series based on the aftermath of disasters; both manmade and natural. He paints his subject matters using large color field areas to bring awareness to the human suffering that lingers to this day. Images of his artistic process and artwork can be seen in a 2012 New American Painting article and on Art Works for Change. He started this series in response to the Japan earthquake in 2011 which triggered tsunamis and fires and caused thousands of people to lose their lives or livelihoods. Yoshimoto has used this series to memorialize victims and to help raise money for Tsunami survivors. Godzilla Invading Yoshimoto created this series to speak on his feeling of isolation and displacement he often experiences living in the various locations around the U.S. He drew heavy influence from watching Godzilla movies as a child when he lived in Japan, seeing Godzilla as the loneliest creature in the world. The aesthetics in this body of work was influenced by Japanese woodblock prints along with Chinese brush painting to pay homage to his cultural heritage. Horses of Honor Omaha Yoshimoto was commissioned to work on the public painting on a horse sculpture as part of a nationwide campaign to honor police officers who had fallen or severely injured in the line of duty in Omaha. Personal life Yoshimoto currently resides in Omaha, Nebraska and Tulsa, Oklahoma. Awards Syracuse University, 2011; Chancellor's Award, Friends of the United Nations, New York, 2012; Early Avitt Award- Prairie Schooner, University of Nebraska Press Letter of Artistic Achievement, Community Supported Arts, Seattle, 2013; Featured Artist, New Emerging Artists, New York, 2013; Featured Artist, Japanesque Exhibit, Overland Gallery, Kinston, NC, 2014; First Place, Alabama National, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, 2014; Second Place, ARTSPACE Gallery, Stroudsburg, PA, 2015; Printmaking Award, Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters and Sculptors Grant, 2015; On Paper International Printmaking award, 2016 References 1974 births Living people American contemporary painters American male painters American watercolorists Chinese emigrants to the United States Painters from California People from Tokyo University of Nebraska Omaha faculty