Mariko Figurative Sculptures
Corsican, African, b. 1958
Inspired by the traditional clay statues and sculptures created by tribespeople she saw as a child growing up in Africa, sculptor Mariko continues to explore folk art of that type in her studio. Working with materials such as ceramic, bronze and sandstone to create her figurative sculptures and nude sculptures, Mariko explores mythology, the animal kingdom and more.
Mariko was born in 1958 and was raised in Madagascar, where she was fascinated by the work of local artisans, who created figurative sculptures in clay. During her adolescence, she learned more about different sculpting techniques while traveling throughout Kenya, Mauritius, Reunion Island, Corsica and Côte d’Ivoire. At the age of 14, Mariko decided to become an artist and, because she was too young to attend art school, received private lessons from the director at the Abidjan School of Fine Arts in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.
In the early 1980s, Mariko left Africa to continue her art education in France, where she studied clay art and sculpture at the Beaux-Arts de Montpellier. There, she became influenced by Cubism. After graduating from the school in 1987, Mariko worked with Parisian decorators. During the early 1990s, she worked as a freelance designer, creating garden furniture at the Terrada Ganges factory.
After Mariko spent a year studying old architecture and rehabilitation techniques at the Université Paul Valéry Montpellier, she moved to southern Corsica, where she established a studio and opened an art school — Artu Di A Tarra.
From her workshop in the small Corsican village of Santa-Lucia di Talla, Mariko specializes in monumental sculptures made of glazed ceramics, resin, wood panels and recycled materials, such as engine parts. Her work has been exhibited at numerous galleries, including the Galerie Frank Picon in Paris, Gauchet Fine Art in the French Riviera and Miami, Galerie du Port in Bonifacio and Art Basel Miami Beach.
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Artist: Mariko
Fukuoka
By Mariko
Located in Miami, FL
Mariko’s Fukuoka is an unique contemporary sandstone sculpture painted with red, purple, yellow, black and white enamel. The geishas collection of the artist expresses the various fa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Mariko Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Sandstone, Enamel
Femme aux Oiseaux
By Mariko
Located in Miami, FL
The ultimate ride of the Christians Samurais riding their rhinoceroses.
Historical work by the sculptor Mariko about the troubled period of the 17th. Century where the Christians wer...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Mariko Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Maïko
By Mariko
Located in Miami, FL
The ultimate ride of the Christians Samurais riding their rhinoceroses.
Historical work by the sculptor Mariko about the troubled period of the 17th. Century where the Christians wer...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Mariko Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Nagoya
By Mariko
Located in Miami, FL
Mariko’s Nagoya is an unique contemporary sandstone sculpture painted with orange, red, black and white enamel.
The geishas collection of the artist expresses the various faces of ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Mariko Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Sandstone, Enamel
The Seven Samurais - Bronze Rhino Sculptures
By Mariko
Located in Miami, FL
The ultimate ride of the Christians Samurais riding their rhinoceroses.
Historical work by the sculptor Mariko about the troubled period of the 17th. Century where the Christians were persecuted in Japan.
This period of time inspired the director of the movie "Scorsese" for his last silent production.
The artist Mariko grew up in Africa, where she discovered the sandstone at an early age...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mariko Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Visiteur Boudeur - Monumental Contemporary Resin Outdoor Sculpture
By Mariko
Located in Miami, FL
Mariko’s sculptures are unique and monumental contemporary pieces made of resin and reinforced with an inside metallic structure, finished with a bi-component urethane paint, extreme...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mariko Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Automotive Paint, Polyurethane
Femme à la Guitare
By Mariko
Located in Miami, FL
The ultimate ride of the Christians Samurais riding their rhinoceroses.
Historical work by the sculptor Mariko about the troubled period of the 17th. Century where the Christians wer...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Mariko Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
The Mermaid
By Mariko
Located in Miami, FL
The artist Mariko grew up in Africa, where she discovered clay and sandstone at an early age. Studying at “Les Beaux-Arts” in France, Mariko was marked by the Cubist movement, in par...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Mariko Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Enamel, Gold Leaf
Visiteur Boudeur - Monumental Contemporary Resin Outdoor Sculpture
By Mariko
Located in Miami, FL
Mariko’s sculptures are unique and monumental contemporary pieces made of resin and reinforced with an inside metallic structure, finished with a bi-component urethane paint, extreme...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mariko Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Automotive Paint, Polyurethane
Visiteur Boudeur - Monumental Contemporary Resin Outdoor Sculpture
By Mariko
Located in Miami, FL
Mariko’s sculptures are unique and monumental contemporary pieces made of resin and reinforced with an inside metallic structure, finished with a bi-component urethane paint, extreme...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mariko Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Automotive Paint, Polyurethane
Giraffe - Monumental Contemporary Resin Outdoor Sculpture
By Mariko
Located in Miami, FL
Mariko’s sculptures are unique and monumental contemporary pieces made of resin and reinforced with an inside metallic structure, finished with a bi-component urethane paint, extreme...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mariko Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Automotive Paint, Polyurethane
Pair of Gueishas - Monumental Contemporary Outdoor Sculptures
By Mariko
Located in Miami, FL
Mariko’s Gueishas are unique monumental contemporary sculptures made of resin and reinforced with an inside metallic structure, finished with a bi-component urethane paint, extremely...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Mariko Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Polyurethane
Minotaur (pair of sculptures available)
By Mariko
Located in Miami, FL
The artist Mariko grew up in Africa, where she discovered clay and sandstone at an early age. Studying at “Les Beaux-Arts” in France, Mariko was marked by the Cubist movement, in par...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Mariko Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Enamel
Giraffe - Monumental Contemporary Resin Outdoor Sculpture
By Mariko
Located in Miami, FL
Mariko’s sculptures are unique and monumental contemporary pieces made of resin and reinforced with an inside metallic structure, finished with a bi-component urethane paint, extreme...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mariko Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Automotive Paint, Polyurethane
Demoiselle de l'Air II
By Mariko
Located in Miami, FL
Represents a Geisha, the epitome of women in the arts.
Mariko expresses in different phases her vision of important themes such as the geishas and the femininity where curves, smooth...
Category
2010s Mariko Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Les Visiteurs Boudeurs - Monumental Contemporary Resin Outdoor Sculptures
By Mariko
Located in Miami, FL
Mariko’s sculptures are unique and monumental contemporary pieces made of resin and reinforced with an inside metallic structure, finished with a bi-component urethane paint, extreme...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mariko Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Automotive Paint, Polyurethane
Giraffe - Monumental Contemporary Resin Outdoor Sculpture
By Mariko
Located in Miami, FL
Mariko’s sculptures are unique and monumental contemporary pieces made of resin and reinforced with an inside metallic structure, finished with a bi-component urethane paint, extreme...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mariko Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Automotive Paint, Polyurethane
Arion - Monumental Contemporary Resin Horse Scupture
By Mariko
Located in Miami, FL
Mariko’s Arion is an unique monumental contemporary horse sculpture made of resin and reinforced with an inside metallic structure, finished with a bi-component urethane paint, extre...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Mariko Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Automotive Paint, Polyurethane
Gorilla
By Mariko
Located in Miami, FL
The artist Mariko grew up in Africa, where she discovered clay and sandstone at an early age. Studying at “Les Beaux-Arts” in France, Mariko was marked by the Cubist movement, in par...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Mariko Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Enamel
Samurai II
By Mariko
Located in Miami, FL
The ultimate ride of the Christians Samurais riding their rhinoceroses.
Historical work by the sculptor Mariko about the troubled period of the 17th. Century where the Christians wer...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mariko Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Demoiselle de l'Air
By Mariko
Located in Miami, FL
Represents a Geisha, the epitome of women in the arts.
Mariko expresses in different phases her vision of important themes such as the geishas and the femininity where curves, smooth...
Category
2010s Mariko Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Samurai VI
By Mariko
Located in Miami, FL
The ultimate ride of the Christians Samurais riding their rhinoceroses.
Historical work by the sculptor Mariko about the troubled period of the 17th. Century where the Christians wer...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mariko Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Orang-Utan
By Mariko
Located in Miami, FL
The artist Mariko grew up in Africa, where she discovered clay and sandstone at an early age. Studying at “Les Beaux-Arts” in France, Mariko was marked by the Cubist movement, in par...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Mariko Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel, Enamel
Minotaur (pair of sculptures available)
By Mariko
Located in Miami, FL
The artist Mariko grew up in Africa, where she discovered clay and sandstone at an early age. Studying at “Les Beaux-Arts” in France, Mariko was marked by the Cubist movement, in par...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Mariko Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Enamel
Samurai V
By Mariko
Located in Miami, FL
The ultimate ride of the Christians Samurais riding their rhinoceroses.
Historical work by the sculptor Mariko about the troubled period of the 17th. Century where the Christians wer...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mariko Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Samurai VII
By Mariko
Located in Miami, FL
The ultimate ride of the Christians Samurais riding their rhinoceroses.
Historical work by the sculptor Mariko about the troubled period of the 17th. Century where the Christians wer...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mariko Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Menine
By Mariko
Located in Miami, FL
The artist Mariko grew up in Africa, where she discovered clay and sandstone at an early age. Studying at “Les Beaux-Arts” in France, Mariko was marked by the Cubist movement, in par...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Mariko Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Enamel
Samurai
By Mariko
Located in Miami, FL
The ultimate ride of the Christians Samurais riding their rhinoceroses.
Historical work by the sculptor Mariko about the troubled period of the 17th. Century where the Christians wer...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mariko Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Samurai III
By Mariko
Located in Miami, FL
The ultimate ride of the Christians Samurais riding their rhinoceroses.
Historical work by the sculptor Mariko about the troubled period of the 17th. Century where the Christians wer...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mariko Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Contrebasse
By Mariko
Located in Miami, FL
Mariko’s Contrebasse is a contemporary bronze sculpture with a black patina color in reference to ebony. This balanced construction is a harmony between the double bass shape and the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Mariko Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Fat Lady
By Mariko
Located in Miami, FL
Mariko’s Fat Lady is an unique contemporary dark brown sandstone sculpture. The geishas collection of the artist expresses the various faces of the femininity...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Mariko Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Sandstone
Samurai IV
By Mariko
Located in Miami, FL
The ultimate ride of the Christians Samurais riding their rhinoceroses.
Historical work by the sculptor Mariko about the troubled period of the 17th. Century where the Christians wer...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mariko Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Dancer
By Mariko
Located in Miami, FL
The artist Mariko grew up in Africa, where she discovered clay and sandstone at an early age. Studying at “Les Beaux-Arts” in France, Mariko was marked by the Cubist movement, in par...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Mariko Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Enamel, Gold Leaf
La Ménine
By Mariko
Located in Miami, FL
Mariko’s Menine is an unique contemporary dark brown sandstone sculpture.
Mariko grew up in Africa, where she discovered the sandstone at an early age. Studying at “Les Beaux-Art...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Mariko Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Sandstone
Geisha Memories
By Mariko
Located in Miami, FL
Mariko’s Geisha Memories is an unique contemporary dark brown sandstone sculpture.
The geishas collection of the artist expresses the various faces of the femininity.
Mariko gre...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Mariko Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Sandstone
Gouvernante
By Mariko
Located in Miami, FL
Mariko’s Gouvernante is an unique contemporary sandstone sculpture painted with red, purple, black and white enamel. The geishas collection of the artist expresses the various faces ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Mariko Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Sandstone, Enamel
Asterion
By Mariko
Located in Miami, FL
Mariko’s Asterion is an unique contemporary dark brown sandstone sculpture inspired from the greek mythology, the african culture and the cubist movement.
Mariko grew up in Africa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Mariko Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Sandstone
Sentinelle
By Mariko
Located in Miami, FL
Mariko’s Sentinelle is an unique contemporary sandstone sculpture painted with orange, red, purple, black and white enamel.
The geishas collection of the artist expresses the vario...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Mariko Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Sandstone, Enamel
Mitsouko
By Mariko
Located in Miami, FL
Mariko’s Mitsouko is an unique contemporary sandstone sculpture painted with orange, black and white enamel. The geishas collection of the artist expresses the various faces of the f...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Mariko Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Sandstone, Enamel
Eiffel
By Mariko
Located in Miami, FL
Mariko’s Eiffel is an unique contemporary sandstone sculpture painted with orange, red, purple, black and white enamel.
The geishas collection of the artist expresses the various f...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Mariko Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Sandstone, Enamel
Mariko figurative sculptures for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Mariko figurative sculptures available for sale on 1stDibs. You can also browse by medium to find art by Mariko in metal, enamel, bronze and more. Much of the original work by this artist or collective was created during the 21st century and contemporary and is mostly associated with the contemporary style. Not every interior allows for large Mariko figurative sculptures, so small editions measuring 6 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of Jim Ritchie, Paul Rousso, and Denny Haskew. Mariko figurative sculptures prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $1,440 and tops out at $131,408, while the average work can sell for $8,761.