Yoshimori Kataoka

Born in 1978 in Vancouver, Canada.Tokyo living.
After graduating from Tama Art University,
worked as an editor for publishing companies and newspaper companies.
She began creating works in 30s, combining original poetry and paintings.
The main activities are solo exhibitions and participate in various art fair.

My work theme is "question" and "awareness" that we meet in daily life.
I call them“Song of Life”.

Having questions starts from questioning the "ordinary".
If you don't just accept everything as it is, but step back and look at it,
you can see things from many different angles.

In the same way, we should also make an effort to look at ourselves from a distance.
If we all have a broad perspective like the universe, and live each day within your reach with care,
then we can be more humbly consider each other and might be able to foster a world that is comfortable
for all living things. I keep working with this wish in my mind.

My work starts from creating a conceptual poem, from which the image for the painting would be built up.
The painting material is mixed media, with a use of collage.

I hope looking at my works would be a moment to face yourself for a while.

Yoshimori Kataoka