Born in Chiba in 1984.
Graduated from Joshibi Art University, majored in Nihonga in 2007.
Held numerous solo exhibitions including "New Japanese Painting which ties Japan and Central Asia" at Chibagin Himawari Gallery / Tokyo, "Beauty of Japan" at The Museum of the First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan in 2014, "Destination of Pain / Sadness Breeding" at Renaissance Atyrau Hotel / Kazakhstan in 2016, "The Secret garden" at Yorozu Gallery in 2017, "The world and I of Space, Plants" at Ginza Mitsukoshi / Tokyo in 2019.
Participated to various group exhibitions including "Art Festival in Toront" in Canada, "Art Fair Tokyo," "Art Expo Malaysia."

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Works

I have mostly worked in the nihonga format, but since last year I changed to a mixed media style with acrylics and natural minerals.
My current works symbolize the relationship between nature and people through patterns.
I make paintings that depict the "current state" of nature and people, two elements with a long history of coexistence, by appropriating nature and artificial shapes through a lens of fragmentation and reconstructing them as abstract patterns, Amber, a natural resin fossil, has the nuance of "eternal time."
In the piece appearing here, "Links -Square-," I symbolically expressed "amber" and "present time" by sealing aluminum foil in synthetic resin.
I want to continue depicting the essence of things without being caged to any fixed concepts existing within myself.

PROFILE

1984　Born in Chiba
2003　Graduated from Joshibi High School of Art and Design, Tokyo, Japan
2007　Graduated from Joshibi University of Art and Design, Department of Fine Arts, majoring in Japanese painting

Solo Exhibition
2009　First Solo Exhibition (Gekkoso Gallery / Tokyo)
2012　Kachoga -SAKURA- (Dorado Gallery / Tokyo)
2013　Kochiikusei (Yorozu Gallery / Tokyo)
2013　Lifes in Asia (Isetan Urawa Store / Saitama)
2013　Traditional Beauty (Ginza Mitsukoshi / Tokyo)
2014　Japanese paitings which bridge Janan and Central Asia (Chibagin Himawari Gallery / Tokyo)
2014　Solo Exhibition (The Museum of the First President / the Republic of Kazakhstan)
2015　Solo Exhibition at Japanese Festival in Almaty (Central State Museum / the Republic of Kazakhstan)
2016　Shinka (Art Fair Tokyo)
2016　Destination of Pain/Sadness Breeding (Renaissance Atyrau Hotel / the Republic of Kazakhstan)
2017　Loves and Girls (Ginza Mitsukoshi / Tokyo)
2017　The Secret Garden (Yorozu Galler / Tokyo)
2019　The world of I and Space and Plants (Ginza Mitsukoshi / Tokyo)

Group Exhibition
2008　Mameko Endo and Tomoko Hokyo (Gekkousou Ginza / Tokyo)
2008　WOMEN Painting (J-trip art gallary in Ginza / Tokyo)
2008　Yubi 2008 (Tower Hall Funabori / Tokyo)
2010　Yubi 2010 (Tower Hall Funabori / Tokyo)
2010　Exhibition of Art Imagination (NHK gallary / Tokyo)
2011　Exhibition of Light (Ginza Gionishi / Tokyo)
2011　Group Exhibition (Dorado Gallary / Tokyo)
2011　Charity Exhibition for Great East Japan Earthquake (Artcomplex Center / Tokyo)
2011　Charity Exhibition for Great East Japan Earthquake (Artcomplex Center / Tokyo)
2011　Charity Exhibition for Great East Japan Earthquake "THANK YOU Exhibition" (Dorado Gallary / Tokyo)
2011　Group Exhibition by graduated students from Joshibi university of art and design (Artcomplex Center / Tokyo)
2011　Yubi 2011 (Tower Hall Funabori / Tokyo)
2011　Hyakka Ryoran (Artcomplex Center / Tokyo)
2011　Duo Exhibition "Sangaten" (Ginza Ougiya / Tokyo)
2011　Art Festival (Toront)
2011　Young Japanese Artists in 2011 (New York)
2012　Duo Exhibition "Sangaten" (Ginza Gekkousou / Tokyo)
2012　El debutante URAWA in 2012 (Isetan Urawa Store / Saitama)
2012　Women artists selected by Fuyuhiko Yamamoto (Mitsukoshi Ginza / Tokyo)
2012　Adesugata (Gallary Shorewood / Tokyo)
2012　URUTORA 005 (Spiral Garden / Tokyo)
2013　Shunshouikkoku2 (Gallary Uehara / Tokyo)
2014　Hanayagi no iro (Isetan Shinjuku Store / Tokyo)
2014　Duo Exhibition "Sangaten (2nd)" (Gallary Shorewood / Tokyo)
2014　Duo Exhibition "Sangaten (2nd)" (Gyouganji / Chiba)
2015　Duo Exhibition "Hanayagi no Iro" (Isetan Shinjuku Store / Tokyo)
2015　Group Exhibition at 100th aniversary of foundation of Joshibi junior / high school of art and design (Ueno Royal Museum / Tokyo)
2016　New Year Japanese Painting Exhibition (Artcomplex Center / Tokyo)
2016　Seiseikai (Takashimaya Yokohama, Takashimaya Osaka)
2017　Seiseikai (Takashimaya Yokohama, Takashimaya Kyoto, Takashimaya Osaka)
2017　Break Zenya (Bunkamura Gallery / Tokyo)
2018　Seiseikai (Takashimaya Yokohama, Takashimaya Kyoto, Takashimaya Osaka)
2018　Grouo Exhibition (Nihombashi Mitsukoshi Main Store / Tokyo)
2018　Duo Exhibition "LIVES" (Isetan Shinjuku Store / Tokyo)
2018　Christmas Art session (Takashimaya Yokohama)
2019　"Bijinga Zukushi 2nd" A book launch Exhibition (Art Morimoto Gallery / Tokyo)
2019　Art Expo Malaysia

Awards
2007　"Kato Nariyuki Memorial Award" as valedictorian of Joshibi university of art and design (Japanese painting department)
2009　Award in exhibition by Tokyo art center
2010　"Painting selected by musicians award" in exhibition by Dorado International Artists Associations
2011　"Sakura Award" in 22nd Garyusakura Japanese Painting Exhibision
2016　The 30th anniversary of the Chernobyl accident, the 2017 Astana Expo Memorial "Internal Artist Competition" 3rd place

collaboration
2017　Executed Seventeen Ceiling Paintings out of One hundred sixty of Kyakuden (reception hall) in Shoujuin Temple, Ujitawara town, Kyoto

ONBEAT vol.12 features Tomoko Hokyo