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Makiko Horio

ほりお まきこ

Horio Makiko

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1943-07-28 （Tokyo, Japan）
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese
Residence History
Tokyo, Japan

Career

Occupations
Art historian, University professor, Critic
Active Years
1968-2019
Affiliations
Bunka Gakuen University (formerly Bunka Women's University), Tokyo Craft & Design Institute (lecturer), Manyo Culture Museum (councilor / guest researcher)

Education

Tokyo Metropolitan Fuji High School (affiliated junior high)
Country: Japan
Tokyo University of the Arts
Faculty of Fine Arts
Degree: Bachelor's
Period: 1964-1968
Year of Graduation: 1968
Country: Japan
Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate School
Graduate School of Fine Arts
Degree: Master's
Period: 1968-1972
Year of Graduation: 1972
Country: Japan
Completed master's program
France (study abroad)
Period: 1969-1970
Country: France
Studied at a national art institution in Paris

Awards

Japan Essayists' Club Prize
1987
Work: The Artists' Primal Landscapes
Organization: Japan Essayists' Club
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Artists' Primal Landscapes (from NHK's Sunday Museum)

1986 Essay / Art history

An essay collection based on NHK's 'Sunday Museum' interviews, examining how artists' formative environments influence their work.

Artists' formative environmentsMemory and expressionArt education in Japan

Torn Self-Portrait: Frida Kahlo

1991 Art history / Case study

A study analyzing Frida Kahlo's self-portraits and life, discussing the relationship between personal history and representation.

Self-portraitureFemale representationFrida Kahlo studies

Women in the Mirror: Self-Portraits of Female Painters

2002 Art history

An examination of gender and self-expression through female painters' self-portraits across history.

Female paintersGenderSelf-expression

Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera

2009 Art history / Biography

A comparative study analyzing the relationship between Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera and their artistic worlds.

Artistic couplesMexican artMutual influence

The Brush Speaks: Women Who Lived in Their Own Colors

2009 Essay / Art history

A readable essay collection portraying the lives and works of various female painters.

Women's livesArtistic practice and life

Women Painters: Ten Cries

2013 Criticism / Popular education

An introductory critique aimed also at younger readers, conveying issues and expressions of women painters.

Female expressionEducationArt popularization

Bibliography

  • The Artists' Primal Landscapes (1986; revised 2012)
  • Torn Self-Portrait: Frida Kahlo (1991)
  • Women in the Mirror: Self-Portraits of Female Painters (2002)
  • Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera (2009)
  • The Brush Speaks: Women Who Lived in Their Own Colors (2009)
  • Women Painters: Ten Cries (2013)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Scholarly yet essayistic and accessible proseDescription mixing interviews and field research
Recurring Motifs
Female paintersSelf-portraitureFormative environments (primal landscapes)Relation between personal history and artwork

Legacy

Contributed to art-historical research focused on female painters and self-portraiture and to public art education. Widely known for long teaching career at Bunka Gakuen University and media appearances such as NHK's 'Sunday Museum'.

In Popular Culture

  • Appearance on NHK's 'Sunday Museum' (1982-1983)

Trivia

  • Her husband is Teruhisa Horio, an emeritus professor of education at the University of Tokyo.
  • Studied in Paris in 1969–1970.
  • Received the Japan Essayists' Club Prize in 1987 for 'The Artists' Primal Landscapes'.
  • Retired from her professorship at Bunka Gakuen University in 2019 and became professor emeritus.