Keita Morimoto
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Keita Morimoto (born 1990) is a Japanese artist.[1] Morimoto was born in Osaka, Japan before moving to Toronto, Ontario, Canada at the age of 16.[2]
Morimoto finished high school at Centennial Secondary School in Belleville, Ontario, and later graduated from Ontario College of Art & Design (now OCAD University) in 2012 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts.[3] His work has been exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Toronto (MOCA),[4] Art Gallery of Peterborough,[5] and the Nicholas Metivier Gallery in Toronto.[6]
Morimoto is best-known for his paintings of Toronto and its inhabitants. Art critic and writer Murray Whyte of the Toronto Star called Morimoto a painter in the New Romantic style.[7] His best-known works are Garden of Light,[8] Nightwatchers, and Light Passage.[9] After 15 years living in Toronto, Morimoto returned to reside in Japan in 2021.
References
- ^ "Keita Morimoto CV | 森本啓太 略歴". Keita Morimoto Studio. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
- ^ "Paintings by Keita Morimoto of teenagers in Toronto at twilight, inspired by Edward Hopper". Creative Boom. 2019-12-19. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
- ^ "Keita Morimoto's Garden of Light painting romances Toronto at night". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Keita Morimoto: The Nightwatchers". Museum of Contemporary Art Toronto Canada. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
- ^ "These things I have seen: Carolyn Code, Megan Ellen MacDonald, Keita Morimoto". Art Gallery of Peterborough. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
- ^ "Garden of Light – Canadian Art". canadianart.ca. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
- ^ "In Studio with 'new Romantic' painter Keita Morimoto". thestar.com. 2016-01-17. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
- ^ "The top 10 artworks of 2020: the most stunning and startling exhibitions at Canadian galleries and online this year". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Don't you wish you could live in these paintings of Toronto?". CBC.
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