At first, I wanted to give space to these almost invisible elements by rendering them in large-scale drawings. I then returned to smaller engravings for their intimate and precious quality, like quiet tributes. Some works also take the form of more classical landscapes, where I explore the play of light and reflections on water. My work explores the living world through a sensitive gaze. I am drawn to what breathes and moves - trees, waves, and leaves - but also to what quietly disappears: birds, flowers, and forgotten seeds.

For me, everything is part of a natural cycle of life, loss, and renewal. I am especially interested in what often goes unnoticed, what seems small or insignificant but holds something essential. Through these discreet presences, I invite the viewer to slow down, to look more closely, and to feel the fragile, continuous life that surrounds us.

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Instagram: @ultrapetit_a

Inspired by New Zealand’s vast landscapes, Wellington’s wind, and the Japanese folding fan, my work, rooted in Sogetsu Ikebana, explores cultural connection through wind, expressing invisible air and the quiet harmony between nature, movement, and stillness.

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Instagram: @miou_room
Email: miou1996.n@gmail.com

Images: 

A selection of Miou Nakajima's past works and achievements. Each piece is rooted in storytelling and expresses a sense of lightness in motion.

Artist: Gabriela Wittmann
Photographers:
Agnes Niehorster (Black & White Series)
Megan Blennerhassett (Colour Series)
Adele Arnold (White Heron - Kotuku)

Coming into Being
is a process of unfolding the hidden trauma from childhood.
It is about making conscious decisions fueled by unconscious processes.
It is the emergence of something unknown into the here and now, into the reality and presence of our being.
It is about being seen.
It is the acknowledgement of the inner forces within ourselves wanting to come alive and heal, while still recognising and accepting the toll of internal suffering.
Trauma is not visible like deeply cut wounds; it is like a secret life living in us, often leading to a battle with life.
The artist has used her own story of discovery and transformation, photographically documented with the focus on movement and dance. 
Based on her own choreography in particular environments.
"Now I can be seen where I came from and who I am becoming now".

This photographic series have been taken over a period of more than forty years.