Atsuko was born and bred in the Japanese countryside. When she was a student she worked for a flower shop and was attracted to the beauty of plants. It was then that she started to create artworks with flowers' motif.

Her works are designed mainly using pencil and acrylic paints with also a good command of masking tapes technique.

Atsuko graduated from Nagoya Zokei University of Arts and Design and she is now working freelance.

Her artworks have been exhibited various times in Tokyo Gallery House Maya and also used in various publications such as "Torianguru" by Machi Tawara, "Mahoroba no Kuni" by Masashi Sada, "Better Half" by Kei Yuikawa etc.

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