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M.F.A. (1997), University of Oregon
Biography
Maki Hajikano received both her BFA and MFA degrees from the University of Oregon. She was awarded a residency program at the Pilchuck Glass School where she began using glass in her work. She has also been awarded residencies at the Bemis Contemporary Arts, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, in addition to several other artist residencies. She frequently exhibits her work in the U.S.A and Asia. She taught at the University of Oregon for several years.
Artist Statement
I am always concerned about essence. I take out the impurities; discover the crystal that becomes the core of my work. I try to sublimate my thought, emotion, feelings, and experience in art and express complicated things in a very simple way.
Teaching Philosophy
My approach to teaching is to discover the individual student’s strength and weakness in their practice. The students thus explore and investigate their personal art-making path with me acting as guide, counterweight and as a person who is constantly seeking ways to show them around their problems, while at the same time opening up an expansive horizon of possibilities. At the core of my approach to teaching is the desire to cultivate each person’s unique contribution to art making.
Classes
Art 130 3D Design, Art 230 Sculpture I, Art 430 Sculpture II, and Graduate Studio Courses