Tomoo Gokita

(Japanese, born 1969)

Tomoo Gokita is a contemporary Japanese artist best known for his monochrome abstract figurative paintings and prints. His signature gray scale compositions are often based on found photographs and old magazine illustrations featuring a central figure whose face is obliterated. Gokita’s stylistic references to Surrealism and abstraction are not deliberate, “I just improvise and, in the end, it looks like these categories, but I never intend it to,” said the artist. He was most influenced by the generation of New York Neo-Expressionists, such as Julian Schnabel, Eric Fischl, and David Salle. Born in 1969 in Tokyo, Japan, he briefly enrolled in a local art college in 1988 where he experimented with oil painting. After two years, he dropped out and became a graphic designer, creating flyers for nightclubs in Japan followed by designing CD and LP covers for rising musicians. Despite his success in the music industry, the artist returned to drawing and painting in the mid-1990s. His works have been shown in influential institutions around the world, including Kawamura Memorial DIC Museum of Art in Sakura, Japan, Mary Boone Gallery, Blum & Poe in New York, among others. The artist works and lives in Tokyo, Japan.

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Tomoo Gokita (418 results)

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Fake Fight, 2021

Tomoo Gokita

Fake Fight, 2021

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Slit, 2020

Tomoo Gokita

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Prison Mutiny, 2021

Tomoo Gokita

Prison Mutiny, 2021

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1. Escape into Fantasy／2. Escape into Reality, 2008

Tomoo Gokita

1. Escape into Fantasy／2. Escape into Reality, 2008

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If you go away, 2007

Tomoo Gokita

If you go away, 2007

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OH! TENGOKU painted (respects FUJIO AKATSUKA), 2021

Tomoo Gokita

OH! TENGOKU painted (respects FUJIO AKATSUKA), 2021

Sale Date: May 1, 2024

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Housewife, 2020

Tomoo Gokita

Housewife, 2020

Sale Date: April 17, 2024

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BIG BOY, 2020

Tomoo Gokita

BIG BOY, 2020

Sale Date: April 27, 2024

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Hello Stranger 你好陌生人, 2019

Tomoo Gokita

Hello Stranger 你好陌生人, 2019

Sale Date: April 6, 2024

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N’danka N’danka, 2005

Tomoo Gokita

N’danka N’danka, 2005

Sale Date: March 7, 2024

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Health Club, 2007

Tomoo Gokita

Health Club, 2007

Sale Date: March 13, 2024

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CHAD, 2015

Tomoo Gokita

Sale Date: March 12, 2024

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Untitled [TG-WPH_18_001] | 無題 [TG-WPH_18_001], 2018

Tomoo Gokita

Untitled [TG-WPH_18_001] | 無題 [TG-WPH_18_001], 2018

Sale Date: February 28, 2024

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Untitled [TG-WPH_18_002] | 無題 [TG-WPH_18_002], 2018

Tomoo Gokita

Untitled [TG-WPH_18_002] | 無題 [TG-WPH_18_002], 2018

Sale Date: February 28, 2024

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At the Weekend, Dark Clouds Hang Low | 週末，烏雲低垂, 2014

Tomoo Gokita

At the Weekend, Dark Clouds Hang Low | 週末，烏雲低垂, 2014

Sale Date: February 28, 2024

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Untitled, 2010

Tomoo Gokita

Untitled, 2010

Sale Date: February 15, 2024

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Untitled, 2005

Tomoo Gokita

Untitled, 2005

Sale Date: February 15, 2024

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Mae e Narae, 2021

Tomoo Gokita

Mae e Narae, 2021

Sale Date: January 10, 2024

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Sports, 2009

Tomoo Gokita

Sale Date: December 14, 2023

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Two works: (i) The Madmen #1; (ii) Party..., 2016

Tomoo Gokita

Two works: (i) The Madmen #1; (ii) Party..., 2016

Sale Date: December 7, 2023

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N’danka N’danka, 2005

Tomoo Gokita

N’danka N’danka, 2005

Sale Date: December 14, 2023

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Oscalypso, 2022

Tomoo Gokita

Oscalypso, 2022

Sale Date: December 6, 2023

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Oscalypso, 2022

Tomoo Gokita

Oscalypso, 2022

Sale Date: November 29, 2023

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