Photo by Yuri Makino
Annette Makino (born Annette Yuki Makino, July 17, 1963, Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.A.), visual artist and haiku poet. She earned a degree in international relations from Stanford University and studied art at Humboldt State University. Through her art business, Makino Studios, she offers her haiga and other Asian-inspired art. Makino also has experience in writing and graphic design as a communications specialist for nonprofit organizations. Makino’s haiku and senryu have won Touchstone, Henderson, Brady, and Porad awards; they are regularly published in the leading English-language haiku journals and anthologies. Her 2021 book of haiga and haibun, Water and Stone: Ten Years of Art and Haiku, was honored in the Haiku Society of America’s Merit Book Awards. Growing up with a Japanese father and a Swiss mother, Makino has lived in both Japan and Europe. Since 1986, she has made her home in Arcata, California.
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