Armoury: Tools of Resistance

Makiko Harris is a Japanese-American interdisciplinary artist whose work transforms everyday symbols of femininity such as fingernails and sewing needles into monumental sculptures, paintings, films, and installations that interrogate the theater of identity, agency, and subjecthood. Selected for New Contemporaries (2026) and a finalist for The Cass Art Prize (2025), The Women in Art Prize (2025), and the Ingram Prize (2024), her work has been exhibited at institutions including Dulwich Picture Gallery, South London Gallery, Villa Schöningen, and Kunstverein Wolfsburg, and is held in collections including The Bunker Museum (Beth Rudin DeWoody Collection). Harris holds an MA in Contemporary Art Practice from the Royal College of Art (2023) and a BA in Philosophy and Studio Art from Tufts University. She is represented by Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery and lives and works in London.