Miho Hirano
Contemporary Surrealism Oil painting
About
Miho Hirano is a Japanese contemporary artist known for her oil paintings that blend surrealistic elements with natural motifs, depicting ethereal female figures adorned with living organic accessories such as flowers, birds, fish, butterflies, and seaweed. Her work explores themes of human-nature coexistence, the transience of life, growth, maturity, and the beauty of vegetation and living beings, often drawing from her childhood connection to animals and plants, as well as influences from manga and comics. She portrays women with flowing hair that merges into natural environments, conveying dreamlike introspection and emotional depth.
Contemporary Surrealism with ethereal, dreamlike portraits fusing women and nature
Selected Exhibitions
- Beauties of Nature, Corey Helford Gallery, Los Angeles (2016)
- Recollection, Corey Helford Gallery, Los Angeles (2019)
- Project M/14, URBAN NATION (2019)
- Solo shows in Japan
- Double and solo exhibitions in Los Angeles