Midori Furze
“Celebrating the music that heals us” – Midori Furze
Midori was born in Japan and has loved drawing and painting ever since she was a little girl. Her first oil painting was a still life when she was 8 years old. She came to Australia in 1989 and currently lives in Sydney’s Northern Beaches.
Since 2002 Midori has been actively participating in over 100 various art exhibitions in Australia. She has won many awards, including two first prizes in the Figurative and Contemporary sections at Northern Suburbs A & H Society Art exhibition in 2006.
She loves music and she often translates her love of music into art. On her canvases she paints her dreams, people and concepts of love and music.
Midori likes acrylic and oil painting. She likes to experiment in many different mediums and techniques. In May 2009, she ran a successful workshop using recycled make-up products, such as lipstick and eye shadow. More than 70 mothers and daughters attended the workshop which was hosted by Creativemums.com.au. In September 2009, a “Make up Your Mind” Art Exhibition took part in the Manly Arts Festival.
She has also organised a “Womanly” T-shirt exhibition at Manly Beach along with Angela van Boxtel, the founder of Creative Mums. The exhibition also took part in the Manly Arts Festival ‘09. A spectacular display of more than 100 t-shirts on a long cloth line has appeared on the beach and many visitors enjoyed the exhibition.
She writes and shares her knowledge in art magazines. Her articles were in “Fine Art & Decorative Painting” Vol.16 No.10, Vol.16 No.11, Vol.17 No.2 and Vol.17 No.3 in 2009.
Midori is available for commission works.
Selected exhibitions and Galleries
2010 Solo exhibition Arthouse Hotel Sydney (20 Sept – 16 Oct)
2010 Solo exhibition, “Alway Keep Music in Mind 2″, Cafe Ritorno (6A Spring St) Chatswood
2009 Solo exhibition, “Jazz in the Air” Manly Library, Manly
2009 “Womanly” T-shirt exhibition, Manly Beach
2009 “Make up Your Mind” the artworks with recycled make-up products, Café Chill, Manly
2009 “Cosmopolitan, Baileys or Midori?”, Arthouse Hotel, Sydney
2008 Solo Exhibition ”Always Keep Music in Mind”, Washhouse Gallery, Rozelle
2007 “Lumiere” Glen Street Gallery, Belrose, NSW
2007 Solo Exhibition “Jazz & sushi” Restaurant Jazushi, Surry Hills, NSW
2005 “Sixcircles” Artfocus Gallery, Brookvale, NSW
2003 “Infusion” Artfocus Gallery, Brookvale, NSW
2002 “North Exposure” Artfocus Gallery, Brookvale, NSW
Arthouse Hotel, Sydney
Washhouse Gallery, Rozelle
Art Sydney, Royal Hall of Industries, Moore Park
Cafe Ritorno, Chatswood
Artfocus Gallery, Brookvale
Glen Street Gallery, Belrose
St Kilda Centre for Contemporary Art, St Kilda VIC
Ku-Ring-Gai Art Society Exhibitions, St Ives/Gordon
G26 Art Show, Milsons Point / Northbridge
Brunswick Street Gallery, Fitzroy, VIC
Northern Expressions Art Exhibitions, Sydney
Tap Gallery, Darlinghurst
Art for Goats, Sydney
Pittwater Community Arts Exhibition, Avalon
North Shore Art Society Art Exhibitions, Manly / Collaroy / Mona Vale
Artists & Craftsmen of Pittwater Exhibitions, Warriewood / Manly / Mona Vale
Sorlies Restaurant, Belrose
Currabubula Art Show, Currabubula, NSW
Manly Arts Festival
Parliament House, Sydney
GIG Gallery, Glebe
Red Door Creative, Dural
MLC Gallery, Ultimo
The Painters Gallery, Mona Vale
Sydney Royal Easter Show, Sydney Show Ground, Homebush
Red Bubble art exhibitions, Melbourne VIC
Singleton Art Prize, Singleton NSW
Seaforth Art Show, Seaforth / Balgowlah
Mosman Art Market, Mosman Art Gallery, Mosman
Northern Suburbs A&H Society Art Exhibition, St Ives
Broken Bay Art Exhibition, Newport
Publications
2009 “Fine Art & Decorative Paintings” magazine Vol17 No3 Dec
2009 “Fine Art & Decorative Paintings” magazine Vol17 No2 Nov
2009 “Fine Art & Decorative Paintings” magazine Vol16 No11Sep
2009 “Fine Art & Decorative Paintings” magazine Vol16 No10 Aug
Website: www.midorifurze.com
Contact: midorifurze@gmail.com
Phone: 0431 895 757
