Lives in Nanto City, Toyama Prefecture, Japan.
Toetiee expresses herself through acrylic painting, risograph printing, and other media. Her work is characterized by imperfection, humanity, displacement, and scuffiness.
Toetiee studied stage design in college in the U.S. and advertising design in Europe. She has built a career in New York, Tokyo, and Amsterdam and has returned to Japan to work as an artist.
[Education]
2002 Graduated from University of North Carolina School of the Arts, U.S.A.
2012 Graduated from Miami Ad School Hamburg, Germany
[Career]
2002 Marla Weinhoff Studio, Assistant Designer, New York, U.S.A.
2003 A primary advertising agency, Producer, Tokyo, Japan
2005 A Design Studio, Graphic Designer, Tokyo, Japan
2012 An Advertising Agency, Conceptor/Designer, The Netherlands
2014 Freelance Designer, Art Director, The Netherlands
2015 A Design Studio, Art Director and Designer, Toyama, Japan
2018 PPPD: persistent perceptible posture-induced dizziness
2021 Established “Risogura,” a hands-on lithographic printing studio
[Major Awards]
2013
*Clio Award, Direct Marketing Design Category | Bronze Prize
*Cannes Lions | Shortlist
2015
*One Show | Silver Award, Social Category
*One Show | Bronze Award, Visual Category
New York Festival | Silver Award, Direct Category
New York Festival | Bronze Prize in the Visual category
*Cannes Lions | Silver Award, Cyber
*Cannes Lions | Bronze Award in the visual category
Epica Awards | Digital category｜Grand Pix (Grand Prize)
2021
TOYAMA ADC Award | Second Prize
Others
*The world’s three major advertising awards
