Biography
Yoko Omomi was born in Madagascar and spent most of her childhood in Japan. She has lived and worked in Britain for over 14 years before moving to Munich in 2004 with her German husband. Yoko completed her first degree in Fine Art at the City & Guilds of London Art School in 1995. This was followed by an MA in European Fine Art (painting and printmaking) at the Winchester School of Art, Southampton University, in 1996. As part of this course she spent nine months in Barcelona and three months in Winchester. Since then Yoko has been working as an active artist and art teacher / lecturer. Over the years she has been able to exhibit her art work in various solo and group shows in Spain, the UK and Germany.
Awards and Residencies
| 2004 | Highly
commended, The Dulwich Picture Gallery, London The Fenton Arts Trust Award, London |
| 2003 | The Joseph Webb ARE Commemorative Award, London |
| 2001 | Selected for the Artists Access to Art Colleges national scheme hosted by Wimbledon School of Art, London |
| 2000 | Printmaker in Residence 2000, Seacourt print workshop, Bangor, Northern Ireland |
| 1997 | Special Commendation, Cheltenham Open Drawing, Cheltenham |
| 1996 | Gold Medal, City and Guilds Senior Awards Committee, London |
| 1995 | Christopher
Hull Prize, Christopher Hull Gallery, London Chadwick-Healey Prize, City and Guilds of London Art School A. Haworth Trust Prize, A. Haworth Trust, London |
| 1994 | Philip Connard Travel Award, London (trip to Barcelona, September 1994) |
Public Collections
| 2002 | Victoria and Albert Museum, London |
| 2001 | University of Ulster, Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| 2000 | Seacourt Print Workshop, Bangor, Northern Ireland |
Main Exhibitions
| 2008 | Permanent Exhibition, Mary Street Gallery, Waterford, Irland |
| 2007 |
Annual Exhibition 2007,
Kunstverein Ebersberg (Galerie Alte Brennerei), Ebersberg Annual Exhibition 2007, Kunstverein Rosenheim (Städtische Galerie), Rosenheim |
| 2006 | 'Interior - exterior' solo show at the Galerie Goethe'53 in Munich |
| 2005 | 'Beggar Fairy' solo show at the Goethe Institute Munich featuring recent prints |
| 2004 | Summer
Exhibition, The Dulwich Picture Gallery, London Originals 04, The contemporary printmaking show, The Mall Gallery, London |
| 2003 | The
5th British International Miniature Print Exhibition, Gracefield Art
Centre, Dumfries ‘Paper Pigment Plate’, The Morley College, London National Print Exhibition 2003, The Mall Gallery, London Prints, Solo show, Café Gallery, Mary Ward Centre, London |
| 2002 | Seacourt’s
21st Anniversary, The exhibition Space, University of Ulster, and the
office of public Works, Dublin Acts of Renewal: Japanese Art Re-Interpreted, The Toshiba Gallery of Japanese Art, Victoria and Albert Museum, London The Hunting Art Prizes 2002, The Royal College of Art, London |
| 2001 |
London international
small print biennale, The Morley Gallery, London |
| 2000 |
New Work from Seacourt
Print Workshop, Kerlin Gallery, Belfast |
| 1999 | Print
2000, The Morley Gallery and The Walk Gallery, London The Printmakers Council Summer Exhibition, Falmouth Art Centre, Falmouth Salon des Graphiques, Curwen Gallery, London |
| 1998 | In
Print, Lynne Strover Gallery, Cambridge Show me something beautiful, The Brickhouse, London Cheltenham Open Drawing, Cheltenham & Gloucester College of Higher Education, Künstlerwerkstatt Bahnhof Westend, Berlin, and University of Lincolnshire, Hull Whitechapel Open, Cable Street Studios, London Participation in the 'network arts' Anglo-Japanese interactive arts project, London Guildhall University/Musashino Art University, Japan The Contemporary Print Show 1998, Concourse Gallery, Barbican Centre, London |
| 1997 | Finalists'
Exhibition, Logos Third National Art Competition, Logos Art Gallery,
London Düsseldorf International Art Fair ('Art Multiple'), Germany Solo Exhibition, Christopher Hull Gallery, London Cheltenham Open Drawing, Cheltenham & Gloucester College of Higher Education, and University of Lincolnshire, Hull Making an Impression, Pitshanger Manor & Gallery, London Innovations and Transformations, City Museum and Mappin Gallery, Sheffield |
| 1996 | Eighth Oriel Mostyn
Open Exhibition, North Wales' Premier Centre for the Visual Arts,
Llandudno The Royal Institute of Oil Painters - Winsor & Newton Young Artists' Award 1996, Mall Galleries, London Picante, Cubitt Gallery, London Tallers Oberts, Poble Nou, Barcelona, Spain Language and Location, Can Felipe, Poble Nou, Barcelona, Spain Panorama Solo Show, panorama space, Barcelona, Spain |