Marin Murakoshi

Marin Murakoshi is an artist living in the U.S. since 2005. She grew up in one of the oldest small villages of Ishigaki island, Okinawa, Japan.

Before moving to Boston in 2016, she lived in Osaka, New York, Los Angeles and Seattle. Over the years, she focused on direct-carving of wood and stone and exploring ore the use of various materials combining with traditional carving and other hand-craft techniques.

She creates figurative and semi-abstract forms through carving and often let the material take its own shape following the vision through working with the materials. Her work explores nuances and elements of emotion, the love and affection in human relationships with the natural world, and fleeting moments in life with a touch of whimsy and playful humor.

In the recent years, she has put efforts on participating in public art project and in the International Sculpture Symposium.