石本　美帆

書家（書道師範）。あおい書道教室主宰。
書作品、アートワーク、ロゴデザイン、看板文字等の作成で活躍。国内での個展開催にとどまらず、近年では海外のアートフェアへの出品や海外の画廊での常設展示も実施。
また書道教育にも力を注ぎ、あおい書道教室での指導に加え、企業や団体への出張指導も多く、子供からシニアまで幅広い年代に応じた指導を行う。東京在住。

古典書道を礎とし、歴史を振り返りながら時流に流されない格調を保ちつつも、どこか新しく馴染みやすさを感じる作品を探求している。あらゆるシーンにマッチし現代の多様な空間に調和する書作品を試み、提案、発信しながら活動中。書体の持つ特性や可能性を意識し、TPOに応じた作品を生み出すことで、ワンパターン化していない作品を展開している。

技法の追及だけでなく、用具の工夫も広げ、常識に囚われない用具の使い方も模索している。表装のデザインも自ら行い、一定の評価を得る。

近年では中国の古典書道への探求が更に深まり、中国への研修旅行も重ねる。

Ishimoto creates high-quality works of classical calligraphy that draw on her years of study of Japanese and Chinese history. At the same time, her works have a feeling of novelty that harmonize with contemporary artistic and commercial themes as well as urban and rustic backgrounds.

In her creations, Ishimoto understands and applies not only the image associated with the theme or background but also the characteristics of each calligraphy style, while at the same time being aware of the features of brush, ink and paper that create possibilities for developing　different styles. This synthesis of style and material allows the direction of her work to avoid narrow bounds to instead explore a wide range of expressive creativity. In addition to employing traditional calligraphy techniques, she also uses a variety of tools and materials including those not typically found in the classical tradition. She achieves a certain value by designing her own framing.

Ishimoto also creates logo designs and signboard lettering among her pursuit of calligraphic applications.

Ishimoto owns a calligraphy school and contracts with companies and organizations in the Tokyo metropolitan area to teach calligraphy classes to a wide range of students, from young children to senior citizens and from students to professionals.

She has also in recent years travelled to China to deepen her knowledge of and professional training in classical calligraphy by studying ancient forms of Chinese calligraphy.