Ellie Okamoto

Painter born in 1987 in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. She mainly works on oil and acrylic paintings and pencil drawings. Most of her works are figurative, and focusing on the subjects such as myths, folklore, environment and sometimes social issues. She is currently working as a lecturer at Tokyo University of the Arts also. Her works have been managed by Mizuma Art Gallery, and exhibited at galleries, museums and various art fairs such as Tokyo Gendai and Basel Hong Kong.

2010 Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo, JAPAN, BFA in oil painting
2012 Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo, JAPAN, Oil Painting Technique and Materials in MFA
2017 Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo, Japan, Oil Painting Technique and Materials in Ph.D.

Solo Show
2022 "Chasing the White Hare to the South" Mizuma Art Gallery, Tokyo, JAPAN
2016 "Troposphere" Mizuma Art Gallery, Tokyo, JAPAN
2010 "To See the Voices of the Spirits" in Mizuma Action, Tokyo, JAPAN

Group Show
2012 "Art Award Tokyo Marunouchi 2012" in Gyoko Gallery, Tokyo, JAPAN
2011 "Zipangu" in Nihon-bashi (Tokyo), Osaka, Kyoto Takashimaya, JAPAN
"Jalapagos" in Mitsubishi-jisho Artium, Fukuoka, JAPAN
"Taito Ward Collection" in The University Museum, Tokyo, JAPAN