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)
1. Uncovering method ／ 2. Weight sensation, 2008

Tomoo Gokita

1. Uncovering method ／ 2. Weight sensation, 2008

Sale Date: October 21, 2017

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The Madmen #1, 2016

Tomoo Gokita

The Madmen #1, 2016

Sale Date: September 28, 2017

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Dance Party, 2016

Tomoo Gokita

Dance Party, 2016

Sale Date: September 28, 2017

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General Emotionality, 2008

Tomoo Gokita

General Emotionality, 2008

Sale Date: September 19, 2017

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Serenade for Missy, 2008

Tomoo Gokita

Serenade for Missy, 2008

Sale Date: September 19, 2017

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Two works: (i) Lingerie No. 1; (ii) M, 2000

Tomoo Gokita

Two works: (i) Lingerie No. 1; (ii) M, 2000

Sale Date: September 19, 2017

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Work, 2001

Tomoo Gokita

Work, 2001

Sale Date: July 15, 2017

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Escape into Fantasy, 2008

Tomoo Gokita

Escape into Fantasy, 2008

Sale Date: July 15, 2017

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CUTE SPECIAL EDITION, 2015, 2015

Tomoo Gokita

CUTE SPECIAL EDITION, 2015, 2015

Sale Date: July 15, 2017

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DENTAL PLATE, 2012

Tomoo Gokita

DENTAL PLATE, 2012

Sale Date: July 15, 2017

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MAX ROACH COACH, 2012

Tomoo Gokita

MAX ROACH COACH, 2012

Sale Date: July 15, 2017

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Work, 2001

Tomoo Gokita

Work, 2001

Sale Date: April 22, 2017

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Work, 2001

Tomoo Gokita

Work, 2001

Sale Date: April 22, 2017

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Sinister Exaggerator, 2008

Tomoo Gokita

Sinister Exaggerator, 2008

Sale Date: March 25, 2017

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Two works: (i) Desire Develops an Edge (ii)..., 2006

Tomoo Gokita

Two works: (i) Desire Develops an Edge (ii)..., 2006

Sale Date: February 28, 2017

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STATUS SEEKING, 2014

Tomoo Gokita

STATUS SEEKING, 2014

Sale Date: February 18, 2017

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Beauty in Heaven/ SAKURAMBO, 2001

Tomoo Gokita

Beauty in Heaven/ SAKURAMBO, 2001

Sale Date: February 16, 2017

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Thoughts Busily Betraying, 2008

Tomoo Gokita

Thoughts Busily Betraying, 2008

Sale Date: October 29, 2016

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DIVORCE, 2008

Tomoo Gokita

DIVORCE, 2008

Sale Date: October 3, 2016

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Untitled, 1999

Tomoo Gokita

Untitled, 1999

Sale Date: September 29, 2016

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ONE OF THESE DAYS, 2007

Tomoo Gokita

ONE OF THESE DAYS, 2007

Sale Date: September 29, 2016

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Can't Be Funky, 2007

Tomoo Gokita

Can't Be Funky, 2007

Sale Date: February 29, 2016

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Drunk Flower, 2006

Tomoo Gokita

Drunk Flower, 2006

Sale Date: November 10, 2015

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Pianist For All His Life, 2000

Tomoo Gokita

Pianist For All His Life, 2000

Sale Date: November 7, 2015

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