La Petite Galerie d'art de Yoko Semoto

April 1, 2010 - June 26, 2010

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Four Seasons
Wedding
Feast

Flower Festival
Flower Garden

Flower Basket
Gift
Memory

Letter
Spring Comes
Afternoon Sunshine

Movement of Clouds
Talker
Spring



I still remember how deeply impressed I was twenty years ago when I saw Crivelli's 'Madonna and Child' at the New York Metropolitan Museum. It was a pleasure that Ippodo provided me with a chance to hold two solo exhibitions of my own in New York and Gotenyama at the same time. I continue to create simple, natural expressions in my work and I hope that as many people as possible will take this opportunity to come and see them.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Yoko Semoto





Ippodo Gallery is honored to present Le Petite Galarie d'art de Yoko Semoto at our Gotenyama gallery in this cherry brossom season. Gotenyama Ippodo Gallery with glass-walls stands on the Hara Museum Street, ten minute walk from the Shinagawa Station.


Selected pieces are to be presented in this exhibition. We are pleased to celebrate the artist, who has focused her 80 years life on paintings in tempera on gold back grounds.



　Profile
1930 Born in Kurashiki-city, Okayama Prefecture.
1951 Graduated from the Jiyu Gakuen Girl’s school.
1957 Left the Musashino Art University, the oil painting course before graduation.
1962 Went to France, started to live in Paris.
1965 Traveled to America.
1974 Went to France, stayed in Paris.
1984 Traveled around Europe.
1990 Published an art book “Yoko Semoto 1001 Flower Petals” from the Bijutsu Shuppan.
Held an exhibition at the Ehime Prefectural Museum.
1991 Worked for the covers of the monthly magazine “Iryo ‘91” for a year, and also worked for the cover of the novel “Maria’s Love” by Aiko Sato.
1992 Published an art book “the Midnight Summer Dream” (a limited edition of 40 copies) from the Edition Mitsumura.
1993 An original painting was selected for the cover of a Japanese textbook for high schools published by Sanseido.
1994 Worked for the cover of the novel by Yuko Iwata published by Kawade Shobo, and the covers of the book by Reina Yamamoto published by Nikkan Sports.
1997

An original painting was selected for the cover of a Japanese textbook for high schools published by Sanseido.
Her painting cuts appeared monthly in a magazine for women “Fujin no Tomo” for a year.
2000 Published the revised and enlarged edition of her art book “1001 Flower Petals” from the Bijutsu Shuppan.
2002 Her painting as covers of monthly magazine “Fujin no Tomo” for a year.
2004 Appeared as a guest for the TV program “Tetsuko no Heya” (an interview program hosted by Tetsuko Kuroyanagi).
Held an exhibition “Yoko Semoto ・1001 Flower Petals” at the Jiyu Gakuen.
 
1992Her art book “A Midnight Summer Dream” is in a collection of the Museum of plays at Waseda University.
1999“A Midnight Summer Dream” and “Genesis” were held in the collection of Setagaya Museum.



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