Makiko Ryujin is a wood turner and photographer who is based in a new studio in Naarm/ Melbourne Australia.

Born in Aizu Wakamatsu in the Fukushima prefecture of Japan, she grew up in Takasaki, in Gumma, before spending one year of high school in Jakarta, Indonesia, and finishing her high school studies in Melbourne, Australia. Following high school, Makiko completed a Bachelor of Photography at RMIT in Melbourne. In late 2014 she started studying woodwork part-time with her mentor Carl Lutz. By mid 2016 Ryujin was focusing on developing her craft as a commercial practice. Her wood-turning work calls heavily upon her childhood in Japan. The sacredness and form of the ritual objects within Japanese culture inform the proportions and design of the objects Ryujin creates.

Past exhibitions

2018 ARTEFACTS - MELBOURNE DESIGN WEEK

2018 BURNING VESSEL - CRAFT VICTORIA

2018 HOME:MADE - DESIGN CANBERRA FESTIVAL

2018 NGV COLLECTION EXHITION - DESIGNING WOMEN

2018 HONG KONG BUSINESS OF DESIGN WEEK

2019 IDEAS TO INTUITION - FIONA LYNCH

2019 SURFACE EXHIBITION - JAM FACTORY ADELAIDE

2019 SUPPLY CHAIN - SOPHIE GANNON GALLEREY

2019 SYDNEY CONTEMPORARY - SALLY CUTHBERT GALLERY

2019 WORK SHOP - FIONA LYNCH - MELBOURNE DESIGN WEEK

2020 NGV TRIENIAL - SAMSARA-(Collaboration With Michael Gittings)

2020 LIFE AND DEATH - MELBOURNE DESIGN WEEK

2021 FUTURE REMAINS - CRAFT VICTORIA -

2021 TEMPORAL ARTIFACT - BENALA ART GALLERY

2021 SELF PORTRAIT - FRIENDS & ASSOCIATES - MELBOURNE DESIGN WEEK

2022 SALON, ART AND DESIGN - GALLERY ART TEMPO

2023. DEISGNWORK 07 - SOPHIE GANON GALLERY - MELBOURNE DESIGN WEEK