MAYUKA YAMAMOTO was born in 1964 in Okayama. Her artwork has been exhibited worldwide and she currently lives and works in Gunma.
She completed the Master Program of Musashino Art University in 1990, and in 1998, she was selected by the Japanese Government Overseas Study Program for Artists to study in London.
Her early work focused on etching, but she also worked with oil. Her paintings remained ambiguous and fluid in style. In 2002, at the time of the birth of her child, she seemed to have had a strange experience - as if her pregnancy had reminded her of her own animal nature. "I could concentrate only on my child, and when I think about this now it seems so odd to me. I found myself instinctively involved in this nest-making-process." From that point, her art-work became more focused and she is currently working on a series of oil paintings. The boy painted by Mayuka Yamamoto looks sad and uneasy, and the viewer can find something mysterious. Her paintings are holding a fascinating allure.

Solo Exhibitions
2008
Gallery Tsubaki, Tokyo
Gallery SP, Seoul
2007
Canvas International Art (Holland, Amsterdam)
2006
Gallery Tsubaki, Tokyo
2004
Gallery Tsubaki, Tokyo
2003
Gallery Tsubaki, Tokyo
Koichi Fine Arts, Osaka
2002
Gallery Tsubaki, Tokyo
2000
Gallery Tsubaki, Tokyo
1998
Gallery Tsubaki, Tokyo
1997
Gallery SUIRAN, Gunma
1996
Gallery Tsubaki, Tokyo
1995
Yamanoue Galleryi, Tokyo
Sumi Gallery, Okayama
Gallery Petite Forme, Osaka
Kankodo Gallery, Gunma
1994
Gallery Tsubaki, Tokyo
Gallery Petite Forme, Osaka
1993
Gallery Tsubaki, Tokyo
Sumi Gallery, Okayama
Meiso Gallry, Tokyo
1992
Ai Gallery, Tokyo
Gallery21+Yo,Tokyo

Group Exhibitions
2007
Kurashiki City Museum (Japan, Kurashiki)
Gallery Sun contemporary (Korea,Seoul)
KIAF (Korea International Art Fair)2007
Amsterdam Art Fair 2007(Holland, Amsterdam)
ACAF (New York)
PYO Gallery, Beijing
2006
KIAF (Korea International Art Fair)2006
With You ,With Art (Fuchu Museum)
2005
KIAF (Korea International Art Fair)2005
Amsterdam Art Fair 2005(Holland, Amsterdam)
Domani (Exhibition of Japanese Government Oversea Study Program for Artists)
2004
KIAF (Korea International Art Fair)2004
The Special Exhibition – Contemporary Japanese painting
2003
'Osaka Art Fair 2003' Kouich Fine Arts, Osaka
2002
'Japan Art in Blekinge’, Sweden
2001
'Print Works' Gallery Natsuka, Tokyo
2000
'Black and White' Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, Tokyo
1999-2000
'Japan I Blekinge', Sweden
1999
The Vision of Contemporary Art 1999
'Line of Sight' Musashino Art University
1997
`The 5th NICAF '97 TOKYO'
`The 4th Contemporary printmaking Exhibition of Japan and Hungary'
1996
`The Contemporary Circumstances of Printmaking in Tokyo-The Tradition
and the Deviation' at Machida City Museum of Printmaking, Tokyo
1994
`New Expression in Print' at Gallery Tsubaki
'The Contemporary Print Show 1994' at Shoto Museum of Shibuya
1993
`Machida International Print Show'at Machida City Museum of Printmaking, Tokyo
`New Expression in Print' at Gallery Tsubaki, Tokyo
`The Feast of Print' at Ai Gallery, Tokyo
1992
`New Expression in Print'at Gallery Tsubaki, Tokyo

Public Collection
Machida City Museum of Printmaking, Tokyo/JAPAN
Musashino Art University Museum and Library/JAPAN
Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery/JAPAN
Fuchu Museum/JAPAN