Yukiko Hata received the Holbein Scholarship after graduating from her Master of Art in Tohoku University of Art and Design, and with it she continued her practice in oil painting. Her works have been exhibited at the Yamagata Biennale 2018, The Shiogama Sugimura Jun Museum of Art in Miyagi, Japan, SEIZAN Gallery New York and Tokyo, among many others. Hata currently lives and works in Sendai City in Japan.