Mishima Kimiyo

BiographyKimiyo Mishima was born in Juso, Osaka in 1932. In her early carrier she mainlycreated mixed media using printed matter such as newspapers, advertising flyers,tickets and magazines, resulting in collage works that were a kind of communicationbetween her and society. Around the 70’s she started making experiments withceramics applying the same printed materials to a thin layer of ceramic clay througha silkscreen process. The result is three-dimensional works so realistic that somemay think they are real garbage, commonly referred to by her public as “breakableprint matter”. Read More

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