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Naoko Miura
Illustrator
Born in Ibaraki, Japan. And she currently resides in Tokyo. Studying illustration in New York in 1984~1985. Her design is simple, warm and intimate with “healing power” as she gains popularity especially among female audience. Her works have been seen through the numerous books, magazines or companies in medical, nursing, child care, and educational industries. The whole wall of obstetrics and gynecology floor at Anjyo Kosei hospital in Aichi Prefecture is now painted with her illustration, which provide a healing spot for mothers and their babies. A mother, who look at the illustration of sun from nursing room, says “ I was so unstable when my child was being treated at ICU but looking at the Naoko’ s illustration, I could come to my senses.” Her strong messages through illustrations are as follow : “ I would like to illustrate invisible into visible which has important meaning in it, and directly serve for everyone’ s heart and mind with my paintings.” ; “ I wish everyone liberate oneself by looking at my works.” ; “ I love to make illustrations so that everyone can say ‘ I love myself ! positively” ; “I would like to communicate with people around the world through my illustration which is the world language.”