Kyoko is an artist as well as a licensed architect in the U.S. and Japan. She has participated in a number of juried exhibitions and received multiple commissions from public and private clients.

Kyoko has strong curiosity to something new and innovative. She constantly experiments wide range of forms, medium, and techniques; and follows her passion and intuition not a trend.

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Kyoko’s artwork is widely diversified from realism to abstract, from watercolor to mixed media, from realism to abstract, depending on the aspirations and goals of each project; and she constantly experiments wide range of art forms and medium. 

Kyoko serves as a Arts & Culture Commission member for the city of Goodyear.

Selected Art Exhibitions in recent years

2026

• Appointed as a vice chair of the Arts & Culture Commissioner 

• Group Exhibition at Shemer Art Center in Phoenix

• Group Exhibition at Goodyear City Hall

2025

• Served as a jury for the mid-term of the architectural design studio at Arizona State University

• Juried Exhibition "Artology: beyond boundaries" at Tempe Center of Arts

2024

• Appointed as an Arts & Culture Commissioner from the city of Goodyear, Arizona (6 years term)

• Group Exhibition in Georgia T. Lord Library

2023

• Winner of the Napkin Sketch Contest 2023 by Architectural Record; The sketch was featured during the Innovation Conference in NY

• Solo Exhibition “Napkin Sketches” at the Goodyear City Hall as City's Featured Artist for several months

• Participated in multiple Juried Exhibitions at Georgia T. Lord Library

2022   

• Juried Exhibition by Goodyear Arts & Commission at Georgia T. Lord Library to celebrate its opening 

• Solo Exhibition “Napkin Sketches” at the ASU (Arizona State University) Gammage, Tempe, AZ

• Solo Exhibition “Napkin Sketches” at the Burton Barr Central Gallery, Phoenix, AZ

2021   

• The city of Goodyear purchased her watercolor paint for its 75th Anniversary Cerebration Project

• Commission from the city of Goodyear to design for the Traffic Signal Cabinet Art Project

• Juried Exhibitions and Group Exhibition (invited artists only) by Goodyear Arts & Commission, Goodyear, AZ 

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2020   

• Selected as an Artist-in-Residence at Montezuma Castle and Tuzigoot National Monuments, AZ

• Up-runner of the Napkin Sketch Contest 2020 by Architectural Record (BNP Media, New York, NY)

• Commission from Fountain Hills Community Foundation to create fundraising auction items

• Juried Exhibition by American Institute of Architects at Arizona Biltmore Hotel, Phoenix, AZ

• Juried Exhibition by West Valley Art Museum at Peoria City Hall Art Gallery, Peoria, AZ

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2019   

• Commission from the city of Goodyear to design for the Light Pole Banner Project

• Juried Exhibition by Shemer Art Center, Phoenix, AZ

• Juried Exhibition by West Valley Arts Council at WVAC Headquarter Gallery, Surprise, AZ

•  Juried Exhibition by Goodyear Arts & Commission, Goodyear, AZ