Marie Tomeoki

1982 May 26
Tokyo, Japan
Japanese
Canadian Immigrant status
Female

I was born in Tokyo, and at the moment I am based in Toronto Canada.

The basics:
1982- Born in Tokyo, Japan
1983- Nagoya, Japan
1984- Tokyo, Japan
1988- Detroit, Michigan USA
1993- Columbus and Indianapolis, Indiana USA
1996- Tokyo, Japan
2000- Toronto, Ontario Canada


Life experiences that exceed your stereotypical notion of her age and appearance, her work brims with information.
Much like the ever-evolving classical ballet stage scenery that she committed her life to before becoming a painter, her work alters constantly with inquisitive depth and leaves magnetic impressions that catches you off guard.
Her work effect, affects provoke interest and conjures your imagination.
Feeling mute and unheard through her childhood, experiencing trauma, harsh realities cultural adjustments and constant change she had to adapt and create self-distinction.
As metaphors to her life, the surface is never as it seems, and perceptions are challenged as she flirts with the dark side without forgetting the colors apparent in life.

Demanding subconscious exploration, her vulnerable heart dances across the ...

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

-Water Cube Exhibit, Primo Piano Gallery, Lecce, Italy 2009
World of Imagination 2, APW Gallery, NY. 2009
Outsider Art, Fountain Gallery, NY. 2009
Profile, selected pieces, and descriptions uploaded
to Saatchi website and gallery. 2008
Pearson International Airport Authority juried art
competition. 2008
Various pottery pieces exhibited in Artscape,
Tokyo, Japan. 2002
Abstract drawings and other work showcased
in art fair, Columbus, IN. 1993


EDUCATION:

Advanced placement pottery at the International
School of the Sacred Heart, Tokyo, Japan. 1998
Winner of creative writing competition; short story,
Tokyo, Japan. 1999
International School of the Sacred Heart,
Tokyo, Japan. 2000
York University, Toronto, Canada.
Psychology and Dance double major. 2003
Private encaustic painting technique taught
by artist Maggie Doswell. 2006
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