PROFILE

Emmanuelle Moureaux
Architect, Artist

Emmanuelle Moureaux is a French architect and artist based in Tokyo since 1996. Inspired by Tokyo's layered urban landscape and traditional Japanese spatial elements such as sliding screens, she developed shikiri—her original spatial concept of creating and structuring space through color. Rather than applying color as a surface finish, she treats it as a three-dimensional architectural element that shapes space itself. Through architecture, installations, and art, she continues to create works that evoke emotion through color.

Since 2013, Moureaux has been developing her lifelong 100 colors series. Composed of one hundred carefully selected colors, these immersive installations invite people to rediscover the richness and diversity of color that exists in everyday life. The series has transformed museums, parks, churches, libraries, hospitals, and other public spaces in cities including New York, Paris, London, Dubai, Hong Kong, and Tokyo.

Her representative works include the 100 colors series, Forest of Numbers, created for the 10th Anniversary Exhibition of The National Art Center, Tokyo, MIRAGE, the sculptural entrances for Google's headquarters in California, 100 colors path at TAKANAWA GATEWAY CITY in Tokyo, the architectural design of Sugamo Shinkin Bank, and installations for UNIQLO and ISSEY MIYAKE. In 2021, she completed the artistic color design for approximately 14 kilometers of the New Taipei Metro Circular Line in Taiwan, extending the concept of shikiri to an urban scale.

Since 2008, she has taught at Tohoku University of Art and Design, where she has been Professor since 2023. Through 100 colors lab, she encourages students to expand their perception of color by observing and translating the colors found in everyday life.

Member of the Tokyo Society of Architects, the Architectural Institute of Japan, and the Japan Institute of Architects.

AWARDS

2026      ARCHITIZER A+AWARDS   Finalist   (US)
100 colors no.48 “100 colors butterflies”
2025      LE FRENCH DESIGN 100   (France)
100 colors of skirts
2024      Ministry of Culture 9th Public Art Awards Award of Excellence (Taiwan)
The Artistic Design on the Circular Line in Taipei
2024      National Association for Arts in Health (NOAH)   (US)
Arts Transforming Environments / Winner
                100 colors no.39 / The MetroHealth Glick Center Collection
2024      23rd CS Design Award  Nakagawa Chemical Prize   (Japan)
                100 colors no.43 “memory”
2024      ARCHITIZER A+AWARDS   Special Mention   (US)
                100 colors no.37
2022      ARCHITIZER A+AWARDS   Finalist   (US)
                100 colors no.35
2022      LE FRENCH DESIGN 100   (France)
                Emmanuelle Moureaux : Universe of Words
2020      KUKAN DESIGN AWARD  Silver Prize   (Japan)
                Universe of Words
2020      ARCHITIZER A+AWARDS  Jury Winner   (US)
                Forest of Numbers
2020      21th CS Design Award  Nakagawa Chemical Prize   (Japan)
                100 colors no.25 “colorscape”
2019       LE FRENCH DESIGN 100   (France)
                Emmanuelle Moureaux
2017        Aesthetica Art Prize    Shortlisted & People's Choice Award   (UK)
                I am here
2017        ARCHITIZER A+AWARDS   Finalist   (US)
                Sugamo Shinkin Bank Nakaaoki Branch
2017        International Design Awards   Honorable Mention  (US)
                kindergarten creche ropponmatsu
2016        American Architecture Prize   Bronze   (US)
                Sugamo Shinkin Bank Nakaaoki Branch
2016        International Design Awards   Honorable Mention  (US)
                Forest of Numbers
2015        International Design Awards   Honorable Mention  (US)
                Sugamo Shinkin Bank Nakaaoki Branch
2015        arcVision Prize – Women and Architecture  Finalist (Italy)
                Emmanuelle Moureaux
2015        PUBLIC SPACE DESIGN AWARD   Grand Prize  (Japan) 
                Sugamo Shinkin Bank Ekoda Branch
2015        PUBLIC SPACE DESIGN AWARD  Category Award  (Japan) 
                Sugamo Shinkin Bank Nakaaoki Branch
2014        DEDALO MINOSSE INTERNATIONAL PRIZE   Under 40  (Italy) 
                Sugamo Shinkin Bank Branches
2014        International Design Awards   Silver  (US)
                Sugamo Shinkin Bank Ekoda Branch
2014        International Design Awards   Honorable Mention  (US)
                mille-feuille
2014        KAWAII DESIGN AWARD   1st Prize  (Japan) 
                Sugamo Shinkin Bank Branches
2013        ICONIC AWARDS   Architecture Best of Best  (Germany) 
                Sugamo Shinkin Bank Branches 
2013        ARCHITIZER A+AWARDS   Popular Choice Winner  (US)
                Sugamo Shinkin Bank Shimura Branch  
2012        International Architecture Awards   (US)
                Sugamo Shinkin Bank Shimura Branch
2012        International Design Awards   Gold  (US)
                Sugamo Shinkin Bank Shimura Branch 
2011         MAINICHI Design Award   Finalist  (Japan)
2011         Design for Asia    Silver Award  (Hong-Kong)
                Sugamo Shinkin Bank Shimura Branch
2011         Design for Asia    Silver Award  (Hong-Kong)
                eda
2011         Perspective Awards  Architecture  (Hong-Kong)
                Sugamo Shinkin Bank Shimura Branch
2011         SBID International Design Awards   Finalist　(UK)  
                Sugamo Shinkin Bank Shimura Branch 
2011         AZ Awards  Finalist　 (Canada)
                eda
2011         International Architecture Awards   (US)
                Sugamo Shinkin Bank Tokiwadai Branch  
2008       15th CS Design Award  Special Jury Prize  (Japan)
                touch the COLOR
2008       BEST STORE OF THE YEAR  (Japan)
                ABC plus international / ABC ground / CS Design Center
2007       40 Under 40 (PERSPECTIVE magazine / Hong-Kong)
2007       BEST STORE OF THE YEAR  (Japan)
                ABC Cooking Studio / abc kids
2005       DesignTide in Tokyo Best Installation Prize  (Japan)
                Fresh Touch     

EXHIBITIONS

100 COLORS

2026       100 colors no.54 / "FLOW" (Hong Kong)
2025       100 colors no.53 / "100 colors path" Tokyo (Japan)
2024       100 colors no.52 / "MIRAGE" for Google Mountain View, CA (US)
2023       100 colors no.50 / "SERPENTI" Tokyo (Japan)
2023       100 colors no.49 / "100 colors Falls" Osaka (Japan)
2023       100 colors no.48 / "100 colors butterflies" Shanghai (China)
2023       100 colors no.47 / "TIMELINE" Paris (France)
2023       100 colors no.46 / mt 100th Kurashiki (Japan)
2023       100 colors no.45 / "8760 hours" Almere (Netherlands)
2023       100 colors no.44 / "ONE MILLION" Seoul (Korea)
2023       100 colors no.43 / "100 colors memory" Tokyo (Japan)
2023       100 colors no.42 / Dogo onsen Dogo onsen (Japan)
2022       100 colors no.41 / "100 colors Falls" Osaka (Japan)
2022       100 colors no.40 / Imabari Imabari (Japan)
2022       100 colors no.39 / MetroHealth Cleveland (US)
2022       100 colors no.38 / KITTE NAGOYA Nagoya (Japan)
2022       100 colors no.37 / Oslo Public Library Oslo (Norway)
2021        100 colors no.36 / "hitobito iroiro" Tokyo (Japan)
2021        100 colors no.35 / mt  Kurashiki (Japan)
2021        100 colors no.34 / "Forest of Numbers"   São Paulo (Brazil)
2020        100 colors no.33 / "mirai" Tokyo (Japan)
2020        100 colors no.32 / "Slices of Time" London (UK)
2019         100 colors no.31 / "Forest of Numbers" Kumamoto (Japan)
2019         100 colors no.30 / PATEK PHILIPPE  (Singapore)
2019         100 colors no.29 / "Forest of Numbers"  Taipei (Taiwan)
2019         100 colors no.28 / "Universe of Words"   Tokyo (Japan)
2019         100 colors no.27 / Breeze   Taipei (Taiwan)
2018         100 colors no.26 / TOKYO   Cannes (France)
2018         100 colors no.25 / Shinjuku Station   Tokyo (Japan)
2018         100 colors no.24 / Color Factory   New York (US)
2018         100 colors no.23 / Downtown Dubai   Dubai (UAE)
2017         100 colors no.22 / "COLOR OF TIME"   Toyama (Japan)
2017         100 colors no.21 / "Christmas Forest in 100 colors"   Tokyo
2017         100 colors no.20 / Hankyu Department Store   Osaka (Japan)
2017         100 colors no.19 / Affordable Art Fair   Brussels (Belgium)
2017         100 colors no.18 / "Forest of Numbers"   Tokyo / Como (Italy) / Paris
2016         100 colors no.17 / "color mixing"   Tokyo (Japan)
2016         100 colors no.16 / WATERRAS   Tokyo (Japan)
2016         100 colors no.15 / Awaji Park   Tokyo (Japan)
2016         100 colors no.14 / Buenos Aires    Buenos Aires (Argentina)
2016         100 colors no.13 / Kabukicho   Tokyo (Japan)
2016         100 colors no.12 / "I am here"    Tokyo / London (UK) / York (UK)
2016         100 colors no.11 / "bunshi"    Paris / Tokyo (Japan)
2015         100 colors no.10 / "hanami" for FURLA  Tokyo (Japan)
2015         100 colors no.9 / "100 colors in 3.3m2"   Zojoji Temple, Tokyo
2015         100 colors no.8 / "en" for FURLA  Tokyo (Japan)
2015         100 colors no.7 / Shinjuku Mitsui Building   Tokyo (Japan)
2015         100 colors no.6 / Shinjuku Nomura Building   Tokyo (Japan)
2015         100 colors no.5 / "DANCE" for FURLA  Tokyo (Japan)
2015         100 colors no.4 / Carnegie Mellon University   Pittsburgh (US)
2014         100 colors no.3 / Shinjuku Central Park   Tokyo (Japan)
2014         100 colors no.2 / "colorful wind" for UNIQLO   8 countries 26 cities  
2013         100 colors no.1 / Shinjuku Mitsui Building   Tokyo (Japan)  

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2023        Museum M.  Almere (Netherlands)
                 100 colors no.45 "9760 hours"
2022        Oslo Public Library Oslo (Norway)
                 100 colors no.37
2020        NOW Gallery  London (UK)
                 Slices of Time
2017         The National Art Center, Tokyo   Tokyo (Japan)
                 Forest of Numbers
2012         Prismic Gallery   Tokyo (Japan)
                 emmanuelle moureaux exhibition : shikiri
2009        CS Design Center   Tokyo (Japan)
                 kaleidoscope                  
2007        CS Design Center opening exhibition  Tokyo (Japan)
                 touch the COLOR
2004        OZONE  Living Design Center Tokyo (Japan)
                 inspirations

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2023       The ART OF ABSOLUE ”PERPETUAL, BEYOND TIME”   Shanghai (China)
               100 colors no.48 "100 colors butterflies"
2023       BVLGARI SERPENTI 75 Years of Infinite Tale Exhibition   Tokyo (Japan)
               100 colors no.50 "SERPENTI"
2023       ROPPONGI ART NIGHT   Tokyo (Japan)
               100 colors no.43 "memory"
2023       DOGO ART   Matsuyama (Japan)
               100 colors no.42
2019       Tanabata   Tokyo (Japan)
               100 colors no.28 "Universe of Words"
2019       IMABARI COLOR SHOW   Imabari (Japan)
               1000 COLORS WAVE
2019       VERY FUN PARK   Taipei (Taiwan)
               100 colors no.27
2018       Shinjuku Creators Festa   Tokyo (Japan)
               100 colors no.25 "colorscape"
2018       MINIARTEXTIL   Paris (France)
               100 colors no.18 "Forest of Numbers" 
2017       IMABARI COLOR SHOW   Tokyo / Imabari (Japan)
               1000 COLORS RECIPE
2017       Toyama Prefectural Museum of Art & Design  Toyama (Japan)
               Opening ceremony exhibition : "Art and Design, dialogue with materials"  
               "COLOR OF TIME"
2017       MINIARTEXTIL   Como (Italy)
               100 colors no.18 "Forest of Numbers"
2017       Aesthetica Art Prize Exhibition   York (UK)
               100 colors no.12 "I am here"
               100 colors no.9 "100 colors in 3.3m2"
2017       ARTROOMS   London (UK)
               100 colors no.12 "I am here"
2016       SENSE OF MOTION   Tokyo (Japan)
               100 colors no.17 "color mixing"
2016       TRANS ARTS TOKYO   Tokyo (Japan)
               100 colors no.15 / no.16
2016       VISUAL ART WEEK   Buenos Aires (Argentina)
               100 colors no.14
2016       Shinjuku Creators Festa   Tokyo (Japan)
               100 colors no.13 / Kabukicho
2016       Space in Ginza   Tokyo (Japan)
               100 colors no.12 "I am here"
2015       ANY TOKYO   Tokyo (Japan)
               100 colors in 3.3m2
2015       Shinjuku Creators Festa   Tokyo (Japan)
               100 colors no.6 / 100 colors no.7
2015       wats:ON? festival   Pittsburgh (US)
               100 colors no.4
2014       Tokyo Designers Week   Tokyo (Japan)
               mino
2014       Shinjuku Creators Festa   Tokyo (Japan)
               100 colors no.3
2014       14th Venice Biennale Architecture Exhibition   Venice (Italy)  
               shikiri : see beyond the colors
2014       Ambiente   Franfkfurt (Germany)
               awa
2013       ANY TOKYO   Tokyo (Japan)
               sparkling bubbles for Coca-Cola
2013       Shinjuku Creators Festa   Tokyo (Japan)
               100 colors no.1
2013       Paper Game Center   Tokyo (Japan)
               kamikado
2013       Milano Salone  Milan (Italy)  
               mille-feuille for Wallpaper Handmade exhibition
2012       DESIGNTIDE TOKYO   Tokyo (Japan)
               toki
2011        DESIGNTIDE TOKYO   Tokyo (Japan)
               toge
2010       DESIGNTIDE TOKYO   Tokyo (Japan)
               eda
2009      DESIGNTIDE TOKYO   Tokyo (Japan)
               shibafu table, acrylic x komono
2009      shikiso   Yamagata (Japan)
               Keiko Nakamura x Emmanuelle Moureaux
2008      DESIGNTIDE TOKYO   Tokyo (Japan)
               stick chair
2008      Central East Tokyo   Tokyo (Japan)
               ribbon
2008      DESIGNTIDE TOKYO   Tokyo (Japan)
               stick chair
2008      100% Design London   London (UK)
               stick chair
2007      100% Design Tokyo   Tokyo (Japan)
               stick chair
2006      DECO for DOOR   Tokyo (Japan)
               shikiri noren
2006      Tokyo International Gift Show   Tokyo (Japan)
                niji
2005      AKARI / homage for Isamu Noguchi   Tokyo (Japan)
2005      Design Tide in Tokyo   Tokyo (Japan)
               Fresh Touch
2005      CENTRAL EAST TOKYO   Tokyo (Japan)
               emmanuelle moureaux × Nakagawa Chemical Inc.
2004      OZONE 10th Anniversary   Tokyo (Japan)
               We LOVE CHAIRS
2004      TOKYO DESIGNERS BLOCK   Tokyo (Japan)
               shikiri, shikima
2004      CENTRAL EAST TOKYO   Tokyo (Japan)
               shikiri, shikima
2003      Concrete Furniture  Yokohama (Japan)
               mg series