Featured artist Maiko Kanno – ArtGeminiPrize 2024 Finalist

Maiko KannoEndless Repeat, 2024, Acrylic on paper, 117 x 117cm, £3900

 

BIO: Maiko Kanno graduated from Tohoku Seikatsu Bunka University (2006), majoring in Lifestyle Art. She has held solo exhibitions in Sendai, Tokyo and Osaka as well as group exhibitions and art fairs in London, Los Angeles and Taipei.

Wars, natural disasters and personal worries are never ending. We are constantly hurt and sometimes we want to cover our ears. But all we can do is continue praying that each time the difficulties will pass, and we can rise back up. I painted a girl folding paper cranes with a wish in mind.

 

ArtGeminiPrize 2024 Winners

Overall Winner Prize £2000Tedi LenaPortrait of Artist Alan Gouk 2, 2020

Painting Winner Prize £500Rachel Tooth, Finisterra – Earth, Sea and Sky, 2019

Photography Winner Prize £500Eloise Campbell BowlingThe Boy, The Man, The Father, 2024

Printmaking Winner Prize £500Rory BrookeCliffe Creek Version 1, 2024

Sculpture Winner Prize £500: Amanda Sumpter, Ally 02, 2023

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