Lynne Yamamoto

Lynne Yamamoto
Born1961
Honolulu, Hawai'i
EducationEvergreen State College, 1983 (BA) New York University, 1991 (MA)
Occupation(s)Artist, Art educator

Lynne Yamamoto (born 1961) is an American artist and art educator.[1]

Born in Honolulu, Hawaii[2] and a woman of Japanese descent, much of Yamamoto's work deals with content related to her identity and home. She focuses on depicting the relationship between and the influences of ordinary people on larger historical narratives such as exploring class and immigration in Hawaii in the 20th century. She has explored the use of the symbol of the cherry blossom in Japan during World War II and has considered the history of the pineapple in Hawaii in terms of its plantation connections and in terms of its significance as an exotic status symbol.[3] In 2017 she participated in the inaugural edition of the Honolulu Biennial.[4] In 2018, Yamamoto was one of 56 artists to participate in a pop-up exhibit for the Hawaii State Art Museum creating art in a 4-inch tin box.[5]

Yamamoto received her Bachelor of Arts in art from the Evergreen State College in 1983 and her masters in studio art from New York University in 1991.[6]

She is currently the Jessie Wells Post Professor of Art at Smith College in Massachusetts.

Collections

Yamamoto's work is included in the collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art,[7] the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art[8] and the Museum of Modern Art, New York[9] among others. One of Yamamoto's works, "Of Memory," is also displayed at the Seattle's Central Library.[10][11]

References

  1. ^ Hallmark, Kara Kelley (July 5, 2007). Encyclopedia of Asian American Artists. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 9780313334511 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ "Eyes, Dark". www.metmuseum.org. Retrieved 2022-06-28.
  3. ^ "Lynne Yamamoto". Smith College. Retrieved 2022-06-28.
  4. ^ Tanigawa, Noe (2017-03-28). "Urban Eden: Honolulu Biennial at Foster Garden". Hawai'i Public Radio. Archived from the original on 2017-10-25. Retrieved 2019-04-09.
  5. ^ Charisma, James (18 May 2018). "How 56 Artists Fit Into 56 Boxes at the Hawai'i State Art Museum". Honolulu Magazine. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  6. ^ "Lynne Yamamoto | Greg Kucera Gallery | Seattle". www.gregkucera.com. Retrieved 2022-06-28.
  7. ^ "Lynne Yamamoto". whitney.org. Archived from the original on 2019-03-14. Retrieved 2019-04-09.
  8. ^ "Lynne Yamamoto". The Museum of Contemporary Art. Archived from the original on 2019-07-05. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
  9. ^ "Lynne Yamamoto - MoMA". The Museum of Modern Art. Archived from the original on 2019-06-01. Retrieved 2019-04-09.
  10. ^ Studarus, Laura (26 November 2021). "This Stunning American Library Is the Height of Whimsy". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  11. ^ "Of Memory (2007)". Lynne Yamamoto. Retrieved 5 July 2022.


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