Name
山口 はるみ やまぐち はるみ YAMAGUCHI Harumi
Job Title
Illustrator
Area
Tokyo
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Born in Shimane Prefecture, she graduated from Tokyo Art University in oil painting and freelanced from 1968. She won the Tokyo ADC Award and her works are in the permanent collections of the New York Museum of Modern Art and the Kawasaki Municipal Museum. She is a member of TDS and TIS. Books: "Harumi Gals" (Parco Publishing(, "A Dream of Movies ー A Woman of Dreams" (Hanashi no Tokushu-sha)
Source: "ginza graphic gallery 1992"
Born in Matsue in Shimane Prefecture, Japan, Yamaguchi graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts with a degree in oil painting. After working in the publicity department of Seibu Department Stores, she began her career as a freelance illustrator. In this capacity she participated in numerous advertising projects for PARCO, a leading chain of shopping complexes that encompass not only department stores but also a theater, cinema, a museum, restaurants, and clothing stores. Leading the chain are the PARCO stores opened in Tokyo’s Ikebukuro district in 1969 and in the Shibuya area in 1973. Since 1972, Yamaguchi has depicted female figures using airbrush techniques, instantly establishing herself as an illustrator who symbolizes the era. In recent years, Yamaguchi’s works have been presented in exhibitions at museums in Japan and abroad, including “Japanorama. A new vision on art since 1970” at Centre Pompidou-Metz (France, 2017), “The House of Fame” at Nottingham Contemporary (UK, 2018), and “Hyper! HARUMI GALS!!” at PARCO MUSEUM (Tokyo, 2016). Her works are included in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA: New York), the Center for Contemporary Graphic Art (CCGA: Fukushima, Japan), etc.
Source: ggg HP Exhibition Archive "HARUMI YAMAGUCHI×YOSHIROTTEN Harumi's Summer"
YAMAGUCHI Harumi
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