Born in Vancouver, Canada, living in Tokyo
Graduate of Tama Art University Fine Arts Oil Painting department
Mainly doing solo exhibitions
HP　http://www.yoshi-mori.com/
MAIL 　mail@yoshi-mori.com

My work themes are various "Question" and "Awareness," which humans meet while they live their lives.
I call them "Song of Life," which is the title of my art book and solo exhibition.
Human is a creature full of inconsistencies. We worry about a question with no answers, harm each other badly for little things, act in a way opposite to our thinking, and cannot understand ourselves. The figure of human being worrying is humorous, foolish, and sometimes attractive and mystical. I think they struggle because it is proof that they try to do their best to live. I think that encountering many questions, finding your own answers little by little, and walking is what it means to live as humans. I believe that viewers of my work may find figures that overlap themselves in the human beings that I portray. I hope that they have time to "Face themselves" objectively through my work for a moment.
For media, I mainly use thick papers (board), pastel crayons, acrylic paints, and protective solvent on the surface. Also, I make sure to attach a short sentence to help boost the image of viewers at exhibitions. Please refer to my website.

■Major activity history
2014 October Solo exhibition "Yoshimori Kataoka solo exhibition – Song of Life vol.3 –" Gallery Dojunkai (Tokyo)
2014 April Special exhibition Gallery Futarishizuka (Tokyo)
2013 April Special exhibition Gallery Futarishizuka (Tokyo)
2012 September NICE FRANCHEMENT ART 2012 submission (France)
2012 May Solo exhibition "Pictures That Think" Gallery Bougatei (Nagano)
2011 November Solo exhibition "Exhibition Yoshi-mori From 'Song Of Life vol.2'" Gallery Dojunkai (Tokyo)
2010 April Group exhibition "Peaceful Time Exhibition" Myojoji Temple (Tokyo)
2009 September Solo exhibition "Exhibition Yoshi-mori From 'Song Of Life'" Bunkamura Wall Gallery (Tokyo)
2008 December Creation of art book "SONG OF LIFE"
2008 March Solo exhibition "everything starts from gray" Gallery Dojunkai (Tokyo)

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