Misako Inaoka

Misako Inaoka is an artist in the bay area that works with the ideas of what we consider natural and artificial. The animals, plants and environments that she creates are a gorgeous blend of organic and plastic. Here's a bit of her statement describing her process:

To arouse notions of existence and coexistence, I construct environments that are rooted in the reality of vanishing species and mutating nature. My minuscule sculptures and site-specific installations force viewers to focus on small details and to take a harder look at their surroundings. My world is not a creation of total imagination, but is a hybrid of the artificial and the actual.