Anne Kagioka Rigoulet explores the fluidity of form at MAKI Gallery

MAKI Gallery is presenting Shifting Existence, a solo exhibition by Anne Kagioka Rigoulet. Centered on the continual transformation of dimension, body, relationship, and chromatic presence, the exhibition traces a pivotal shift within the artist’s practice—from materially constructed surfaces toward an increasingly planar mode of painting. For over a decade, Kagioka has developed a distinctive painterly language grounded in sgraffito, a classical mural technique, combined with fabric collage and layered pigmentation. Through these methods, her works have long occupied a threshold between painting and relief, generating sculptural depth while remaining rooted in the pictorial field. A defining aspect of this exhibition is the gradual departure from such pronounced physical texture toward oil paintings that relinquish overt relief. Indented canvases, flattened compositions,