- Names
- 奈良美智
- NARA Yoshitomo (index name)
- Nara Yoshitomo (display name)
- 奈良美智 (Japanese display name)
- なら よしとも (transliterated hiragana)
- Date of birth
- 1959-12-05
- Birth place
- Hirosaki City, Aomori Prefecture
- Gender
- Male
- Fields of activity
- Painting
- Sculpture
- 2003
- “Yoshitomo Nara: Nothing Ever Happens.” Cleveland,Los Angeles: Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland, Perceval, 2003 (Venue: Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland). [Exh. cat.].
- 2010
- Chiu, Melissa, and Miwako Tezuka. “Yoshitomo Nara: Nobody’s Fool.” New York: Asia Society Museum, 2010 (Venue: Asia Society Museum, New York). [Exh. cat.].
- 2021
- The Yoshitomo Nara Foundation. YOSHITOMO NARA The Works. Published 2021. https://www.yoshitomonara.org/en/
Wikipedia
Yoshitomo Nara (奈良 美智, Nara Yoshitomo, born 5 December 1959 in Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese artist. He lives and works in Nasushiobara, Tochigi Prefecture, though his artwork has been exhibited worldwide. Nara has had nearly 40 solo exhibitions since 1984. His art work has been housed at the MoMA and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA). His most well-known and repeated subject is a young girl with piercing eyes.
- 2023-02-20