Tomoko Kōnoike

Tomoko Konoike (鴻池朋子) (born 1960) is a Japanese contemporary multimedia artist. She is best known for her large-scale installations and Nihonga-style surreal paintings.

Biography Konoike was born in Akita, Japan. She graduated from the Department of Japanese Painting at the Tokyo University of the Arts. She took a short hiatus from her artistic practice after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.

Artwork As an artist, Konoike explores themes from mythology, folklore, and nature to create surreal and vibrant depictions of humans and animals in a range of media. Her work includes animation, drawing, painting, mixed-media sculpture and installations, textiles, and prints.

Konoike regularly exhibits her work solo both in Japan and abroad, and has taken part in several international group exhibitions. Her work is included in the collections of museums such as the Art Institute of Chicago, the Mori Art Museum, the Ohara Museum of Art, and the Spencer Museum of Art Chapter #0, 2006, Ohara Museum of Art, Okayama Skin, Needle, Thread, 2016, Niigata Bandaijima Art Museum Fur Story, 2018, Leeds Arts University The Birth of Seeing, 2022, Takamatsu Art Museum

Group exhibitions

Guangzhou Triennale, 2008 Doraemon Exhibition, 2022, National Museum of Singapore