[MASUMI FRAGIO] Announcement of artist name change

We are pleased to announce that painter FRAGIO will change his artist name to "MASUMI FRAGIO" as of July 2025.

The flageolet is a technique used on the saxophone.
This refers to the range of notes that can be produced infinitely high by using special playing techniques to produce overtones.

For FRAGIO, whose core is music, the artist name is a perfect fit, as the world of endless overtones is expressed through painting.

Also, the correct spelling of flageolet is "flageolet" and uses an "L", but the reason for changing it to "R" is because it means "pray ( The meaning behind this is "with prayers."

We hope to pray for a world filled with love and return the cycle of gratitude to the world.

We appreciate your continued patronage of FRAGIO and its products.

Masumi Iwakawa

Masumi Iwakawa/Painter. Born in Hiroshima Prefecture in 1985. She started playing the saxophone at the age of 16 and entered music college, but dropped out. While studying jazz under Suetoshi Shimizu and pursuing musical activities, she began painting on her own. In 2013, she traveled to New York, USA, and held her first solo exhibition, "BIG BANG" IN THE EAR, in Manhattan. Moved to Berlin, Germany in 2017. Returned to Japan in 2019. She is actively involved in activities such as holding live sessions with her husband, Hikaru Iwakawa, who is a quena player.

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