About the Artist
Tomoko Yamamoto is a Tokyo born artist. She received her B.A. Degree in Comparative Culture from Sophia University, Tokyo Japan and completed her M.A. Degree in Social Sciences at the University of Chicago in 1991.
In 2003, she published a book, “PIZZA & BEADS- Essays on Comparative Culture; Japan and USA“ under the name of Tomoko Oka – her pen name.
She exhibited quite a few works in Europe and the She won France-Japan Award in the France-Japan Multinational Art Exhibition and THE WINDOW OF ARTS (ART collectors’ monthly magazine) Award in 2015.
She held her first solo exhibition in 2018, at Fujiya Gallery, Ginza, Tokyo.
In October (2019), the solo exhibition was carried out in Jiyugaoka, Tokyo. (Gallery Le ciel bleu)
The France-Japan Multinational Art Exhibition（Solo Category）was held in 2020 , at the National Art Center (Tokyo, Roppongi).
Her works were exhibited in the 34th Salon International de Paris. (2021/4/22〜4/25)
2021/8/5 ~ 8/15 Japan-France Contemporary Art Exhibition, Solo Exhibition (Tokyo, Roppongi, The National Art Center, Tokyo)

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