Keiko Arai is a self-taught ink painter who has exhibited prolifically in Japan, France, and Korea. Her recent solo presentations include exhibitions at the Nara Prefectural Museum of Art Gallery, Chiba City Museum, Funabashi Andersen Park/Children’s Museum of Art, and numerous galleries. Her work has also been featured in group exhibitions such as the 30th International TANNAN ART Festival, Tobinodai Shell Midden Museum, Centre culturel Les Fosses d’enfer (Saint-Rémy-sur-Orne, France), the Museum of Modern Art in Saitama, and the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa. Arai has completed several public commissions, including fusuma-e (sliding door paintings) for Okamoto Shrine and Otaki Shrine in Fukui, and Hojoji Temple in Chiba, as well as for the Udatsu Paper and Craft Museum in Fukui. Deeply committed to the traditional craft of sumi ink, Arai regularly leads workshops to promote its practice and works closely with a community of sumi ink craftsmen in Nara. She lives and works in Chiba, Japan.