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Tomoko Kitaoka

Exhibitions

2024

  • Contemporary Textile Art MINIATURE WORKS -THE KYOTO- vol.3, Gallery NEUTRAL, Kyoto, Japan

2023

  • 50 Years Galerie Smend, Galerie Smend, Cologne, Germany

2022

  • Art à Roques, Roques, France
  • Exhibition of finalists of the Ateliers d’Art de France competition (Île-de-France region), Musée de la Toile de Jouy, Jouy-en-Josas, France
  • Impermanence もののあわれ mono no awaré, Gallery Bookstore Impressions, Paris
  • Matière(s) à Voyager, Faire Aiguille en Fête 2022, Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Hall7.1, Paris

2021

  • With the nature, private house, Paris

2020

  • International Natural Color Exhibition, Sapporo MOERENUMA Glass Pyramid « HIDAMARI », Sapporo, Japan

2019

  • Presentation of works in the collection Partition, La passerelle, Paris
  • Open Studio of Ménilmontant, Cerce collectif, Paris
  • Miniature Works -The Kyoto-, GalleryGallery, Kyoto, Japan
  • Made in France, GalleryGallery, Kyoto, Japan

2018

  • Presentation of works in the collection La revue* 2019, Galerie Léon Frot, Paris
  • Journée de l'estampe contemporaine 2018 - fair, Place Saint-Sulpice, Paris
  • daydreaming, Galerie Léon Frot, Paris

2017

  • Ils sont toujours là, Yōkai SOHO, Kyoto, Japan
  • Les larmes du ver à soie, Le Shakirail CP5, Paris

2016

  • The future of the dye "Yuzen", Amsterdam, Cologne, Paris
  • Open studio of Ménilmontant, Cerce collectif, Paris
  • Les Multiples, Cerce collectif, Paris

2015

  • Gea Terre, Miniartextil hors les murs, Galerie Akié Arichi, Paris

2014

  • 7ans, L'âge de Raison, Espace Culturel « le 148 », Alfortville
  • h+h cologne - fair, Galerie Smend, Cologne, Germany

2013

  • Mauvaises Graines, Atelier le 45TER., Montreuil
  • INDIGO, Galerie Smend, Cologne, Germany

2009

  • 43ème Salon des artistes peintres de Grand Quevilly et de sa région, Theatre Charles Dullin, Grand Quevilly

2008

  • Exhibition of batik and engraving, A.A.A, Paris

2007

  • Un sur un, LE MODULE - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Paris

Prix

2022

  • Finaliste, 2022 Regional Prize of the Ateliers d'Art de France competition, Île-de-France region

Workshop etc.

2017, 2018, 2022, 2024

  • Artistic intervention : "Shibori", "batik", "itajime" for the natural dyes' class, The GRETA of Creation, Design and Fine Crafts, Paris

2017

  • Workshop : Natural dyes for Textile Art's cours, Ateliers beaux-arts de la ville de Paris, Paris
  • Workshop : Natural dyes with "shibori", "batik", "itajime", Cerce collectif, Paris

2016

  • Workshop : Natural dyes with "shibori", "batik", "itajime", Cerce collectif, Paris

2002-2004

  • Cours : Indonesian batik & the history, under direction of Hakudo Narusawa, Osaka Culture Center, Osaka, Japan

Educations

  • 2005 - 2011 University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, BA & MA of Visual Arts, Paris, France
  • 1995 - 2004 Introduction to Indonesian batik & natural dyes, Hakudo Narusawa's studio, Hyogo, Japan
  • 1990 - 1994 Doshisha Women's College of Liberal Arts, BA of English and American literature, Kyoto, Japan