Motoko Kikkawa is a multidisciplinary artist based in Ōtepoti Dunedin whose practice spans drawing, painting, sculpture and experimental sound.  Born in Tokyo and relocating to New Zealand in 2004, Kikkawa has exhibited widely throughout the country and her collaborative performance projects have been presented at festivals, public and private galleries and artist run spaces.  Kikkawa was recently awarded the Hynds Foundation Crucible Arts Residency, as well as the Music and Sound Artist in Residence in the inaugural Asian Artists Fund’s residencies and fellowships programme to support new work in New Zealand.

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Motoko Kikkawa, Crucible Artist Residency Exhibiiton, 2025

Motoko Kikkawa, Untitled, 2025, watercolour and ink on paper (detail)

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