Yoko Kawada dedicates herself to creating artwork that expresses individuality. Her works are life-size reflections of herself. Through her experience with painting materials and printmaking, Kawada developed her own method of scratching and hatching. This technique became an automatic drawing on canvas that visualize and record the passage of time. After the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2012, Kawada moved from Kanagawa Prefecture to Nagano Prefecture. There she studied the conflict and struggle for individual freedom on a global scale. Kawada believes we stand at a crossroads where the old system has broken down, and a new era is emerging. People will seek to avoid the influence of social conditions and to gain freedom of time and space, in order to strengthen their individuality. This train of thought led Kawada to explore virtual art while retaining their materiality. Kawada predominantly shows throughout Japan and currently has work in the Yokosuka Museum of Art in Kanagawa.