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Tomoko Sue

Tomoko Sue’s works are Japanese paintings on hemp paper painted with mineral pigments. She senses the presence of the gods in the great outdoors, and paints images of the mystique and the fundamental connection between nature and mankind. In recent years, he has applied the momigami technique of Japanese painting to depict images of the remote Okinawan island of Kutaka, known as the "Island of the Gods. The image of Hisaka Island, where the entire island is considered sacred, is depicted as if the island is created in beautiful blue colors.

Biography

1975 Born in Tokyo
2003 Completed Master of Fine Arts (Japanese Painting), Joshibi University of Art and Design, Graduate School of Art and Design

2005 Spring Soga Exhibition (Nihonbashi Takashimaya Department Store, Seibu Ikebukuro, and others, 07, 09, 11-19)　
2006 Soga Exhibition (Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, 15-22)
2013 RED DOT ART FAIR MIAMI 2013 (Miami, USA)
2016 Second Grand Prize, Exhibition of Selected Works for the Debut of New Artists Award 2016
2016 A plus viewing 01 For the city of heritage|Proposal from an artist (Former Tanaka Family Residence, Saitama, Japan)
2017 Contact (Omotesando Gallery + MUSEE F, Tokyo)
2017 Succession Exhibition (Ozu Washi, Ozu Gallery, Tokyo)
2017 Between the Lines (Parasol Projects, New York)
2018 An Artful Place in the Community (Kawaguchi Art Gallery ATLIA, Kawaguchi, Japan)
2019 JAPANISM IN 2019 - Encountering Japanese Contemporary Art (SECOND MUSEUM, Seoul, Korea)
2021 The 8th Kaii Higashiyama Memorial Nikkei Nihonga Grand Prize Exhibition (The Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo)　
2022 The elite of beauty 2022 Ten Flowers of Poison, U-Forum Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan
2022 HIRAETH Tomoko Sue / Masayo Iwano (Matsuzakaya Ueno)

Many other solo, group, and overseas exhibitions / Awarded the Joshibi University of Art and Design Art Resource Center’s Collection Award, and the Runner-up Prize of the Art Newcomer Award Debut 2016 / Works are stored at the Joshibi University of Art and Design Art Museum and the Contemporary Art Resource Center.