Artist Spotlight - Mio Tahara

Artist Spotlight - Mio Tahara

Biography

I am Japanese and was born in Tokyo in 1959.
It seems that around elementary school age, my art teacher had told me to develop my talent. I only found out about this recently. My mother didn't approve of my drawings. I somehow managed to convince my parents, and entered university without attending much prep school.

Drop wisteria. 2021, paper water mix,54×38㎝

Musashino Art University is a university that trains artists. The curriculum was very rigid, and I didn't have time to think about my own drawings. I drew this in the pose of the human body I was in at the time.

Resaund Crystal#R5F. canvas acrylic,15.5×22.5㎝,2021.

I didn't want to cause trouble for my parents. My work and art are separate. I'm an ordinary office worker. It was my company's wish that I was involved in design. While raising my children, I continued to create handicrafts that were useful in everyday life.

Wisteria ticking time,paper acryiaie,2023,47×35.7㎝

I opened a study class for neighborhood children and then quit to look after my parents. My relationship with my parents. I began to rebel against the samurai-like idea that parents decide everything.

Bressing of nature. paper water. 2022、18.5×29.4㎝

My daughter encouraged me to start using Instagram, and Mads art gallery picked me up.
Vangogh's Brussels art3artfair.
World of creta VIfaf.
Sweden's World Art Guid 2023.

Homa with me .canvas oil water mix.53cm ×46.5㎝

From the Moziriani Opera to the Efetto Foundation.
USA: Artavita.com. Lots of books. Miami Red digital exhibition
Circle Foundation: Many Books, Artfair
Upclose New York exhibition, ExpoNorth

contemporary kannon. 2021. paper water

Distinguished Service Award from Thomas Meath
Redwoodcom Honorable Mention
Bestart Prize 2025-2025 Abstract Bronze Award

Tengu nose. 2024.paper water. 38×27㎝

Artist Statement

I grew up in a home where we felt there was a god in nature and were grateful for it.
Animals only take lives in order to survive.
I want humans to follow suit.
Respect other living things and nature.
I want us to be people who understand different cultures.

Koya.1980, oil canvasoil、91×72.7㎝

Sacred Mount Fuji. Water that filters underground and springs up.
The fire of civilization. A fire for purification.
I am grateful.
And then, halfway through the painting, a face or a person appears.
Like Miro, a primer is applied and oil is applied.
Handicrafts are added, or removed like in oil painting, and then the final stage is reached.

steps canvas water 2024. 35.5×24㎝

Stained glass from Gaudi's architecture. A god in transparent colors.
A heavy painting from my youth, layered with oil paints.
I might bring it back.

https://www.tahara-mio.com/
https://www.instagram.com/m.21yume/
https://aatonau.com/tahara-mio-weaving-life-tradition-and-nature-into-art/

Corn seed. 2023, canvas mix. 27.3 ×

fear. water paper. 2022

Bloom. water mix. paoer.58 ×53㎝

cotact lenzes . canvas wate mix.45.5×38㎝

Envolred bird. 2025.paper mix.60 ×51㎝

Sunlight see life. 2025.water paper51×38㎝

Interview with Ramón Rivas

Interview with Ramón Rivas