Liku Maria Takahashi
2025
Celebrating the award-winning achievement in Florence, Italy
Oct, 18-26, 2025
Florence, Italy
Invented again to the Florence Biennale (XVth) as a Guest Artist of Honor, and awarded 'Lorenzo il Magnifico' Award from the President.
The exhibit will feature works that embody the theme of this Biennale, "Light and Darkness." her new work, "The Most Important Element," which depicts Mother Teresa, is the largest Maris painting to date, measuring over two meters.
The installation "If Janathan Livingston Seagull Were a Bird of Passage" will feature live painting by Maria and a workshop in which visitors can participate.
2019
Oct, 18-27, 2019
Florence, Italy
Invited to the XIIth Florence Biennale: Marking the 500th Anniversary of da Vinci’s Death in Florence, Italy, as a Guest Artist of Honor, and awarded the Menzione Speciale del Presidente “Lorenzo Il Magnifico.”
The 12th Florence Biennale features 400 artists from 75 countries.
This time, the Maris Art Project was specially invited to exhibit the flags of 75 countries in a 20m-long booth, along with the 40th Maris Flag Project and Maris painting "Change the World."