C omfort and nostalgia often permeate from Miki Kariya’s works, depicting mundane life and recording what she observes in her life through creation. Innocent and childlike lines depict the tranquil night view of Tokyo’s cityscape in Tokyo Night (Lot 46), while a bunny with cutesy mushrooms populate her whimsical piece Don’t Eat Me!  (Lot 45). By coating the board with acrylic before rubbing it over with sandpaper to create a vintage effect, the pieces resemble gently faded old paintings, adding a sense of nostalgia and warmth. Kariya adds creativity and fantasy to her compositions, accentuated by striking colours and emanating a sense of endearment and adoration to living and the mundane.

Born in 1973, Miki Kariya is a Contemporary Japanese artist known for her vintage style works executed by a unique technique of rubbing sandpaper over acrylic pigment. The artist has exhibited in multiple gallery shows, and her works have been offered at auctions worldwide.

仮屋美紀的作品描繪平凡的生活，並以充滿創意的手法記錄著她對自己生活的觀察，流露出安逸而懷舊的氣氛。《東京之夜》（拍品編號46）以有如出自孩童之手般天真稚氣的線條描畫東京城市寧靜的夜景，而妙想天開的《別吃我！》（拍品編號45）則描繪了一堆可愛的蘑菇圍繞著一隻小兔。藝術家以壓克力彩於木板上繪畫後會再以砂紙磨擦木板，營造出陳年古舊的效果，令作品有如日漸褪色的舊畫，增添一種懷舊而溫暖的情懷。仮屋在她的畫作中加入了不少天馬行空及夢幻的元素，並以鮮艷奪目的顏色令它們更為突出，令作品散發出對平凡生活的珍惜及愛意。

生於1973年的仮屋美紀是一位當代日本藝術家，而她亦以用砂紙磨擦壓克力彩營造懷舊風格的獨特手法著稱。這位藝術家的作品曾於多個畫廊展覽中展出，亦曾於全球各地多次登上拍場。