Tomoko Horiguchi

Mixed Media Artist

Tomoko Horiguchi’s art originated in her childhood, freely drawing on a large piece of paper that her mother put on the wall. Born in Hyogo Japan, she moved around the country every two or three years for her father's job in her childhood. She has been living in Osaka since she was 13. At university, she majored in esthetics and art history, and belonged to an art club. She has attended many group exhibitions and held a solo exhibition in 2010.
Her works constantly change in style as she creates with inspirations and intuitions she gets from art materials, techniques, and her daily life as a guide.
She has tried out every art technique including oil paintings, Japanese paintings, collages, concrete expressions, and abstract expressions. In 2020, her encounter with the technique of paper plate printing allowed her to express abstract images she pictures in her mind.   
She places importance on the energy and spirituality embodied in the work rather than its subject matter. It makes her always try to attain a higher energy level in her work.
堀口知子は日本の兵庫県に生まれ、子供時代は父親の仕事の都合で2、3年に一度日本中を転々とした。13歳以降は大阪府に住んでいる。大学で美学と美術史を学び、同時に絵画部に所属した。多くのグループ展に出品しており、2010年には個展を開催した。
堀口のアートの原点は、子供の頃に母親が壁に貼ってくれた大きな紙に自由に書きなぐったことにある。彼女は油絵、日本画、コラージュ、具象表現、抽象表現などあらゆる絵画技法に挑戦して来た。2020年に紙版に出会った事によって、彼女は版画での自分の内面にあるイメージの抽象表現が可能になった。
彼女の作品は絵画技法や画材、日常生活から得られるインスピレーションと直感に導かれている。その為、作品は常に変化してゆく。作品の精神性とエネルギーに興味があり、何が描かれているかよりも作品の持つエネルギーを重視している。その為、より良いエネルギーを作品に込められるよう、常に挑戦している。

Past Exhibitions

-JCAT New York SOLO Exhibition in June 2020
-JCAT New York Made in Japan Exhibition in August 2022

Live Your Dream

What I like to do. To draw. I want to have a job that lets me be myself.

What I like to do. To draw. I want to have a job that lets me be myself. I have always thought this, and for years, I kept an environment where I can draw.

Those words make it seem like I am a strong-willed person, but in reality I felt like I was making half-hearted attempts. I was not able to come out into the open and…..Read More