Ushijima Tomoko

Japan

In the 1980s and 90s, the artist held solo exhibitions at venues like Hillside Gallery and Skydoor Art Place Aoyama, showcasing installations and deformed canvases. Participated in international workshops like the Triangle Artist Workshop in New York (1993) and the Haizuka Earthworks Projects AIR in Hiroshima (1999). The artist moved the activity base to Fukuoka and Yame in the late 90s, conducting workshops on candle making and researching materials like waterwheels, cedar incense powder, sumac, beeswax, and Japanese paper.
Since the 2010s, the artist engaged in installations in unique spaces like the former Tamanoi Ryokan and the old Yame Council Office. Recent exhibitions include:

2021: “Torino Meuo no Me Soshite Eijosan” (Patria Hita)
2021: “Food, Art, People and the City – Food and Contemporary Art Part 8” (BankART)
2022: “Tomoko Ushijima – Double helix is not entangle” (Fukuoka Prefectural Museum of Art)
2023: “Hamuro no Kousai – Kuhuu Kara Jikken E” (Artist Cafe Fukuoka/EUREKA/art space tetra).

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