Mizue Yoshimura
Born: 1973
Hometown: Fukuoka
Based in: Fukuoka, Japan
Mizue Yoshimura was born in Fukuoka, Japan. She completed her BA(Hons) in Visual Art Painting in Camberwell College of Arts in the UK.
She exhibited her paintings in England, mainly in London. She now lives in Japan.
Influenced by light, water and the natural environment, She express the rhythms, patterns and colours of nature in her paintings. Her methodology begins with the careful selection and combination of colours and forms to recall the metaphors of nature. By layering acrylic paint onto a flat surface, into which she engrave, furrow and hollow out layers, she is able to create delicate a pattern of marks to offer a sense of space, depth and rhythm.
4 works for sale
More About Mizue Yoshimura
What inspires you?
Light, water and the natural environment
Describe your creative process.
Several layers of acrylic paints onto flat surface and delicately engraved, furrowed and hollowed out to reveal a multitude of, otherwise hidden colours and textures.
What are 3 words that best describe your work?
Original, abstract, minimal
Who are some artists that have influenced your work?
Henri Matisse, Peter Doig, kourin Ogata
What is the most important tool when creating your work?
Colour
What is the best piece of advice you have been given?
Keep work
Where do you go for inspiration?
Park
Credentials
Exhibitions
CHROMA Blue issue
2016
Exhibitions
CHROMA Blue issue
2016
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