Noriko Shinohara

Noriko Shinohara is a contemporary painter and printmaker known for her distinctive visual language blending narrative, humor, and personal history. Born in Toyama Prefecture, Japan, Noriko Shinohara moved to New York in 1972 to study art. In 2003, she began developing her “Cutie and Bullie” series, which employs comic-style narratives and semi-autobiographical characters––“Cutie” as a stand-in for herself, and “Bullie” based on her husband, Ushio Shinohara––to explore their life together, including creative struggles and her self-autonomy. Her most recent work is a series of oil paintings that focus on her own experiences, surroundings, dreams, and personal interests. In 2003 and 2005, Noriko’s work appeared in the IPCNY “New Prints” exhibition. In 2007, she was included in the Japan Society Gallery’s exhibition “Making a Home: Japanese Contemporary Artists in New York”.