Karin Iwabuchi was born in Kanagawa, Japan in 1982. She graduated from Tokyo Zokei University in 2009 with the Bachelor of Fine Arts.
Iwabuchi has held more than 10 solo exhibitions and many group shows in Japan and overseas since she was a student.
She has been studying art since she was a high school student and majored in print at a university.
Her works are characterized by tableaus in which she prints lace and butterfly patterns using silkscreen technique and paints clothes and flowers using collage, acrylic paints, and Japanese painting materials.
Flowers and butterflies are depicted as metaphors of femininity in her work.
In her early works, she did not depict women's faces, but expressed the pain of living as a woman through the shape of feet,
Now, she focuses on universal beauty and the strength of the modern woman.
Recently, she has also been showing drawings and pottery that affirm the imperfections and fragility behind that strength, expressing the inner softness and honesty of women.
岩渕華林 / Karin Iwabuchi
1
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With cat
Sumi ink, mineral pigments, pencil and silkscreen on Japanese paper,panel
S20
72.8x72.8
cm
2025
岩渕華林 / Karin Iwabuchi
2
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Together Everywhere
Sumi ink, mineral pigments, pencil and silkscreen on Japanese paper,panel
S15
65x65
cm
2025
岩渕華林 / Karin Iwabuchi
3
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The Girl and the Sky
Acrylic, Japanese paper, silk screen and cotton on panel ,
S12
60.7x60.7
cm
2025
岩渕華林 / Karin Iwabuchi
4
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りんごと猫 / Apple and Cat
Acrylic, silk screen, Japanese paper, cotton, panel
F3
27.3x22
cm
2025
岩渕華林 / Karin Iwabuchi
5
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白いうさぎ / White rabbit
Acrylic, silk screen, Japanese paper, cotton, panel
F3
27.3x22
cm
2025
岩渕華林 / Karin Iwabuchi
6
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GOOD NIGHT
pottery
9.6x9.3x7
cm
2025
岩渕華林 / Karin Iwabuchi
7
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With Owl
pottery
11.5x7.5x5
cm
2025
岩渕華林 / Karin Iwabuchi
8
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Cat with a Blanket
pottery
8.5x8x8.5
cm
2025
岩渕華林 / Karin Iwabuchi
9
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Cat, Blanket, and Stars
pottery
11x8.5x8
cm
2025
岩渕華林 / Karin Iwabuchi
10
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BUDDY
pottery
10.5x6.5x5.5
cm
2025
岩渕華林 / Karin Iwabuchi
11
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Imaginary Cat
pottery
7.5x5x5
cm
2025