Yoko Kanayama California Institute of the Arts Yoko kanayama was born in Japan. She received her Bachelors degree in Economics and Business at Ohtemon University in Japan. She then moved to London where she spent three years drinking many cups of tea and decorating the shop window. After this, she relocated to Los Angeles and received a Second Bachelors in Fine Art at Otis College. She has just finished a Masters in Fine Art at the California Institute of the Arts.