Challenging the concept of "reality," Yokoyama's series comprises electronic sketches drawn on an iPad, which are then "transferred" onto canvas using a "realistic" painting technique with oils.

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In the past, she predominantly employed mediums such as crayons or colored pencils for sketching. However, similar to contemporary thought processes, the iPad allows for effortless actions like "copying," "pasting," or "undoing," naturally aligning with our cognitive processes and facilitating an intuitive expression of "painting." However, when physically wielding a brush, the unavoidable retention of certain oil painting brushstrokes aims to present the oil paintings as "digitally outputted."

Searching for a destination using a smartphone is a relatively easy task, but actually physically reaching that destination involves various complexities and challenges. Yokoyama believes that the process of "thinking" through mechanical capabilities and "implementing" them through the body closely mirrors the experience of living in the modern world. Thus, she employs this as a basis for contemplation and artistic creation.

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1989 Born in Kanagawa, Japan

 

2018 Ph.D.in Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo/Japan

2015 M.F.A.Print, Tokyo University of the Arts

2013 B.F.A.Painting, Tokyo University of the Arts

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[Selected solo exhibition]

2023 "Hidden mountain" YIRI ARTS, Taipei, Taiwan

2023 "Flat-shaped soul" Sundries, Tokyo, Japan

2022 "Wind blows, sea sways, waves clash" HARMAS GALLERY, Tokyo, Japan

2019 "[E-CUS project] Daikanyama Underground Food court #02 MAI YOKOYAMA"

2016 "Twilight Zone" Teramachi Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan

2016 "SPARKLE" B-gallery, Tokyo, Japan

2016 "[E-CUS project] cotton #07 MAI YOKOYAMA" cotton, Saitama, Japan

2014 "DAZZLER" B-gallery, Tokyo, Japan

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[Recent Selected group exhibitions]

2024

"2024 MITSUKOSHI ART Selection" Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi Main Store, Tokyo, Japan

2023

"Day of drawing" Gallery Blue 3143, Tokyo, Japan

"Syucchou MONO.LOGUES #2" GASBON METABOLISM, Yamanashi, Japan

2022

 "conversation" haku kyoto, Kyoto, Japan

 "TOKYO NIGHTS vol.4" BLOCKHOUSE Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

 "Women artists in Aomori" Gallery Cradle, Aomori

2021

 "UNLOGICAL 02" MONO.LOGUES, Tokyo, Japan

 "Appearance of gaze" HARMAS GALLERY, Tokyo, Japan

 "FACE 2021 Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Art Award Exhibition" SOMPO Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan

2020

 "FACE Award Selected Artists Exhibition" REIJINSHA GALLERY, Tokyo, Japan

 "MITSUKOSHI X Tokyo Art University Summer Art Festival 2020" Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi Main Store, Tokyo, Japan

 "FACE 2020 Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Art Award Exhibition" SOMPO Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan

  Art project "AOMORI Remote-Art Festival 2020／Connect・Link・Join" Online

2019

 "Shell Art Prize 2019" THE NATIONAL ART CENTER, Tokyo, Japan

2017

 "Tokyo University of the Arts Doctoral Program Final Exhibition" Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo, Japan

2016

 "FACE 2016 Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Art Award Exhibition" SOMPO Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan

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[Art Fair]

2024 "Art Fair Asia Fukuoka 2024" Shunpudo Gallery, Fukuoka Convention Center, Fukuoka, Japan

2022 "ART TAIPEI 2022" YIRI ARTS, Taipei world trade center, Taiwan

2021 "DELTA 2021"HARMAS GALLERY, Tokyo, Japan

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[Artist in residence program]

2023 Ise City Creators Workation, Mie, Japan

2022 Minami-Shimabara Art village Shirakino Residence, Nagasaki, Japan

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[Art Project]

 2020- "Sign Object Project" Each place

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[Awards]

2021 FACE 2021 Jury Special Award Prize "Yabumae Tomoko" at "FACE 2021 Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Art Award"

2020 FACE 2020 Prize at "FACE 2020 Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Art Award"

2019 Shell Art Prize 2019 at "Shell Art Prize"

2016 FACE 2016 Prize at "FACE 2016 Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Art Award"

2013 Graduation Work Purchased by ”Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music” 

           "Mr.O Memorial Prize" at  Graduation Work at Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music

2012 "Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts Purchase Prize" at The 37th Annual Exhibition of the Association of Japanese Art Colleges

           "Ueno Geiyu Prize" at Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music

 

[Public Collection]
Minami shimabara city, Nagasaki, Japan

Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts, Tokyo, Japan

Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music Museum, Japan