Yasoko Okamoto

岡本慈子出身於日本和歌山，自小即鍾情於繪畫，大學畢業於負笈美國留學期間，對於現代藝術鑒賞有進一步體認，學成返日後亦進入繪畫專業領域之企業服務數年，嗣為能增進對藝術品領域之學養而前往法國深造，除取得比較文學碩士學歷外，亦同時進入美術學校修習，期間認識外子，並隨之來到台灣研習中文、結婚及生子，因夫婿工作因素而輾轉移居義大利、塞內加爾、法國及台灣之間，在育兒生活中，仍然不間斷地從事插畫及繪畫的創作，其間亦曾在塞內加爾首都達卡舉辦首次個展；2011年再次返回巴黎，此期間漸轉向於抽象繪畫創作，並於巴黎舉辦兩次個展，更於 2015 年及 2016 年連續 2 年入選法國巴黎秋季沙龍展。2017 年回到台灣，開設了成人透明水彩教室與創意藝術教室，並舉辦幾次個展，後再次隨夫婿前往南法普羅旺斯塞尚的故鄉Aix-en-Provence長住。現居象牙海岸的 Adbijan 。

Yasuko Okamoto is a Japanese painter, living in Côte d'Ivoire/ Ivory Coast. Okamoto was born in Wakayama, Japan, and had a passion for painting from a young age. After graduating from university, she furthered her education in the United States, where she developed a deeper appreciation for modern art. Upon returning to Japan, she worked in the professional painting industry for several years. To enhance her knowledge of art, she pursued further studies in France, where she earned a master's degree in comparative literature and also attended art school. During this time, she met her husband, and they moved to Taiwan, where she studied Chinese, got married, and had children. Due to her husband's job, they lived in Italy, Senegal, France, and Taiwan. Throughout her time raising children, she continued to create illustrations and paintings, and held her first solo exhibition in Dakar, Senegal. In 2011, they returned to Paris, where she shifted her focus to abstract painting, held two solo exhibitions, and was selected for the Paris Salon d'Automne for two consecutive years in 2015 and 2016. In 2017, she moved back to Taiwan, opened an adult watercolor and creative art studio, and held several solo exhibitions. Later, she moved with her husband to Aix-en-Provence, the hometown of Cézanne, in southern France.

She currently resides in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.​