Hitomi Yoshida [温湯こけしARTISTS]
Hitomi Yoshida / Painter
web site: http://www.artslant.com/global/artists/show/9585
Born: 1966, Setagayaku, Tokyo, Japan
Lives and Works in Astoria, NY, USA
1987 Kuwasawa Design School, Shibuyaku, Tokyo
Attended courses with emphasis on Graphic design
She has been exhibiting her paintings regularly in Tokyo and New York since 1999.
In 2003, she got a prize of "Characterism" Williamsburg Art & Historical Center Award
Juried by Charlotta Kotik, Curator and Chair of the Department of Contemporary Art,
Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY.
Her artworks which do not resolve into specific images are spontaneous
and focuses on atmosphere and vibration of "nowhere" where she is/feels.
At this time, what she has tried to express into the Kokeshi is fragments
of love, peace, freedom and eternity that come out of her inner world.
