Born in Nagoya in 1972. Working across painting, installation, and performance art, Miyaki Inukai expresses emotions and the felt experience of being alive. Since 2003, she has continued to participate in performance art festivals in Japan and abroad.
Miyaki Inukai
Miyaki Inukai
Japan
⬤ Works in 2026
Inhale, Exhale 2026 — Garden of Breath: Borrowed Scenery —
⬤ Message
One day, I began to breathe on this Earth.
At that moment, I filled my chest with the oxygen around me, and breathed it out.
In the muggy air after the rain, the little oxygen that entered my small body
was transformed by me into a little carbon dioxide.
Amazingly, I have kept doing this from that moment until today.
I have never stopped, not even once.
⬤ Biography
1972 Born in Nagoya
1997 First solo exhibition “Breathe In and Out” (Gallery Q / Ginza, Tokyo)
1998 Graduated from Musashino Art University, College of Art and Design, Department of Painting, Oil Painting Course
2003 NIPAF International Performance Art Festival (Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka, and Nagano)–2020
2004 RIAP International Performance Art Festival (Quebec City and Montreal, Canada)
2005 “Summer Mirage: Contemporary Artists Reflecting Nature” (Gunma Museum of Art, Tatebayashi / Gunma)
2008 Art at Tokoji Temple → Yamamori Happun → Adogawa Happun (Shiga)–2026
2013 “EXCENTRICITES-2” (Institut supérieur des beaux-arts de Besançon / Besançon, France)
2018 “Accion! MAD” (Naves Matadero / Madrid, Spain)
2020 Local Contemporary Artists Exhibition “New Location” (Toju-no-Sato Cultural Arts Hall / Shiga)
2025 Beyond the Soul International Performance Art Festival / Kyoto Venue (Kyoto)
2026 Solo exhibition “Dwelling Place of Emotion” (Gallery Q / Ginza, Tokyo)