Yoko Yokomizo

Style

- Using the keshinui technique (making small dots), a technique where the embroidery doesn't stand out too much.
- Using colors that can be worn at any age.

Biography

• 1996
  Obi Sash "Plum" selected for the 34th Traditional Kōgei New Works Exhibition
• 1997
  Formal Kimono "Plum" selected for the 34th Textiles Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 1998
  Formal Kimono "Mahonia" selected for the 38th Traditional Kōgei New Works Exhibition
  Obi Sash "Mahonia" selected for the 15th All Japan Dyed Textiles Exhibition sponsored by the Silk Museum
• 1999
  Obi Sash "Mahonia" selected for the 39th Traditional Kōgei New Works Exhibition
  Formal Kimono "Balloon Vine" selected for the 46th Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition for the first time
• 2000
  Obi Sash "Balloon Vine" selected for the 40th Traditional Kōgei New Works Exhibition
  Formal Kimono "Mahonia" selected for the 47th Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
  Co-produced artwork in Hague, Netherlands for the 400th Anniversary of Relations Between Japan and the Netherlands
• 2001
  Obi Sash "Cat Whiskers" selected for the 41st Traditional Kōgei New Works Exhibition
  Formal Kimono "Trumpet Flower" selected for the 48th Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2002
  Obi Sash "Autumn" selected for the 42nd Traditional Kōgei New Works Exhibition
  Formal Kimono "Cat Whiskers" selected for the 49th Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
  Becomes Full Member of the Japan Kōgei Association
• 2003
  Formal Kimono "Spring Greens" selected for the 50th Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2004
  Formal Kimono "Balloon Vine" selected for the 18th All Japan Dyed Textiles Exhibition sponsored by the Silk Museum
• 2005
  Formal Kimono "Korean Mint" selected for the 39th Textiles Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2006
  Obi Sash "Yellow Flower" selected for the 44th Traditional Kōgei New Works Exhibition
• 2008
  "Early Summer Wind" selected for the 48th East Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
  Embroidered Obi Sash "Early Spring" selected for the 42nd Textiles Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2009
  Embroidered Obi Sash "Balloon Vine" selected for the 43rd Textiles Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2010
  Formal Kimono "Mahonia" selected for the 57th Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
  Took part in the Important Intangible Cultural Property "Embroidery" successors training program (– 2011)
• 2011
  Formal Kimono "Balloon Vine Seeds" selected for the 58th Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2012
  Formal Kimono "Round Seed" selected for the 59th Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2013
  Formal Kimono "Sound of the Wind" selected for the 60th Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2014
  Formal Kimono "Circle" selected for the 61st Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
  Solo exhibition at Nihombashi Mitsukoshi Main Store (Kimono Special Salon) (– 2016)
• 2015
  Formal Kimono "Flower" selected for the 62nd Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition