Holly Yoshida (b.1992) is a painter based in Perth.

Her practice is informed by historical painting and the conventions of Still Life, choosing to work in dry brushed oil on panel, employing a grisaille technique and subdued palette as she documents and quietly elevates present day mundanity.

The empty room is a recurring motif in Yoshida's work, the absences and neutrality invite a speculative and voyeuristic gaze, in which we might construct or impose narrative. Through an engagement with the process of painting, she aims to depict the private and invisible by de-familiarising the everyday.

Yoshida graduated from Edith Cowan University with a Bachelor of Contemporary Art in 2014. She has had four solo shows at Freerange (2016), Spectrum Project Space (2019), and Moore Contemporary (2021 and 2023), and has participated in numerous group exhibitions including The View from Here (2021) at The Art Gallery of Western Australia. Yoshida was a finalist in the Mosman Art Prize (2022) and John Stringer Prize (2022).

A gesture towards steam, Rachel Robertson
The View from Here, The Art Gallery of Western Australia
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