Lynne Yamamoto (born 1961) is an American artist and art educator.
[1] Born in Honolulu, Hawaii[2] and a woman of Japanese descent, much of Yamamoto's work deals with content related to her identity and home.
She focuses on depicting the relationship between and the influences of ordinary people on larger historical narratives such as exploring class and immigration in Hawaii in the 20th century.
She has explored the use of the symbol of the cherry blossom in Japan during World War II and has considered the history of the pineapple in Hawaii in terms of its plantation connections and in terms of its significance as an exotic status symbol.
[6] She is currently the Jessie Wells Post Professor of Art at Smith College in Massachusetts.