Hiroko Momii was born in Japan, and grew up in the traditional Japanese value system where a woman's happiness and place is in her marriage and children. However, she did not feel comfortable taking on this role.

Momii came to the USA in 1979 not yet recognizing her deep desire to become an artist. She got a job at a fine art silkscreen studio in 1980 and finally knew she wanted to make art the first time she pulled a squeegee to make a print.

In 1991, she quit her job and dedicated herself to becoming a painter. She entered the MFA program in painting and drawing at California State University in Long Beach in 1994. During her studies there, she found a way to express her inner feelings and visions through an abstract style. Since then she has shown her artworks in both solo and group exhibitions at numerous galleries in Santa Fe, Los Angeles, as well as in Japan.

Momii was influenced by Wassily Kandinsky's statement, "Spirituality is the purpose of art." Her growth as an artist has run parallel to the development of her spiritual path. She feels fortunate to have become an artist and find a way to express herself while simultaneously to deepening her spirituality. The art process has become a life process in itself.