Biography
Naoko Yoshimoto (b. Hyogo, Japan 1972) studied at Kyoto University where she received a BA in Educational Psychology (1995). She was also part of several overseas artist in residence programmes such as the Overseas Study Program for Artists by The Agency for Cultural Affairs (2006), as well as Overseas Study by Pola Art Foundation (2007). Solo exhibitions include Prayer, Gallery Land's End, Hyogo, Japan (2021); Reincarnation, Yoshiaki Inoue Gallery, Osaka, Japan (2017); and Ghost, the days passed by, Ise Contemporary Art Museum, Mie, Japan (2016). Group exhibitions include the 4th Collection Exhibition 2020, Aichi Prefectual Museum of Art, Aichi, Japan (2021); Collaboration with Co3 Contemporary Dance, Bird Makers Project, Perth, Australia; Paper Objects, Gallery Land’s End, Hyogo, Japan (both 2020); and JAPAN UNLIMITED, frei_raum Q21, MuseumsQuartier, Vienna, Austria (2019). Her work is held in public collections internationally, including Nottingham Castle Museum, Nottingham, UK, purchased by the Contemporary Art Society.
