Yumiko Hirokawa was born and grew up in Osaka, Japan.

 

Yumiko is a 2003 graduate of the Corcoran School of Arts and Design at the George Washington University.

 

She has exhibited her art in Japan, China, Korea, and the US.

 

Her work has been shown at the fountain art fair, and Ashok Jain gallery in New York City, and at the LELA International Gallery in Los Angeles in 2014. She also had an exhibit at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington DC in 2015 She joined Artomatic Potomac in Maryland in 2016, and Clio Art Fair in New York City in 2017. She participated in Touchstone gallery’s national juried show, and Watergate gallery’s group show in Washington DC in 2017.

 

Her work is housed in the collection of Ningbo Museum of Art in Ningbo,China.

 

She has painted scenes of modern society using aluminum leaf.

 

A number of her paintings in the past year are based on the theme of the Women's March.