Yoko Molotov

From Louisville Punk/Hardcore History

Yoko Molotov is a multimedia artist specializing in transgressive, gender-fluid cartoons, comics, art books, poetry and video. Along with working as an artist, she has performed with several Louisville bands over the years.

Biography

Yoko Molotov is a Louisville, Kentucky-based multimedia artist specializing in transgressive, gender-fluid comics, art, poetry, and performances.

Molotov’s work is inspired by manga artist Mita Ryuusuke, anime studio GAINAX, and surrealist automatism, a free flowing art-making process in which the artist suppresses conscious control over the making process. Her work blends comedy with tragedy, innocence with erotica, and a precise, graphically technical style with unpolished expressionism.

Yoko Molotov has exhibited work at Land of Tomorrow in Louisville and Lexington, Sheherazade Gallery in Louisville, the Carnegie Center for Art and History in New Albany and a month long exhibition in Japan. As a musician, Molotov performs in projects such as Harpy, WEEK, and meat mama.

Bands

  • Sweatermeat - Bass, Vocals
  • harpy - Various Instruments, Vocals
  • The Tycoons of Teen - Vocals
  • WEEK - Electronics, Vocals
  • Meat Mama - Bass, Vocals
  • Tsunami Samurai - Tambourine, Dancing

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