Maki Ueda on olfactory art - experience design with chemical molecules - Maki Ueda (JP/NL) Olfactory Artist Born in Tokyo, Japan, in 1974. Currently based in Okinawa and Tokyo, Japan. Olfactory artist Maki Ueda (JP/NL) focuses the spectator’s attention on her fragrant gestures by minimizing the influence of the other senses. Her current research explores olfaction in relation to space and movement