Research
SONOBE Yoko
Position
Chief Curator
(current as of April 2023)
Research Theme
- Art in Tokachi region, Hokkaido
- Contemporary art in Hokkaido
Curated Exhibitions
- Frontier: Contemporary Eastern Hokkaido’s Art (Hokkaido Obihiro Museum of Art, 2008 )
- Hakushin Takahashi’s Ukiyoe Print Collection (Hokkaido Obihiro Museum of Art, 2009)
- Art Chronicle in Tokachi (Hokkaido Obihiro Museum of Art, 2011)
- Art Nouveau Glass: The Gerda Koepff Collection from the Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf (Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, 2015)
- The Emerging Artists in Hokkaido (Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, 2016)
- IKEDA Midori Exhibition (Hokkaido Obihiro Museum of Art, 2020)
- Art Works and New Generation in Eastern Hokkaido 2022 (Hokkaido Obihiro Museum of Art, 2022)
Writings
- “The Current of Art in Tokachi”, other writings and editing, Art Chronicle in Tokachi exhibition catalogue, Hokkaido Obihiro Museum of Art, 2011
- “The Chronology of Art History of Tokachi (1)”, Hokkaido Art Museum Studies No.24, 2013
- “The Chronology of Art History of Tokachi (2)”, Hokkaido Art Museum Studies No.25, 2014
- Translation and editing, Art Nouveau Glass: The Gerda Koepff Collection from the Museum Kunstpalast exhibition catalogue, The Chunichi Shimbun, 2015
- “Art and Coexistence: Developments of the Nine Artists”, other writings and editing, The Emerging Artists in Hokkaido exhibition catalogue, Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, 2016
- “At Ponpetsu”, Ponpetsu Art Fort 2017 exhibition catalogue, Executive Committee “Ponpetsu Art Fort 2017” and Executive Office “Mukawa Dino World Center”, 2017
- “The Activities and Achievements of Masano SANO”, Hokkaido Art Museum Studies No.29, 2019
- “Engraving of Time”, other writings and editing, IKEDA Midori Exhibition exhibition catalogue, Hokkaido Obihiro Museum of Art, 2021
- “Filing of Art in Eastern Hokkaido”, other writings and editing, Art Works and New Generation in Eastern Hokkaido 2022 exhibition catalogue, Hokkaido Obihiro Museum of Art, 2022
- ”Kobo KUMASHIRO: Character and Works”, writing, Kobo KUMASHIRO Collection of Works, Kobo KUMASHIRO, 2022
- “Kiyoko MAEHARA: “Genius Girl” Painter Disappearing”, Hokkaido Art Museum Studies No.32, 2023