TOMITA YUKIKO was born in 1958 in Tokyo. In 1980, she graduated from the Oil Painting and Print-Making Course at the Department of Painting, Faculty of Fine Arts in the “Women’s College of Fine Arts” (B.A).
She uses flowers, berries or landscapes as motives, but they differ from mere realism. The purity in her works can be compared to Buddhist Paintings that are far from reality. The objects are composed as a close-up of flower petals from vertically above that evoke an unexpected unity between the viewer and the motive and may be seen as a gate to a new dimension, a portal to an unknown realm.
The usage of colors in her paintings is subtle, the brushstrokes are gentle and the calm impressions bring about a mysterious fragrance, which is gently released from the screen. The sweet smell that can be felt as an aphrodisiac leaves the viewer in fascination.

Solo Exhibitions
2004
ITOYA　8F Frame Shop Gallery / Tokyo (’05)
Gallery Tsubaki / Tokyo (’06)
Gallery SAOH & TOMOS / Tokyo
2003
Suzie’s Antique & Gallery / Kamakura
2001
Minami Aoyama Gallery / Tokyo (’03)
1999
Dai-ichi Life Gallery / Tokyo (’02, ’06))
1997
Gallery Natsuka / Tokyo (’99, ’02)
Gallery Ueda / Tokyo (‘99)
1995
Nihombashi Takashimaya Contemporary Art Space / Tokyo
1994
Living Design Gallery / Tokyo
1992
J-One Gallery / Tokyo
1991
Gallery NW House / Tokyo
1990
Gallery K / Tokyo
1987
Gallery Iteza / Kyoto
1983
Gallery Kobayashi / Tokyo (’85, ’86)

Group Exhibitions
2007
“Transform”, Jing Art Gallery / Shanghai, China
“Art Session TSUKUBA 2007” / Prefecture Ibaragi, Tsukuba
2006
“Transform”, Jing Art Gallery / Shanghai, China
“From the Collection: Diversity of Material and Expression”, Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery / Tokyo
“The Present State of Contemporary Art: Selected Works from the VOCA Concourse”, Utsunomiya Museum of Art / Tochigi
“With You, With Art – The Terada Kotaro Collection”, Fuchu Art Museum/Tokyo
KIAF2006（5th Korea International Art Fair）, COEX / Seoul, Korea
2005
“Charity Exhibition for t he Mid Niigata Prefecture Earthquake in 2004”, Kiuchi Gallery / Ichikawa
KIAF2005 (4th Korea International Art Fair), COEX / Seoul, Korea
2004
“The art collection of Marunouchi Area”, Tokyo Station Gallery / Tokyo
“VOCA 1994-2003”, Ohara Museum of Art Annex / Kurashiki
2003
“The 9th Exhibition of Prints”, Hamamatsu City Art Museum / Hamamatsu (Encouragement Prize)
2001
“5th Bharat Bhavan International Biennal of Print Art”, Art Museum “Roopanker” / Bhopal, India
1999
“Noontime Meditation: Contemporary Japanese Art Having Inner Sight”, Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts / Utsunomiya
1998
“Contemporary Art Exhibition: Life & Form”, KPS Gallery / Tokyo
1997
“VOCA ‘94 – ‘96” Dai-ichi Life Gallery / Tokyo
1996
“The Vision of Contemporary Art‘96”The Ueno Royal Museum / Tokyo (Encouragement Prize)
1995
“SMALL SIZE COLLECTION”, Gallery Natsuka / Toyko
1991
“Formations of Wind Exhibition”, Sumida Riverside Hall Gallery / Tokyo
1990
“Three Nations Art Exhibition”, Pennink Residence / Tokyo
“MM 21 Street Gallery”, MM21 Area / Yokohama
1989
“The New Formative-Arts Exhibition by Sixteen Female Artists”, Nikke Colton Plaza / Ichikawa
“Himiko Today”, IMS / Fukuoka
1988
“Art in Book Shop”, Art Vivant 4 / Tokyo
1987
“Construction”, Gallery Natsuka / Tokyo
1986
“Image Machine”, G-Art Gallery / Tokyo
“KIYOCAMBA”, Gallery Natsuka / Toyko
“Silent Walking”, Gallery Natsuka / Tokyo

Public Collections
2006
Fuchu Art Museum
1996
The Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance Company