Lena Yokoyama is a Japanese-Austrian artist based in London, working across painting, drawing, and printmaking. Rooted in drawing from observation, Lena’s practice focuses on everyday rhythms - waiting, stretching, scrolling, sitting. She captures “the subtle, fleeting moments that often go unnoticed but shape our experience and sense of connection.” Her figures move through both public and private space: streets, beaches, rooftops, bedrooms. There’s a tension in the stillness, and purpose in the pause.
In the Marseille Series and Mexico Series, Lena captures bodies and environments in flux - drawn from observation, memory, and imagined space. In Marseille, sun-bleached rituals unfold across pétanque courts, scooter-streaked streets, and crowded café corners. Scenes stretch and drift, rendered with just enough detail to feel like memories - or surveillance stills. In Mexico, figures move and rest - stretching, sitting, wandering, dancing - set against radiant fields of color. Both series explore presence, tension, and everyday movement with a tactile, grounded energy.
Lena studied Illustration at Camberwell College of Arts (2020) and Fine Art at The Royal Drawing School (2025). She is currently based in London. Her work has been exhibited in London, Tokyo, Marseille, and Berlin, with recent presentations at Pigment Gallery (2024), Maison Marocaine de la Photographie (2023), and The Royal Drawing School (2023). Alongside her studio practice, she collaborates on editorial and commercial projects, with clients including The New York Times, Hermès, and Selfridges.
