Ryoko Kimura
Ryoko Kimura (木村了子, ''Kimura Ryoko'', born 1971) is a Japanese
contemporary artist who works in
Nihonga painting. She studied at
Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, graduating from the oil painting course in 1995, and earning her master's degree in 1997. Her artwork subject matter is traditional ''
Bijin-ga'' (literally "beautiful person picture") but rather than depicting women, she instead observes the male figure from the "sexual gaze from a heterosexual female standpoint." Her artwork has been exhibited in Japan, Taiwan, China, France, Germany, and USA.
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