Exhibition celebrating the creative works of Japanese artist Marie Ishikawa & Takayoshi Terajima.
Through their distinctive vision and artistic practice, two artists invite us to explore new perspectives and discover the stories woven into their work.
With a sensibility rooted in both Japanese tradition and contemporary experimentation, Mari and Takayoshi translate adornment into a form of reflection. Their pieces do not simply rest on the body; they enter into conversation with it, shifting meaning through touch, movement, and presence. Repetition becomes rhythm, while change opens the door to possibility.
Mari Ishikawa, a Japanese artist and jewellery designer born in Kyoto, transforms nature, memory, and architecture into poetic wearable forms. Based in Munich, her work explores the idea of parallel worlds—places where human structures meet the enduring presence of nature. Through delicate materials and intricate craftsmanship, she draws attention to details often overlooked in everyday life. Her jewellery invites viewers to see landscapes not merely as scenery, but as living, emotional spaces. In Ishikawa’s creative world, each piece becomes a quiet meditation on connection, transformation, and rebirth.
Takayoshi Terajima is a Japanese contemporary jewellery artist born in Chiba who lives and works between Munich and Japan. His practice explores the relationship between repetition, transformation, cultural memory, and technological change. Working with materials such as metal, tatami, digital prints, and AI-generated imagery, he combines traditional Japanese techniques with contemporary processes.
Mari Ishikawa and Takayoshi Terajima are participating artists in the current exhibition of reflections of Jewellery, Memory and Identity at the National Museum of Modern Art in Kyoto. Their works explore how jewellery can hold personal memories, cultural histories, and changing ideas of identity. Ishikawa creates poetic forms inspired by nature and hidden everyday worlds, while Terajima combines Japanese references, contemporary materials, and digital imagery. Together, their practices reveal jewellery as more than adornment: it becomes a meeting point between body, memory, place, and transformation.
