渡邉裕美

Hiromi Watanabe (also known as Yuriko) is a contemporary artist born in Tokyo and a graduate of Kwansei Gakuin University. She has held 18 solo exhibitions and participated in more than 130 group exhibitions, including shows in 4 countries outside Japan. / Primarily through painting, poetry, and poetry readings, she pursues a creative practice born of self-healing and the desire to bring solace to others. / She has a particular gift for improvisational watercolor that moves in step with emotion. / She has contributed cover art and illustrations to 8 publications, including poetry collections by Koji Takahata. / She is the author of 4 books. / Since 2019, she has dedicated fan paintings (uchiwa-e) to Tōshōdai-ji Temple. / She curates a collection of art postcards designed to be framed and displayed. / Her watercolor "Saiai (Most Beloved)" was featured as a full back-cover spread in the international art journal CFA. / Publications include: the poetry-and-art collection Songs Written for Thoughts of That Person (ePhoenix); the art books Watercolor Croquis: Painting with Free Color and Bar Pega Sketch I: Improvisational Free-Color Portraits of the Artists and Everyday Moments at Music Bar ATELIER PEGASUS; and the picture book Love Poem -ai no uta- Love also holds sorrow and grief within it. And so, I simply dream.