Miyuki Koiwai

Miyuki Koiwai is a Japanese painter based in Tokyo whose work explores stillness, memory, and the elusive presence of nature.

Drawing on imagined forest landscapes, she builds layered surfaces of acrylic and oil, allowing light, color, and softened forms to emerge and recede.

Rather than depicting specific places, her paintings exist somewhere between landscape and recollection, creating spaces where the visible and the unseen quietly overlap.

Deep greens, blues, mist, water, and diffused light recur throughout her work, evoking a sense of silence and atmosphere while leaving the landscape intentionally open to interpretation.

In 2026, her work was exhibited at Honen-in Temple in Kyoto, Japan.

2026
Solo Exhibition, Honen-in Temple, Kyoto, Japan