Yoko Galvin was born in Tochigi, Japan. She traveled around the world in the 1970’s,
visiting Russia, Europe, and Canada, gaining experiences that she has
beautifully incorporated into her art. Her unique perspective on life, love, and
relationships results in some of the most captivating and inspiring pieces of musical and
visual works.
As a visual artist, each drawing of a flower arrangement, Japanese woman, scenery, or
kimono is original and signed "Maeda Yoko". Each piece makes careful use of
vivid colors and deliberate strokes as she strives to reduce her subject to its most
elemental parts, only to build it up anew as a one-of-a-kind vision that is uniquely
her own.
As a musical artist, Yoko's lyrics come from a place of determined yet suppressed
womanhood. At the same time, her lyrics are framed in haunting melodies, and set
within contemporary musical backdrops. Her expressive alto voice provides
the range and emotion that lets her stories come alive.
In 1996, she began selling her drawings and paintings to help street youth and support
charity organizations. To date, she has sold or donated in excess
of 250 pictures to various organizations such as The Back Door, Society for the Treatment
of Autism, Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation, Alberta Children's Hospital, Association
of Arthritis, as well as to various churches and individuals. Her art
has been sold in silent auctions for different charity organizations, fetching several
hundred dollars per piece.
Her musical efforts yielded her 1995 debut CD release “A Woman's Tale”,
an 11-song collection composed and performed by Yoko, and produced
and arranged by award-winning producer Demetrio Navarro. All proceeds from the CD
were donated to help people in need. She has teamed up once again with producer
Navarro to work on her second CD release, currently in production.
Yoko lives in Calgary, Alberta, Canada with her husband Philip, where she enjoys
being a mother and grandmother.
We welcome your comments and ratings of any piece of art or music on our website.
If you are interested in purchasing any of her work, please contact the artist at
yoko@yokogalvin.com. All proceeds will be donated to the charity organization of your choice.
Thank you and God bless!
