Homma Rie (本間利依) (artist 1975 –)

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Biography:

Rie Homma (本間利依), a female artist, was born in Kanagawa (South of Tokyo) in 1975. In 1999 she graduated at Nihon University College of Art. In the same year her work was accepted at the prestigious CWAJ (The College Women's Association of Japan) print show, and in the same year she exhibited at the 4th British International Miniature Print Exhibition in London. From that moment on the exhibitions followed each other in rapid succession. Her first solo exhibition was in 2003 at Gallery Gray in Tokyo ("Rie Homma Woodblock Print Show").

In 2005 she completed a Fine Art master course at Nihon University Graduate School of Art, and she exhibited at the CWAJ print show for the sixth time.

Homma's 2003 College Women's Association of Japan print, "Moonlit Night" is in the LACMA collection and her 2007 CWAJ print, "Dance in the Woods" is in the collection of the Library of Congress. Group Exhibitions 1999-2001, 2003-2008 Japanese Contemporary Prints - CWAJ Print Show - Tokyo AmericanClub / Tokyo, Japan 1999 4th British International Miniature Print Exhibition Relativities - Bankside Gallery/ London, UK 2000 Mini Print International Exhibition - The Art Mission Gallery / USA 2000 Biennale International d’art miniature - Ville–Marie / Canada 2001 Contemporary Japanese Printmaker show - Sola Art Gallery / USA 2001-2002 Itart 2001, 3rd-4th mini graphic & painting world wide show 3rd ,”FINALIST” Prize Show - Ensemble Cultural Center / Italy 2002 Art Exhibition:Painting, Prints and Sculptures by Teaching Staff of Department of Fine Arts. College of Art, Nihon University / Tokyo, Japan 2002 Montreal International Miniature Print Biennial 2002, Prize Conseil Que’becois de l’estampe / Canada 2006　“TAPAAMISIA(MEETINGS)”, Maijaliisa Anttonen & Rie Homma, Nokian taidetalo / Nokia, Finland Solo Exhibitions 2003, 2005, 2009 Solo Exhibition: Rie Homma woodblock print show - Gallery Gray / Tokyo, Japan 2005, 2006, 2007 Solo Exhibition: woodblock print show - Mubansou Gallery / Nagano,Japan 2006 Solo Exhibition: Rie Homma World Print Show, Sola Art Gallery /N.Y. USA 2007 Solo Exhibition: Rie Homma Woodblock Print Show, Yama Gallery / Mie, Japan 2009 Solo Exhibition: Rie Homma Woodblock Print Show, Art Zone Kaguraoka Gallery/ Kyoto, Japan

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The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, which, as of April 2024, owned 5 works by this artist, calls her "Rie Honma-Suenaga".