Mayu Shoji was born and raised in a small town surrounded by the ocean and pine trees in Yamaguchi, Japan.

She expresses her art with acrylic and oil paintings, as well as textiles. In both mediums, her abiding theme is reverence for life and nature.

Severe allergy symptoms made her inquisitive about the human body. In seeking harmony with her environment, she came to realize the importance of clothes, which separates our bodies from the world around us. In 2006, she established an online store to sell her handmade textile products.

Her textiles were displayed and sold at the “Espace Japon” exhibition in Paris, France in 2015, as well as many stores and events in Japan. In 2017, her oil painting was selected to be displayed at The National Art Center in Tokyo during the “Kohdo Art Exhibition”. Since then, her paintings have been selected every year for the same honor by The National Art Center.

In recent years, she has added some elements of painting to her textiles.  She is creating one-of-a-kind handmade designs that can be intimate and enjoyable for people and their lives.