Kyoko Uchiyama is a botanical artist and graphic designer in Japan. She is interested in finding effective mixing proportions of tempera and watercolor to depict texture of plants. Her artwork has been exhibited all over the world. She received the Tokyo Shimbun award at the Japan Gardening Society Botanical Art Exhibition in 2019.
Her watercolor paintings are inspired by the amazing
vitality of plants. At the 2020 RHS Botanical Art & Photography
Show, she won a gold medal for her painting “Oga Lotus”.
IWM2026 Exhibit Iris
A German iris with beautiful purple flowers. In the bright light of
early summer, the colourful flowers bloom. Although
this flower was planted in the garden, it did not grow well and it
took three years for it to bloom.
We are delighted to welcome Kyoko to IWM2026.