TEENAGE KICKS, named after the pop punk song by The Undertones, alludes to the cheeky childhood delights of the artist’s youth. Her surrealistic imagery and sugar-coated palette in the series transports the viewer into a faraway fantasy during this peculiar season of social distancing. The drawings were created, in part, with the playfully somber idea to, “draw as if you only had six months to live,” indicating the juxtaposition of darkness yet permissiveness to create as if there’s no tomorrow.

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Miyazaki’s work as a professional artist began in 2000 at Inkling Studio in Portland, Oregon.  After traveling and spending time as an assistant art teacher on an Apache reservation in Arizona, she decided to move in 1997 to Portland. She has exhibited across the United States and her work is held in several prominent collections including Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland Art Museum, and Hallie Ford Museum.