https://harukaaoki.com Haruka Aoki: Artist & Poet-Illustrator Fri, 13 Nov 2026 10:35:04 +0000 https://harukaaoki.com en https://harukaaoki.com/Index Sun, 23 Jan 2022 15:59:26 +0000 Haruka Aoki: Artist & Poet-Illustrator https://harukaaoki.com/Index https://harukaaoki.com/The-New-Yorker-Nothing-to-See Thu, 12 Jun 2025 12:45:52 +0000 Haruka Aoki: Artist & Poet-Illustrator https://harukaaoki.com/The-New-Yorker-Nothing-to-See Nothing to See Cover for the June 16, 2025 issue of The New Yorker. Whether it's the vase of flowers or glass of wine that goes flying off the table (and onto the precious rug), cats knock over the things we care about and continue to be adored regardless. You can read more about the work here in the Cover Story! For prints, please head over to the Condé Nast Store.&nbsp; Art editors: Françoise Mouly and Genevieve Bormes <img width="2000" height="2500" width_o="2000" height_o="2500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cc5fb0d582eb415de7b5f7a905da8e10ca2721211ffa7697cc02b86a814b22f8/HarukaAoki-NewYorker-Cat-Cover.jpg" data-mid="234498577" border="0" data-scale="49" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cc5fb0d582eb415de7b5f7a905da8e10ca2721211ffa7697cc02b86a814b22f8/HarukaAoki-NewYorker-Cat-Cover.jpg" /> <img width="2362" height="3224" width_o="2362" height_o="3224" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8dc531cb1549ebdf60ad51acff51adeb8928ad0b97afc02e659a7ee24cd4e8e2/HarukaAoki-NewYorker-Cat-Cover-Sketch.jpg" data-mid="234498604" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8dc531cb1549ebdf60ad51acff51adeb8928ad0b97afc02e659a7ee24cd4e8e2/HarukaAoki-NewYorker-Cat-Cover-Sketch.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="2500" width_o="2000" height_o="2500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/963e91ab3af0bf17d0936ffcfad2e3abb93a5575ebb7db8578ebfdc56a11da07/HarukaAoki-NewYorker-Cat-Desk.jpg" data-mid="234498605" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/963e91ab3af0bf17d0936ffcfad2e3abb93a5575ebb7db8578ebfdc56a11da07/HarukaAoki-NewYorker-Cat-Desk.jpg" /> https://harukaaoki.com/Albanian-Ornithological-Society Fri, 13 Nov 2026 10:35:04 +0000 Haruka Aoki: Artist & Poet-Illustrator https://harukaaoki.com/Albanian-Ornithological-Society Protect the Vjosa Delta A poster created for The Albanian Ornithological Society as ornithologists, scientists, and the Albanian people resist the illegal construction of a luxury resort development backed by Jared Kushner’s private equity fund, Affinity Partners. The Vjosa Delta’s Pishë-Poro Nartë is a legally Protected Area, part of the EMERALD Network and an Important Bird Area (IBA).&nbsp;The delta is home to flamingos, Dalmatian pelicans, loggerhead sea turtles, and more than 70 endangered species. Typeface is Kiki (font) by Alec Dunn,&nbsp;from Justseeds Open Type Project. <img width="2160" height="2700" width_o="2160" height_o="2700" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/16a63d38e970148e3d4cfe10f657d8970041da1dc31058ec2e5da1a5a903a8fa/Poster-AlbaniaProtectedAreas-English.jpg" data-mid="254315995" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/16a63d38e970148e3d4cfe10f657d8970041da1dc31058ec2e5da1a5a903a8fa/Poster-AlbaniaProtectedAreas-English.jpg" /> <img width="2160" height="2700" width_o="2160" height_o="2700" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dd87cae6c163310699b29c092ec8e58e985ebc989293ba8537e90e8bc3699b7e/Poster-AlbaniaProtectedAreas-Albanian.jpg" data-mid="254315994" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/dd87cae6c163310699b29c092ec8e58e985ebc989293ba8537e90e8bc3699b7e/Poster-AlbaniaProtectedAreas-Albanian.jpg" /> https://harukaaoki.com/Groton-School-The-Quarterly Thu, 29 Oct 2026 14:26:57 +0000 Haruka Aoki: Artist & Poet-Illustrator https://harukaaoki.com/Groton-School-The-Quarterly Groton School Quarterly Cover art for the arts issue of&nbsp;The Quarterly, a publication from my alma mater, Groton School. I was also interviewed for an article in the issue, “Sitting with the ‘Shoulds’,” by Alyssa Mattei, in which we have a conversation about the forever-questioning and self-doubt that I (and&nbsp;many artistic folk) experience as they create and shape their lives from their creativity. Editor: Sean Kerrigan Journalist: Alyssa Mattei&nbsp; <img width="733" height="950" width_o="733" height_o="950" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b2abc086d79851f28b211e4634cc86ebfb2729e9257f5640abddf671bed6d3a2/HarukaAoki-GrotonQuarterly-Cover-Web.png" data-mid="253807419" border="0" data-scale="44" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/733/i/b2abc086d79851f28b211e4634cc86ebfb2729e9257f5640abddf671bed6d3a2/HarukaAoki-GrotonQuarterly-Cover-Web.png" /> <img width="1465" height="949" width_o="1465" height_o="949" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/77d4f5bce7ee560c676da7610f85995a7a8403c88ceb353175afe6064f0c597d/HarukaAoki-GrotonQuarterly-Interview-Web.png" data-mid="253807559" border="0" data-scale="79" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/77d4f5bce7ee560c676da7610f85995a7a8403c88ceb353175afe6064f0c597d/HarukaAoki-GrotonQuarterly-Interview-Web.png" /> https://harukaaoki.com/The-New-York-Times-Letters-from-Earthling-Series Thu, 29 Aug 2024 10:53:19 +0000 Haruka Aoki: Artist & Poet-Illustrator https://harukaaoki.com/The-New-York-Times-Letters-from-Earthling-Series Letters from Earthling “Letters from Earthling” is a four-part epistolary series written by Earthling to their extragalactic pen pal known simply as "Friend.” Published online and in the print issues of&nbsp;The New York Times, Sunday Arts &amp; Leisure section. Art Director: Jennifer LedburyEditor: Rebecca Thomas Click on the image below to view each piece in the series. <img width="800" height="1442" width_o="800" height_o="1442" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/63266a31314f703506696cab65ac479309ac5d8f492c1c5257e35b67b416bc0e/NYTimes-Earthling-1-HarukaAoki.jpg" data-mid="228716529" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/63266a31314f703506696cab65ac479309ac5d8f492c1c5257e35b67b416bc0e/NYTimes-Earthling-1-HarukaAoki.jpg" /> <img width="800" height="1442" width_o="800" height_o="1442" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c48d2aa384cfa0d3bb49a596d527c2115eda91ffcfc90a5cdf533452120712b4/NYTimes-Earthling-2-HarukaAoki.jpg" data-mid="228716530" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/c48d2aa384cfa0d3bb49a596d527c2115eda91ffcfc90a5cdf533452120712b4/NYTimes-Earthling-2-HarukaAoki.jpg" /> <img width="800" height="1442" width_o="800" height_o="1442" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8ae1e7201a05406e13bbcc542a086e268afa5d3be25d25013bcef5a36c0cb607/NYTimes-Earthling-3-HarukaAoki.jpg" data-mid="228716531" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/8ae1e7201a05406e13bbcc542a086e268afa5d3be25d25013bcef5a36c0cb607/NYTimes-Earthling-3-HarukaAoki.jpg" /> <img width="800" height="1442" width_o="800" height_o="1442" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ce783d98b1876ddcf5f75fa8487405e88e8ad09c5ffe3b665b8f41d24d418db4/NYTimes-Earthling-4-HarukaAoki.jpg" data-mid="228716532" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/ce783d98b1876ddcf5f75fa8487405e88e8ad09c5ffe3b665b8f41d24d418db4/NYTimes-Earthling-4-HarukaAoki.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="2500" width_o="2000" height_o="2500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c5aa6e510a23383046448236e3aa48447e379673422be09ba8bd5d6bc60e3b6e/Earthling-HarukaAoki-Sketch2.jpg" data-mid="217155474" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c5aa6e510a23383046448236e3aa48447e379673422be09ba8bd5d6bc60e3b6e/Earthling-HarukaAoki-Sketch2.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="2500" width_o="2000" height_o="2500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/44a45a0606280165c791860549032beaa4613111ba66f439b96e07e2293beaba/Earthling-HarukaAoki-Sketch1.jpg" data-mid="217155473" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/44a45a0606280165c791860549032beaa4613111ba66f439b96e07e2293beaba/Earthling-HarukaAoki-Sketch1.jpg" /> <img width="800" height="1000" width_o="800" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ba9f2f51643d81ce83b144e97a63c189a218f916d82eb92ad38830f0b49b7a08/Earthling-HarukaAoki-Sketch3.jpg" data-mid="228717073" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/ba9f2f51643d81ce83b144e97a63c189a218f916d82eb92ad38830f0b49b7a08/Earthling-HarukaAoki-Sketch3.jpg" /> <img width="800" height="1000" width_o="800" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3d88b173173266cb0c0feadf1b7a6f0b51c1bd34ac5a0686058a2a388e74e4bf/Earthling-HarukaAoki-Sketch4.jpg" data-mid="228717172" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/3d88b173173266cb0c0feadf1b7a6f0b51c1bd34ac5a0686058a2a388e74e4bf/Earthling-HarukaAoki-Sketch4.jpg" /> https://harukaaoki.com/Green-Dreamer-Cultivating-active-hope-through-small-daily-actions Thu, 29 Oct 2026 14:53:06 +0000 Haruka Aoki: Artist & Poet-Illustrator https://harukaaoki.com/Green-Dreamer-Cultivating-active-hope-through-small-daily-actions Kirsten Bradley: Cultivating active hope through small daily actions Artwork for Kamea Chayne’s Green Dreamer, a podcast with “conversations guided by questions around what it means to nurture more loving, liberating, and life-affirming worlds *for all*.” The episode features Kirsten Bradley, the co-founder of Milkwood and the author of “The Milkwood Permaculture Living Handbook.” <img width="3000" height="3000" width_o="3000" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/754a759ce768caeeba9eac6cc01df41cc7938cab685032214f2a2da77c5b15c3/GreenDreamer-2026-4-11.png" data-mid="253807717" border="0" data-scale="51" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/754a759ce768caeeba9eac6cc01df41cc7938cab685032214f2a2da77c5b15c3/GreenDreamer-2026-4-11.png" /> <img width="1080" height="1350" width_o="1080" height_o="1350" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/488ef39a1a9acad3b3392c8c30453ab98a3826185f9b3c2d1696738dd0395ae4/GreenDreamer-HarukaAoki-KirstenBradley-Social2.jpg" data-mid="253807714" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/488ef39a1a9acad3b3392c8c30453ab98a3826185f9b3c2d1696738dd0395ae4/GreenDreamer-HarukaAoki-KirstenBradley-Social2.jpg" /> <img width="1080" height="1350" width_o="1080" height_o="1350" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/976aa635c553cf575e7c7316fde08e228b4f1b60903b558fe7e05bedde291633/GreenDreamer-HarukaAoki-KirstenBradley-Social3.jpg" data-mid="253807715" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/976aa635c553cf575e7c7316fde08e228b4f1b60903b558fe7e05bedde291633/GreenDreamer-HarukaAoki-KirstenBradley-Social3.jpg" /> https://harukaaoki.com/Rights-of-Every-Child Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:43:33 +0000 Haruka Aoki: Artist & Poet-Illustrator https://harukaaoki.com/Rights-of-Every-Child Rights of Every Child The&nbsp;Rights of Every Child invited me to choose and illustrate one guaranteed right adapted from the 54 articles of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. I chose the right to protection from mental violence. &nbsp;&nbsp; <img width="1080" height="1080" width_o="1080" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2dd4a5287016b4b82177daa576f73e1087cf9b3d7a85c4047520017beff28d38/EveryChild-HarukaAoki-Web-1080.jpg" data-mid="226995338" border="0" data-scale="55" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2dd4a5287016b4b82177daa576f73e1087cf9b3d7a85c4047520017beff28d38/EveryChild-HarukaAoki-Web-1080.jpg" /> Here is my statement: Violence can leave marks not just on our skin, but also on the inside, like in our hearts and in our minds. Because it is especially hard for children to shield themselves when violence is near, we as a community of guardians have the responsibility to keep the world's children safe. As I was drawing this piece, I thought of the times when kind people protected me from mental violence. Their love and support felt like a warm embrace where I could relax and be taken care of. As I've gotten older, I've learned that this warmth is abundant and it lives inside me too! So I try to share my warmth with people who may need that kind of protection or support. <img width="1000" height="1250" width_o="1000" height_o="1250" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a0aa4cb0f6aa3c2878fbef5869e4f30eefac4f43f087041f8b5d9099886268e2/RightofEveryChild-HarukaAoki-Sketch-Sun.jpg" data-mid="226995976" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a0aa4cb0f6aa3c2878fbef5869e4f30eefac4f43f087041f8b5d9099886268e2/RightofEveryChild-HarukaAoki-Sketch-Sun.jpg" /> <img width="1000" height="1250" width_o="1000" height_o="1250" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ae15b0a70d8ffc224a678b8ea73870e0d1e4cedd8ad06aa69b6f03015f5372f2/RightofEveryChild-HarukaAoki-Sketch-Cloud.jpg" data-mid="226995972" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ae15b0a70d8ffc224a678b8ea73870e0d1e4cedd8ad06aa69b6f03015f5372f2/RightofEveryChild-HarukaAoki-Sketch-Cloud.jpg" /> https://harukaaoki.com/Climate-Justice-Tapestry Thu, 09 Apr 2026 09:50:45 +0000 Haruka Aoki: Artist & Poet-Illustrator https://harukaaoki.com/Climate-Justice-Tapestry Climate Justice Tapestry The Cloak of Healing: Visions for Climate Justice is a giant tapestry I created for Systemic Justice, an organization that partners with communities fighting for racial, social, and economic justice, using strategic litigation as a force for systemic change. The tapestry weaves together the hopes, dreams, and collective efforts of BIPOC climate justice leaders in Europe. Inspired from their&nbsp;lively exchanges and learnings shared at the "Reclaiming Climate Justice Summit" in Denmark, I organized the piece into three themes (from left to right): collective action, collective care, and collective change-making. I designed the artwork so that, if desired, it may be printed on a textile to be worn as a cloak—a lifelong garment that not only warms and carries the body but also holds stories, memories, and dreams. Special thanks to&nbsp;Nani Jansen Reventlow, Andreas Reventlow, Ani Oganesian, and Gilberto Morishaw at Systemic Justice for their partnership and support.&nbsp; <img width="2000" height="654" width_o="2000" height_o="654" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f0fab36cefd1d278eacdfe8a6eaca26e293ee565bd307f1fef2c67af4075c399/HarukaAoki-SystemicJustice-Tapestry.png" data-mid="247000695" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f0fab36cefd1d278eacdfe8a6eaca26e293ee565bd307f1fef2c67af4075c399/HarukaAoki-SystemicJustice-Tapestry.png" /> <img width="3240" height="1080" width_o="3240" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0334cbb412b3730e0ceb14a122bbff125a7efbfc1cfeaede4d5bb4a256fa76fe/SystemicJustice-HarukaAoki-Sketch2.jpg" data-mid="247938086" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0334cbb412b3730e0ceb14a122bbff125a7efbfc1cfeaede4d5bb4a256fa76fe/SystemicJustice-HarukaAoki-Sketch2.jpg" /> https://harukaaoki.com/A-Thin-Line-Billboard Thu, 29 Aug 2024 10:18:50 +0000 Haruka Aoki: Artist & Poet-Illustrator https://harukaaoki.com/A-Thin-Line-Billboard A Thin Line Billboard Billboard design for Galeria Rusz/Rusz Foundation in Toruń, Poland. When I was sketching ideas for the billboard, the radio was spewing out the latest horrors from Ukraine, numbers and strategies explained as if war were a game with no consequences to humanity. And as I was completing this work in summer 2022, I thought of the Palestinian people facing brutal attacks by the Israeli military. While I have been privileged to grow up in bubbles of cautious stability, being from Japan, a country whose rulers committed atrocious crimes, colonized their neighbors, and were later silenced to “peace” by the American atomic bombs and the occupation that followed, I am aware of just how thin and complex that line is, between war and peace. <img width="1181" height="576" width_o="1181" height_o="576" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/85adc57b4111c11912b1ee6de1c6263a093bd924510da20310f8f37355961c5c/AThinLine-HarukaAoki.jpg" data-mid="217140626" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/85adc57b4111c11912b1ee6de1c6263a093bd924510da20310f8f37355961c5c/AThinLine-HarukaAoki.jpg" /> https://harukaaoki.com/Green-Dreamer-Finding-belonging-within-a-fractured-world Wed, 06 May 2026 10:42:23 +0000 Haruka Aoki: Artist & Poet-Illustrator https://harukaaoki.com/Green-Dreamer-Finding-belonging-within-a-fractured-world Sophia Kai: Finding belonging within a fractured world Artwork for Kamea Chayne’s Green Dreamer, a podcast with “conversations guided by questions around what it means to nurture more loving, liberating, and life-affirming worlds *for all*.” The episode features poet and musician Sophia Kai of Journey of the Soul, who spoke about the paradoxes of being human and how we may collectively continue to liberate ourselves from oppressive systems today.&nbsp; While I was listening to Sophia’s music, a tapestry of humanity rose to the surface of my mind. A figure wears the paradoxes of humanity while still choosing to care for a little flower, a fellow creature with whom they share their life on Earth, their existence in the Universe.&nbsp; <img width="1080" height="1350" width_o="1080" height_o="1350" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2e81080c80fddfe96d73215cdd4fb38c48ba954b2a1a43c07cf33429f0f94561/GreenDreamer-HarukaAoki-SophiaKai-Social1.jpg" data-mid="247930856" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2e81080c80fddfe96d73215cdd4fb38c48ba954b2a1a43c07cf33429f0f94561/GreenDreamer-HarukaAoki-SophiaKai-Social1.jpg" /> <img width="1080" height="1350" width_o="1080" height_o="1350" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9894a70f6f1f3c682e392b4bcd9d752c0a3cc79f299b3f17c990bde31f1554f5/GreenDreamer-HarukaAoki-SophiaKai-Social2.jpg" data-mid="247930857" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9894a70f6f1f3c682e392b4bcd9d752c0a3cc79f299b3f17c990bde31f1554f5/GreenDreamer-HarukaAoki-SophiaKai-Social2.jpg" />