Yoshiko Ratliff

Yoshiko Ratliff, a DC-Metro area-based painter and award-winning ceramicist, was born and raised in Japan. Her work showcases the beauty of Japanese culture through abstract organic underpainting with shapes and shades forming integral elements of the finished pieces.

A Member Artist at Touchstone Gallery, she has exhibited at various prestigious galleries including the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities I Street Gallery, Athenaeum Gallery, and the Mansion at the Strathmore. Two of her designs and ten stormwater covers were installed in Old Town North for the City of Alexandria's Stormwater Cover Design Project. Her art is part of private and corporate collections in the US and internationally, and is included in the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities 2022 and 2025 permanent collections. She has received numerous awards and has been featured in publications and radio interviews.

The Art League School, Alexandria, Virginia. Various workshops in Washington DC, Japan.

Solo / Featured Exhibitions
2025
• NEW ARTIST SPOTLIGHT, Touchstone Gallery, Washington DC. February 21 – March 23, 2025.
2024
• JAPANESE INSPIRATION (3-person exhibition), concurrent with the Washington DC Cherry Blossom Festival, The Athenaeum Gallery, Alexandria, VA.
April 4 – May 12, 2024.
2023

• 2 designs /10 stormwater covers installed for OLD TOWN NORTH STORMWATER COVER DESIGN PROJECT, the City of Alexandria, October, 2023.
2022
• INVITATIONAL SOLO EXHIBITION, Celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, CCACC Art Gallery, Gaithersburg, MD. May, 2022.
2017
• FEATURED ARTIST, Cooley Gallery, Leesburg, VA. October, 2017.
2013
• FEATURED ARTIST, Cooley Gallery, Leesburg, VA. November, 2013.

Juried Group Exhibitions
2025
• INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION “HANDS FULL OF LETTERS”, celebrating women creators across the Americas. Organization of American States, Washington DC. Ministry of Culture and Heritage of Ecuador in collaboration with the Organization of American States (OAS) and the Art Museum of the Americas. March 8, 2025 –
• NATURE REAWAKENED: THE ART OF SPRING AND RENEWAL, The Aryan Gallery at Pars Place, Tysons, VA. March 8 – April 20, 2025.
• UNEXPLORED PATHS & PROCESS, Capital One Center G...