Diary with Circles and Lines

TOYO looks at things from a bird’s-eye view as if she looks at space from the outside, and depicts what she senses from them, on her theme of emotional movements of people whom she has a glimpse of or those of her own mind in the passing days.
TOYO says that painting for her is more like a diary in a sense, as she depicts everyday life and adds colors as if writing letters.
Her work is characterised by depicting people and their minds in the form of circle and line of various colors, with mainly acrylic paint, pens, paper, threads and packing materials in the abstract color fields.
Using sometimes various colors in abundance like a combination of a bouquet and circles, and at other times composing of calm colors and lines, making use of the whitespaces. Expressions of her work change as weather changes, which fascinate the viewers.
The viewers would have sympathies, excitements or nostalgic feelings at her works which show what people are feeling in daily life.

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Biography

Born in Japan, Chiba
Graduated Joshibi University of Art and Design, Department of Fine Arts, Concentration in Oil Painting

https://www.instagram.com/toyo.1943

Award
2021 7th,"10x15 World Contest Exhibition" Selected for the exhibition
2021 31st, "Art Salon Paintings Grand prize Exhibition in All Japan" Selected for the exhibition
2022 38th, "National Sunday Painter Contest" Selected for the exhibition
2023 Artist Talk Magazine(UK)
- Published in Issue 24 (Issue 3/30)

Group Exhibition
2010 Gallry Miharadai - 13th, KIT exhibition" (Japan)
2022 M.A.D.S.Art Gallery (Italy/Spain)
- VISCERAL virtual Exhibition
2022 u1 gallery (Japan/Korea)
- Virtual group exhibition Expresion
2023 Gallery One 962" (Italy)
- Virtual exhibition Art prize February
2023 "Gallery Art Point - Session Ⅰ(Japan)
2023 The Holy art (UK)
- Virtual Exhibition - ENTROPY