About

Miki Morita was born in Osaka, Japan and now lives in Victoria, B.C. Canada. The main focus of her work is painting and photography, though she is skilled in calligraphy and pottery/ceramics.

Miki gets her inspiration from the beauty of West Coast nature and wildlife; especially, the killer whale as an iconic symbol of West Coast waters. It is her love of killer whales that first brought her to Vancouver Island and kept her there. Ultimately, her passion for art and wildlife has guided her through life and is reflected in her depictions of sea to sky wildlife. Her paintings capture the beauty of creatures in their surroundings, telling the stories of them, their families, and the places they live.

In Japan, Miki studied calligraphy for ten years under the master calligrapher Shingyo Ozawa. She then completed a college diploma in painting followed by a certificate in interior design. In 1998, Miki moved to Victoria and began studying ceramics, then went to receive a B.A. with honour in History in Art from the University of Victoria in 2006. 

Miki took a break from art, but unable to ignore her passion, she started painting again in 2014.

Since then, her work has continued to gain popularity and has been accepted into many art shows, including Sooke Fine Arts Show (2016 and 2019), Sidney Fine Art Show (2016, 2018 and 2019), Ladysmith Fine Art Show (2018), Federation of Canadian Artists Wildlife Art Exhibition in Vancouver (2018), and Victoria Chapter Federation of Canadian Artists Show (2018 fall and 2019 spring). At the 2016 Sooke show, her painting “Morning Cruise” was purchased by a collector in the first 15 minutes of the pre-show viewing. Also, she was juried into the Federation of Canadian Artists in 2017.

In 2017, Miki joined forces with the Whale Interpretive Centre in Telegraph Cove, BC., to help and support their goal to raise public awareness and educate people about the biology of marine mammals and their habitat. Miki’s paintings are on display throughout the season and welcoming tens of thousands nature lovers from all over the world.

Her paintings are found in private collections across Canada, in US, Australia, France, and Japan,