Ryo Tomoda (Tomoryo) Born and raised in Osaka, Japan, now lives in Kamakura, Kanagawa. Classically trained in both ink and color painting for two years and influenced by classical paintings from Muromachi to Edo era (15 to 19th century), I employ that style and technique, using traditional media such as sumi ink, mineral paint, seashell chalk, rice paper, and silk sheet, but with a contemporary twist. Equally inspired by Zen Buddhism and old school Hip Hop, as well as science in the fields of relativity, quantum mechanics, and ecosystem, I try to express these themes with a sense of space (by dissecting the surface with figures) and time (by speeds of brushstrokes and impression of movement in each figure). Solo exhibition "Space without Colors" @ Minato-mirai Gallery in Yokohama, November 2011 Artexpo NY @ Pier 94, New York, NY, March, 2011 Solo exhibition @ Mugimaru2 cafe, Kagurazaka, Tokyo, October 2010 Group exhibition @ beKyoto, Kyoto, October 2010 Solo exhibition @ Aotani Geijutsu-mura, Kashiwara, Osaka, July 2010 Kashiwara Biennale @ Kashiwara, Osaka, May 2010 Young Artist Japan Vol. 2 @ Tokyo-kotsu Kaikan in Yuraku-cho, Tokyo, November 2009 Solo exhibition "Soboku?" @ Minato-mirai Gallery in Yokohama, July 2009 E-mail: info@tomoryo.com 氏名：友田 亮 略歴：大阪府出身神奈川県鎌倉市在住。 水墨画・日本画をそれぞれ１年間学んだあと、伝統的な画材や技法を使用しながらも現代的なモチーフやデザインを取り入れた絵画を制作しています。 2011年11月 個展「Space without Colors」＠みなとみらいギャラリー 2011年3月 Artexpo NY 出展@ニューヨーク 2010年10月 カフェmugimaru2@神楽坂にて個展 2010年10月 be京都にてグループ展 2010年7月 青谷芸術村にて展示＠大阪府柏原市 2010年5月 柏原ビエンナーレ 出展＠大阪府柏原市 2009年11月 Young Artist Japan Vol. 2 出展＠東京交通会館 2009年7月 個展「素墨？」＠みなとみらいギャラリー