Midori Furze is a Japanese-born contemporary artist, currently residing in Sydney's Northern Beaches. She has been painting full time since 2008 and has participated in more than 100 art exhibitions in Australia. She has won many awards, including two first prizes in the Figurative and Contemporary sections at Northern Suburbs A&H Society Art exhibition.

Midori's works are influenced by her Japanese background, having studied calligraphy, Japanese music, literature and visual arts since childhood. She is also inspired by music and on her canvases Midori paints her dreams and concepts of love and music.

In May 2009, Midori ran a successful workshop, "Make up Your Mind", which was attended by more than seventy mothers and daughters who enjoyed drawing with recycled make-up products at Manly Library. A "Make up Your Mind" art exhibition took part in the Manly Arts Festival '09 with some local artists and artists around the world.

During the same festival Midori, along with fellow artist Angela van Boxtel, also organised another exhibition, "Womanly", which displayed over 100 t-shirts designed by artists all over the world across a long clothesline at Manly Cove Beach. The spectacular view attracted many visitors.

Midori also participates as a workshop organiser of the art program at Bear Cottage, a children's hospice in Manly. The program is a voluntary service, run by artists, for the children and their families who stay at hospice.

Several "How to Paint" articles, in which Midori shares her knowledge of art, have been published in "Fine Art & Decorative Painting" magazine (Vol. 16 No.10, Vol.16 No.11, Vol.17 No.2 and Vol.17 No.3).

Midori welcomes commission works and her studio at Eramboo Reserve Trust - Art Studios, Terrey Hills is open by appointment.

Midori is an active member of numerous groups, including Eramboo Reserve Trust - Art Studios, Northern Expressions, Pittwater Community Arts, Art in motion, Art for Goats and Ku-Ring-Gai Art Society.

She is an original co-founder of the online gallery, Gallery Cats Sydney. She created the North Shore Art Society website, www.northshoreartsociety.org and she is a web administrator for the society.