Makiko Furuichi was born in Japan in the city of Kanazawa. She studied at the Kanazawa College of Art before moving to Nantes, France, to continue her studies at the Nantes Saint-Nazaire School of Fine Arts. She obtained her Higher national diploma in plastic expression in 2011.
In 2021, she was selected by the jury of the Maison Ackerman[3] for the seventh season of the artist residency to create a unique contemporary artwork in the Ackerman cellars.[4][5]
In 2023, she exhibited her collection Ciel poilu, pluie chaude at the Musée Marc Chagall as part of the anniversary exhibition Chagall et moi! marking the museum's 50th anniversary.[8][9][10] She also created an original work for the project Les Arts au fil de l'eau for the Val d'Ille-Aubigné Community of Communes in partnership with 40mcube.[11] In the same year, she was the main subject in the documentary Makiko directed by Antoine Godet.[12] On 28 August 2023, she painted a giant mural on Avenue Léon-Blum in Saint-Nazaire.[13]
2013: Salve pour un temps présent (Syndicat Potentiel, Strasbourg), Peu Familier (Space No wave / Artmonde, Seoul), Décongélations prématurées (Atelier Alain Lebras, Nantes)
2014: Chambre Charbon (Wish Less, Tokyo), Tourisme en Allergie (IRS, Nantes), La Chasse aux fauves (Dulcie Galerie, Nantes)
2015: Dans mes yeux (Bureau d’Art et de Recherche, Roubaix), Salon ddessins (Atelier Richelieu, Paris), Innocence (Temple du Goût, Nantes)
2016: Maison brûlée (Le Kalif, Rouen), Quelque chose mettra fin à l’ennui (3e Pararelle, Paris), Salon ddessins (Atelier Richelieu, Paris)
2018: Realms II (Gordon Snelgrove Gallery, Canada)
2019: Yoann Estevenin + Makiko Furuichi (Galerie Guido Romero Pierini, Paris), Je suis dans le tableau... (Atelier Bonus, Nantes), Nazcas Festival (Brasseries Atlas, Brussels)
2020: Pharmakon Chain Reaction (Atelier Mitsushima, Kyoto, Japan), INTER_ (Visual Arts Prize of the City of Nantes, L’Atelier, Nantes)
2021: I Believe I Can Fly (Le Port des Créateurs, Toulon)
