About

Maiko Ando is a New York based makeup artist specializing in beauty and HD television/film makeup with a keen eye for detail and creativity. Maiko is known for natural makeup and camera ready makeup as well as creative character makeup. She has extensive experience in the commercial, television and film industries. She is well respected for her skills and the calm and focused environment she creates, so talent can concentrate on their job and tell their stories in the best way possible on set.

Maiko has worked on TV series documentary productions, commercials, beauty brand campaigns, gala events, advertising corporate shoots in fashion, fragrance, jewelry and lifestyle. Creatively, she enjoys working on a character and effects makeup and designs makeup for opera productions. Her work is showcased in independent films, music videos and actors’ demo reels, theater and much more.

Maiko was formally trained in color in Japan and passionately pursued and studied makeup artistry and hair in New York City. She grew up in Japan in a family of kimono artisans and Ikebana professors and is fascinated by the beauty of colors, patterns and textiles. Maiko began her career in fashion, where she worked for ETRO and Morabito Paris. She has deepened her aesthetic and creativity throughout her life and career.

As an artist, Maiko loves elevating the beauty and spirit of people. She brings clients’ visions to life with wide-ranging skills in makeup artistry, from exquisite “no makeup” makeup and clean beauty looks to character effects makeup. Maiko has worked with Emmy Award winning makeup artists as well as Global Color Director for Clé de Peau Beauté, Benjamin Puckey. She has worked with prominent figures including Ben Stiller and Denim Richards from “Yellowstone.”

Her clients include CBS, Paramount+, Smithsonian Channel, Aveda, NBA and NFL commercials, UBS, GORSKI, It Cosmetics, Alba Botanica, Avalon Organics, Live Clean, celebrities, actors, Heartbeat Opera and many others.