Maki Ueda⁠

I'm Maki, an olfactory artist working between Japan and the Netherlands. I create scent-based art installations and distill fragrances from unexpected sources: tatami grass, rotten meat, miso soup, local palm flowers. My atelier on Ishigaki Island is where most of this hands-on extraction work happens, and my pieces have shown at venues from Basel's Tinguely Museum to Paris. Ask me about olfactory art, natural scent extraction, creating perfume from unconventional materials, and life on Ishigaki Island.