Mai TOYAMA
Saxophonist & Photographer — passionate about coffee and cultural intersections.
Born in Osaka, Japan, with Korean roots, she has been based in France since 2010.
She studied classical music, improvisation, chamber music, and music education at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris and CEFEDEM of Normandy, where she earned the French State Diploma (DE).
She performs across Europe in contexts combining contemporary music, improvisation, and visual arts.
Since 2018, she has developed a photographic practice.
Between France, Japan, and Korea, her work quietly explores memory, place, and resonance.
She actively participates in cultural and community projects, creating spaces where people and forms of expression can meet.
Her first photography book, PA POUN PA, was published by OKKO in 2024.
Concerts ＆ Cultural events
2025
- Spectacle de Kamishibai "ENNICHI"
Collaboration avec l’Espace Japon et l’Hôtel Le Grand Quartier, Paris 10e
2024
- Cérémonie d’achèvement de La Plus Grande Peinture au Monde PARIS 2024
Organisée par l’OBNL Earth Identity Project, en co-organisation avec la Mairie du 15e arrondissement, Paris - Conférence – Pathologies musculosquelettiques des musiciens
Avec le Dr. Thomas Mamou, Paris 16e - Fête de la Musique – Quatuor de saxophones "Ko Hana"
Paris 19e - Intervention musicale dans des écoles maternelles
Ateliers et performances musicales, Paris
Next photography exhibition
2025.8/1-3 Aichi, Ichinomiya, Japan
Solo photography exhibition
2024.8/20.21 Coffee Tatsukichi, Kichijoji, Tokyo
2023.8/5-7 Veje, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan
Group Exhibition & Collaboration
2025.5/24&25 Art Book Osaka 2025
2025.3/1&2 CP+ ZINE fair 2025 with OKKO at PACIFICO Yokohama, Kanagawa
2024.10/24-11/03 "Why am i making things?" Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
2023. 8/3-25 [OPC] Elevaty, Osaka, Japan
- Published my photo book PA POUN PA by OKKO
- Magazine Subsequence
2023.06/09-07/02 "Ko Hana" Ko Hana, Fleurs et
Céramique, Paris, France
2023.02/ "Paris & Normandie" "livre blue, livre blanc" for shin ikegami , Coffee Tatsukichi, Tokyo, Japan
2021- JAMAIS VU by Tomo Kosuga
2020.10/31-11/6 [syn-phōnē] , Tokyo Design Festa Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2020.11/6-10 [Konomachinokatasumide] Awaiya books, Osaka, Japan
Next photography exhibition
2025.8/1-3 Aichi, Ichinomiya, Japan
Mai TOYAMA
Saxophonist & Photographer — passionate about coffee and cultural intersections.
Born in Osaka, Japan, with Korean roots, she has been based in France since 2010.
She studied classical music, improvisation, chamber music, and music education at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris and CEFEDEM of Normandy, where she earned the French State Diploma (DE).
She performs across Europe in contexts combining contemporary music, improvisation, and visual arts.
Since 2018, she has developed a photographic practice.
Between France, Japan, and Korea, her work quietly explores memory, place, and resonance.
She actively participates in cultural and community projects, creating spaces where people and forms of expression can meet.
Her first photography book, PA POUN PA, was published by OKKO in 2024.
Concerts ＆ Cultural events
2025
- Spectacle de Kamishibai "ENNICHI"
Collaboration avec l’Espace Japon et l’Hôtel Le Grand Quartier, Paris 10e
2024
- Cérémonie d’achèvement de La Plus Grande Peinture au Monde PARIS 2024
Organisée par l’OBNL Earth Identity Project, en co-organisation avec la Mairie du 15e arrondissement, Paris - Conférence – Pathologies musculosquelettiques des musiciens
Avec le Dr. Thomas Mamou, Paris 16e - Fête de la Musique – Quatuor de saxophones "Ko Hana"
Paris 19e - Intervention musicale dans des écoles maternelles
Ateliers et performances musicales, Paris
Solo photography exhibition
2024.8/20.21 Coffee Tatsukichi, Kichijoji, Tokyo
2023.8/5-7 Veje, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan
Group Exhibition & Collaboration
2025.5/24&25 Art Book Osaka 2025
2025.3/1&2 CP+ ZINE fair 2025 with OKKO at PACIFICO Yokohama, Kanagawa
2024.10/24-11/03 "Why am i making things?" Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
2023. 8/3-25 [OPC] Elevaty, Osaka, Japan
- Published my photo book PA POUN PA by OKKO
- Magazine Subsequence
2023.06/09-07/02 "Ko Hana" Ko Hana, Fleurs et
Céramique, Paris, France
2023.02/ "Paris & Normandie" "livre blue, livre blanc" for shin ikegami , Coffee Tatsukichi, Tokyo, Japan
2021- JAMAIS VU by Tomo Kosuga
2020.10/31-11/6 [syn-phōnē] , Tokyo Design Festa Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2020.11/6-10 [Konomachinokatasumide] Awaiya books, Osaka, Japan