Rina Iwai was born in Kanagawa, Japan. She worked as a graphic designer after I graduating from Joshibi College Art & Design, Tokyo.
In 2008, she moved to New York City and worked as a freelance illustrator and have worked for magazines, web magazines, fashion shows and fashion brands. Her illustration was featured in galleries in New York, Paris and Japan and events at Bloomingdale’s, New York.
Since 2014, Rina Iwai lives and works in Yokohama, Japan, working on illustrations for advertisement, display, exhibition and portrait events.
Discover the unique approach of Rina Iwai and the behind the scene of work in progress.
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Rina Iwai uses disposable chopsticks and sumi ink as drawing tools. She combines drawings and photos to create her unique illustration. People-watching, traveling, photographing has been her main source of inspiration. Through her illustrations, she would like to show the everyday life of girls who live in a slightly surreal world, independent, tough-minded, and beautiful in their own unique way.
Rina Iwai has been exhibited in New York,Paris, Tokyo, Osaka and Kanagawa.
"People and the sites of Paris give me inspirations and passion to create. This is what I love Paris for. One of my dream was to work on projects in Paris. Thanks to the Artist Collaboration project with Mont Kiji, my dream has come true!" Rina Iwai
