Name: Hiné
Last name: Mizushima​​​​​​​
Location: Vancouver, Canada
Occupation: Fibre Craft Artist
Email: sheishine@mac.com

Biography:

Hiné Mizushima, who was born and raised in Japan, majored in Japanese traditional painting before working as a designer and Illustrator in Tokyo. She later moved to Rome, then Paris, and then Brooklyn. She eventually relocated to Vancouver, Canada, where she currently lives with her family and works as a fibre craft artist.
She has been commissioned for many commercial music videos for They Might Be Giants, which were released on DVDs and screened at art gallery and film festivals in Europe.
Her soft sculptures have been exhibited in many art galleries in the USA, Australia and Japan, and are published as books and magazines, and commissioned for the Adobe Creative Cloud event in NYC, and The New York Times web campaign as well. She also made miniature collages for several book covers in Japan. She recently started original Kogin embroidery for making illustrations, brooches and music videos.
She sells her felt & embroidery creations and prints on her Etsy handmade shop, and goods on her Redbubble shop as well.