“I’ve always loved vintage illustrations from the ’30s through the ’50s from the West as well as from India and Chinese propaganda art. Watching Hitchcock films and movies of that era, the colors and aesthetics of that time are so irresistible. There is always a darker undercurrent of tension beneath the retro-perfect facade that pulls me in, which may explain the touch of darker mystery in my work. I’m also very influenced by the work of the early Italian Renaissance painter, Piero Della Francesca (1414-1492), and all the incredible Flemish painters of the 15th through 17th centuries.”

– Hibiki Miyazaki

Hibiki Miyazaki was born in 1974, she spent her childhood in New York City, and her later adolescent years in Western Massachusetts. She now resides in Portland, Oregon, where she has lived since 1997. She briefly attended art school for Printmaking at Maryland Institute and then left to travel and spent time as an art teacher at the Apache reservation in Arizona. She has artwork in several public and private collections including the Women’s Health Center at Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland Art Museum, and the Hallie Ford Museum.

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