Misaki Kawai (河井美咲) (born 1978 in Ōkawa, Kagawa, Japan[1][2]) is a Japanese artist.
Her work has been shown extensively in the United States.
[3] "Her father was an architect and amateur painter and her mother made clothing and puppets" [4] Kawai creates installations out of paper-mâché, wood, fabric, and other low-tech, "crafty" materials like felt, stickers, and yarn.
[4] She shuns expertise and uses an anime method called heta-uma that "risks amateur aesthetics by embracing basic expression" [5] Kawai artist books include Blueberry Express (Nieves Press, 2009),[6] Pencil Exercise (Edition Nord, 2011),[7] Steamy Buns (nos:books, 2020).
[8] From December 2020 through April 2021, Kawai held her first installation in Australia, Moja Moja Land.