About

Victoria is an artist born and raised in Yokosuka, Japan. She now splits her time between her family home in Oahu, Hawaii and Chicago, Illinois where she works as a flight attendant. Her work is often inspired by nature, science and her travels. She uses natural pieces and symbolism to evoke a sense of home and warmth in her artwork.

Victoria has studied art in schools in Honolulu, Hawaii, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Tokyo, Japan. She graduated from Tyler School of Art at Temple University Japan with a Bachelors in Art in 2017.

Story behind Moonies

"Our bodies are planets that are home to many different microscopic organisms. They are invisible to the naked eye but they do exist and experience all things that we experience. My 'Moonies' are a representation of those microscopic organisms.

I call them my Moonies because even though these creatures are very small and seem insignificant, they still live under and are affected by the same moon as us humans, like all other living things. I'm fascinated by the idea that every living thing in this world see the same moon no matter how far apart and no matter what or who they are. 

Ever since I was a child, I've moved and traveled to many new cities, states and countries. This much frequent moving made it hard for me to find a sense of home and belonging anywhere. I always felt lost and was in constant search of finding a place to call home.

It wasn't until I was older that I realized that it's okay not to have a just one place to declare as home. I realized that home is not a place, it is a feeling. I draw my Moonies in many different places as a way to express that."