 9 x 4 cm

    Plata 925

    Collar

  • Water 5

    Mari Ishikawa

    "Water 5"

    2024

    cm

    Collar de plata 925, aguamarina, espinela, seda

  • Borrowed scenery 1

    Mari Ishikawa

    "Borrowed scenery 1"

    2021

    Variable measures

    Colgante de plata925, aluminio, cuarzo limón, seda, kimono (seda)

  • EN 3

    Mari Ishikawa

    "EN 3"

    2004

    4 x 4 x 4 cm

    Plata 925 bañada en oro

    Anillo

  • Water 6

    Mari Ishikawa

    "Water 6"

    2023

    70 x 6 x 3 cm

    Broche de plata 925, aguamarina, seda

  • Rebirth 10

    Mari Ishikawa

    "Rebirth 10"

    2018

    4 x 5 x 4 cm

    Plata 925, parcialmente oxidada, seda

    Anillo

  • Water 7

    Mari Ishikawa

    "Water 7"

    2023

    8 x 6 x 3 cm

    Broche de plata 925, aguamarina, seda

Biography

Mari Ishikawa

Curriculum vitae

Latest exhibitions

SOLO EXHIBITION (selected since 2017)

2023 "SHAKKEI-borrowed scenery” ,Gallery Thereza Pedorosa, Asolo, Italy

2022 "Light as a cloud, deep as light and shade", Galería Ana Serratosa, Valencia, España

2021 "(UN) LOCKED" , Gallery deux poisons, Tokyo, Japón
"(UN) LOCKED" , MORI Museum, Tokyo, Japón

2019 “Landscape”, CAJ Gallery, Kyoto, Japón
"Border", Jeweller’s Werk Gallery, Washington, USA
"Border" , A Casa Museu, Sao Paulo, Brasil

2018 "Border" , Museo Nacional de Ceramica, Valencia, Spain

2017 "Where does the Parallel World exist ?" Bayerische Akademie Residenz , Munich

GROUP EXHIBITION (selected since 2017)

2022 “Invisible Thread II”, Bayerischer Kunstgewerbeverein, Munich

2021 “Jewelry Stories” Museum of Art and design, NY.USA

2020 “Invisible Thread”, Bayerischer Kunstgewerbeverein, Munich
“METALLOphone 5:Museum”, Lithuanian National Museum,Vilnius, Lituania

2019 "The place of Shattered Vessels II” FLOOTS Gallery, Beijing, China
"L’Ecriture des mondes" Galerie de la Perle Noire, Lancon de Provence, Francia

2018 “Cheongju International Craft Biennale” Chengju, Corea del Sur
"Alternatives of Textile Jewelry" , Galerie X, Bratislava, Eslovenia

2017 "With Other Eyes", Ruthin Craft Center, Ruthin, UK
“Pensieri Preziosi 14” Oratorio di San Roccos, Padua, Italia
"50 Jahre Handwerkskammer ", Galerie Handwerkskammer, Munich, Alemania
“Nature Morte Jewellery” the Wroclaw National Museum, Polonia

EDUCATION
1994-2000 Student at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, Germany (department of art jewellery)
1999-2000 Master student at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, Germany
2001 Diploma at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, Germany

AWARDS
2016 Art Prize 2016 by the Bayerische Akademie der Schönen Künste, Munich, Germany
2013 Inhorgenta Munich Award, Munich, Germany Legnica Silver Award, Legnica, Poland
2012 The Elizabeth R. Raphael Founder’s Prize, 2nd Prize, Pittsburg, USA
2010 Bayerischer Staatspreis 2010, Internationale Handwerksmesse, Munich, Germany
2009 Advancement Award for Applied Arts 2009, City of Munich, Germany
2007 Tahitian Pearl Trophy, 2nd Prize
2000 Herbert Hofmann Award, Schmuck 2000, Internationale Handwerksmesse, Munich, Germany
Böhmler Art Award, 1st Prize, Munich, Germany

WORK IN PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Ville de Cagnes-sur-Mer, France. Museum fürr Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany
Deutsches Goldschmiedehaus Hanau, Germany. GRASSI Museum of Applied Arts, Leipzig, Germany
Die Neue Sammlung - The Design Museum, Munich, Germany. Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim, Germany
Museo degli Argenti, Florence, Italy. Hiko Mizuno Collection, Tokyo, Japan. Dallas Museum of Art, USA
Victoria & Albert Museum, London, Great Britain. Helen W. Drutt Collection, Philadelphia, PA, USA
MAD - The Museum of Arts and Design, New York City, USA. Bollmann Collection, Wien, Austria
Spencer Museum of Art, Laurence Kansas, USA
 

Exhibitions - Mari Ishikawa

Like WATER...

Like WATER...

April 2025
Mari Ishikawa

Light as a cloud, deep as a light and shade

May 2022