Komachi Goto
CV
Biography
I paint and draw whatever had caught my attention, and I want to know behind the scene of the stories. I am looking for that invisible background and the history of the subjects that intrigued me.
Education
1992-95 City & Guild Art School, Kennington, Foundation Course and 1st year of painting
1995-1999 Slade School of Fine Art College UCL. BA degree
1999-2001 Glasgow School of Art. MFA degree.
1999 & 2000 Hidatakayama scholarship awards.
Exhibitions
1996 - Big Issue Group show London U.K.
1999 - Drawing Exhibition, Samuel Jewel, Oxford Street London
2002 - Hunterian Gallery NY Group show U.S.A
2002 Solo Show at Lilac Gallery *colour* Sapporo Japan
2007-2010 Popup Gallery "Komachi", Edinburgh
2015 Best Drawing Prize, East Linton Art competition
2017 Best Drawing Prize, East Linton Art Competition
2017 “Father studying against forgetfulness” selected for the catalogue in Paisley Art
2018 September, 1st prize, 50th East Linton Art Competition
2019 November, ING Discerning Eye Drawing Bursary Winner The Mall Gallery London
2020 March, Jackson’s Painting Prize, Long-list online
2020 October, Scottish Portrait Award, Long-list online
2020 November, ING Discerning Eye, online exhibition
2021 May, Royal Society of Portrait Painters Annual Exhibition, The Mall Gallery, London
2021 July, Figurative Art Now, The Mall Gallery, London
2021 September, The Moth Magazine
2021 Winter, Presence, The Tatha Gallery, Newport on Tay (invited)
2021 December, Resonating Narrative, Whitespace, Edinburgh.
2022 February, Counterplan, Dundas Street Gallery, Edinburgh.
2022 April, Spring Collection, Zenwalls Gallery, Peebles Scotland.
2022 November, ING Discerning Eye Exhibition, The Mall Gallery, London
2022 November, Progressive Drawing and Workshop, Drawing and Movement.
2022 December, Whitespace, Edinburgh
Upcoming Exhibitions
2023 ESBAT, Dundas Street Gallery, Edinburgh
2023 Summer Show, Edinburgh
2023 Portrait - Fidra Fine Art, Gullane, Scotland (invited)
Publications
2020 March/April - Easel Words, independent visual art magazine The Jackdaw magazine by Davide Lee
