Bio

Makiko Harris is an abstract painter and multi media artist from San Francisco, CA and currently lives and works in London, UK. Makiko was born in The Netherlands, and has lived in Tokyo, Boston, New York, and California. She studied Philosophy and Studio Art at Tufts University with a focus on Aesthetics, Philosophy of Art, and Feminist Philosophy. From 2012 - 2020, Makiko continued her art education at the California College of Arts and in 2019, attended an artist residency in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico. From 2018 - 2021 Makiko was a Studio Artist, Board Member, and Co-Chair of the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee at Root Division, a nonprofit arts organization and incubator for emerging artists in San Francisco. Her work has been collected by individuals internationally, is featured in corporate collections in the U.S. including Kaiser of California, and has been licensed to businesses including Logitech and San Francisco Symphony’s 21-22 campaign. Currently, Makiko is a master’s candidate in Contemporary Art Practice at the Royal College of Art in London.