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Tomoko Kashiki (born 1982 in Kyoto, Japan) is an artist who graduated from Kyoto City University of Arts, where she also completed her postgraduate studies in painting. She employs a distinctive technique of sanding and repainting the surface of her canvases, creating smooth layers of color and refined linework. Her serene depictions of figures evoke a sense of introspection and are often compared to the aesthetics of traditional Japanese painting.
Major solo exhibitions include Time of Sprouting (Gallery 16, Kyoto, 2006), Tomoko Kashiki (Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo, 2009), Tomoko Kashiki (Singapore, 2014), and Tomoko Kashiki (Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Paris, 2015). She received the Kyoto City Emerging Artists Award in 2012.