Mami Kawai
Mami is a Japanese Textile-Fiber artist. She uses a variety of materials, mainly fabrics and threads, and applies different techniques to tell stories—both imaginary and/or real - always set against the backdrop of her own memories and her life.
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Mami Kawai, Textile-Fiber Artist, was born in Tokyo Japan, graduated at Tama Art University. She has been working between Japan and Italy, where she lived for 25 years from 1998 until 2022 (mainly in Rome).

Around the world, she has exhibited her works in: Italy, Spain, Germany, Ukraine, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Costa Rica, Uruguay, Mexico, China and Japan.

Her most recent solo exhibition was held in 2023 @ Marüte gallery in Takamatsu, Japan and entitled: ”Giardino“.

Important Group Exhibitions she participated in are:

”Suave 5” National Museum of Art Decoration in Madrid, Spain in 2013.

“Textile Art of Today” Slovak museum in Slovakia in 2015.

"Mezzo minuto di raccoglimento" @ Madonna Dell’Orto Church in Venice, Italy in 2023 and so on.


Events at Rome Art Week
Mami Kawai
24 Oct 2025 | 14:00-18:00
The exhibition “nel Cielo” As part of Rome Art Week, the Open Studio presents a textile-fiber art installation of Mami Kawai. The exhibition, held at Spazio Greci, is titled “nel Cielo”- in the Sky and explores the theme of “Volare” - to fly.
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Organizer Mami Kawai
Open Studio
Spazio Greci
via dei Greci 10
condivisione
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