Helena Kaori Maeda

About

About

Helena Kaori Maeda

Helena Kaori Maeda is a visual artist who combine 2D and 3D elements through drawings, paintings, and kinetic art. Her work reflects themes from nature and philosophy, exploring both micro and macro perspectives. In her vision, everything coexists. Kaori’s art is a fusion of symbolism, abstraction and figuration, utilizing a variety of techniques and materials. She often creates kinetic sculptures in collaboration with Frank Hietbrink.

Paintings, drawings, sculptures and installations

To fill and feel an empty space with colors and forms is a kind of visual music, sometimes almost completely filled and sometimes left with empty spaces. I do search my tunes. Kinetic sculptures are often made together with Frank Hietbrink.

  • Peace on hands, 2024, painting on paper, Helena Kaori Maeda
    Peace on hands, 2024, painting on paper, Helena Kaori Maeda
  • Rainbow painting Helena Kaori Maeda
    Rainbow 2023, acrilyc on canvas, 120 x 100 x 4 cm Helena Kaori Maeda
  • metamorphose 1, stainless steel acrilyc orange, 35 x 19 x 19 cm, Kaori and Frank
  • Metamorphose 4, Frank Hietbrink and Helena Kaori Maeda
    Metamorphose 4, 2025, sculpture, rvs, Frank Hietbrink and Helena Kaori Maeda
  • sculpture Chowa, 2024, Frank and Kaori
    Chowa, 2024, kinetic sculpture, stainless steel, paper, 270 x 110 x 210 cm, Frank and Kaori
  • Perspectives, 2020, rvs, acrylic, kinetic sculpture, Helena Kaori Maeda and Frank Hietbrink, 180 x 180 x 180cm, Helena Kaori Maeda
    Perspectives, 2020, rvs, acrylic, kinetic sculpture, Helena Kaori Maeda and Frank Hietbrink, 180 x 180 x 180cm, Helena Kaori Maeda
  • Tree of Life acrylic on canvas Helena Kaori Maeda
    Tree of Life, 2020, acrylic on canvas, 120cm x 100cm, Helena Kaori Maeda
  • C. & Z. Kaori
    "Chup & Zuzu", 2016/2017, acrylic on canvas, 75cm x 115cm x1,5cm, Helena Kaori Maeda
  • Coexistence kinetic steel sculpture Frank Hietbrink and Helena Kaori Maeda
    Coexistence, 2018, steel, sculpture, Frank Hietbrink and Helena Kaori Maeda
  • sculpture in metal and wood Helena Kaori Maeda and Frank Hietbrink
    Schelp, 2018, sculpture, 40cm x 100cm x 50cm, Helena Kaori Maeda and Frank Hietbrink
  • Gaia, 2025, Helena Kaori Maeda, 30 L x 23 W x 21 cm H
    Gaia, 2025, Helena Kaori Maeda, 30 L x 23 W x 21cm H
  • Aurora installation textile metal light Helena Kaori Maeda
    Aurora, 2018, installation, 2,5m x 7m x 5m, textile, metal, acrylic, light. Helena Kaori Maeda
  • Bloem kinetic sculpture Helena Kaori Maeda and Frank Hietbrink
    Bloem, 2018, metal, textile, installation/ sculpture, Frank Hietbrink and Helena Kaori Maeda
  • Velvet green, 2015, acrylic on canvas Helena Kaori Maeda
    'Velvet green', 2015, acrylic on canvas, 80 cm x 80 cm, Helena Kaori Maeda
  • Herfst watercolor pencil on paper Helena Kaori Maeda
    Herfst, 2016, watercolor pencil on paper, 24cm x 32cm, Helena Kaori Maeda
  • High Tide watercolor pencil on paper Helena Kaori Maeda
    High tide, 2016, watercolor pencil on paper, 24cm x 32cm, Helena Kaori Maeda
  • Low Tide drawing Helena Kaori Maeda
    Low tide, 2016, watercolor pencil on paper, 24cm x 32cm, Helena Kaori Maeda
  • Sunset-Sea-2013-gouache-on-paper-33cm-x-24cm-Helena-Kaori-Maeda.jpg
    'Sunset Sea', 2013, gouache on paper, 33cm x 24cm, Helena Kaori Maeda
  • Moon-from-Schellingwoudenbrug-2013-acryl-on-Canvas-paper-295cm-x-21cm-Helena-Kaori-Maeda.jpg
    'Moon from Schellingwoudenbrug', 2013, acryl on Canvas paper, 29,5cm x 21cm, Helena Kaori Maeda
  • "What do you see?" sculpture Helena Kaori Maeda
    "What do you see?” , 2021, copper, stainless steel, 2 x: 60 B x 40 H x 30 cm D, Helena Kaori Maeda
  • Jelly Fish light , Helena Kaori Maeda
    Jelly Fish light serie, 1999
  • wall sculpture wood Helena Kaori Maeda
    Convergence, 2017, wooden panel, 108cm x 45cm x 3cm, Helena Kaori Maeda
  • No title sculpture Helena Kaori Maeda
    No title, 1996, wood, acrylic, 90cm H x 45cm W, Helena Kaori Maeda
  • Ovo, 2016, Helena Kaori Maeda
    Ovo, 2016, acrylic/ watercolor pencil on paper, 32 x 24 cm Helena Kaori Maeda
  • 'window', 1991, acryl on paper, Helena Kaori Maeda
    'window', 1991, acryl on paper, 65,5cm x 47,5cm, Helena Kaori Maeda
3D paper

3D paper

Butterfly, 2022, 3D paper, by Helena Kaori Maeda

Wearable mini sculptures

NDSM Fuse shop Thursday – Sunday  12:00 – 18:00

NDSM-PLEIN 29, 1033 WC  AMSTERDAM       www.ndsm-fuse.eu

Wearable mini sculptures
Agenda

Agenda

MWe = Me + We

Book and original drawings exhibition

See link 🙂 www.mwe

NDSM Fuse – Plein 29  1033 WC Amsterdam                   11 Dec. 2025 – 1 March 2026                                                   Thursday to Sunday  from 12:00 to 18:00                              Free entrance, donations are welcome!                       Interactive visual storybook MWe available at NDSM Fuse shop!

www.ndsm-fuse.eu

We are together in the same boat. We share the same oceans, Earth and atmosphere. We depend on the clean water, clean ground, clean air, a healthy ecosystem and each other. Not me without we. We are Mwe !

Now book MWe is also available by the Library Neude 11 in Utrecht, in the category of Inspiration * actief