Mariya Suzuki

I have known Mariya Suzuki for many years, while I still lived in Europe and she lived in her hometown Nara. She is the personification of the true artist.

Mariya Suzuki
Mariya Suzuki, by Luis Mendo

{ This interview was originally published on my Medium in 2015 with the title "The Power of Less". Nevertheless I find the piece still relevant and Mariya an inspiring artist, I think you will too. }


You will probably find Mariya Suzuki (born 1987 Nara, Japan) drawing in any given cafe corner in Tokyo. Her drawings are essentially a call to the power of less: inexpensive colour pens, paper scraps and a self-made folder to hold them together is all she uses to create the magic.

Mariya, observing things.

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