書道家/アーティスト
Maaya Wakasugi
書法家/藝術家 1977年岡山縣出生
【Maaya Wakasugi Profile】
Calligrapher/Artist
Born in Okayama Prefecture, Japan in 1977.
Maaya Wakasugi had his first private exhibition at the age of 17, devoting himself ever since to discovering his unique style of "ancient letters".
Recently he continues to broaden his range of work as an artist with projects such as creating official logo for the Louvre Museum in Paris and providing work to various art projects.
His notable works include the title drawings for"Shofukutei Tsurubei
Rakugo", one of the most famous traditional story telling shows, and TV shows such as "OHENRO" (NHK WORLD) and "Waragamisama wa totsuzen ni" ( Nippon Television Network ),
etc.
Maaya also produced space concepts and special exhibition for venues such as Japanese restaurant "Sakura" at Hotel Nikko Tokyo, "Japanese Cuisine Aoi" at
The Japanese Association in Singapore, Japanese Restaurant "WAON" at the Reef and Olive Spa Resort in Guam. His collaboration works with Dom Pérignon and Alfa Romeo show his expanding artistic horizon.
In 2014, Maaya participated in many prominent art events such as NY ART EXPO 2014 and Next Step Biennale in Paris. Live performance at Museum of Modern
Art (MoMA) in New York and the exhibition at A. Heritage in Taiwan received great reviews.
Maaya continues to pursue his own calligraphic expressions.
Maaya currently lives in Bordeaux, France.