Joanne Aono

Joanne Aono is a Japanese-American artist. Her art features Japanese calligraphy, and consists mainly of diptychs expressing modern minimalism. She resides in the Lakeview neighborhood of Chicago.

An identical twin (Kristine Aono, also a fellow artist) and one of four sisters, she grew up in the Edgewater neighborhood of Chicago.

In her work, Aono first inscribes boards by hand and then overlays them with graphite, paint or pastel, using drawing tools such as chopsticks. The surface of the image mimics the effect of water.