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Biography
Education and Workshop Experience
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Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions |
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2024 |
Paths - Two-Person Exhibition with Kenji
Najima and Tomoyo Ihaya, Nisai Ars Plaza, Tsu, Mie,
Japan |
2023 |
Tomoyo Ihaya, Mie Gallery, Tsu, Mie,
Japan |
To the Light, 4by4on5th, Vancouver, BC |
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2022 |
Through Darkness, Water Remembers,
Hsinchu Railway Warehouse, Hsinchu City, Taiwan |
Paths, News Room, Vancouver, BC |
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2021 |
After a Dark Night, Hsinchu Railroad
Warehouse, Taiwan |
2020 |
Tomoyo Ihaya, 4by4on5th, Vancouver, BC |
2019 |
Gwangju Diary - Into Blue, Visual Space
Gallery, Vancouver, BC |
City of Light, 5.18 Archives, Gwangju,
Republic of Korea |
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1980518 Across the Border, In Gallery,
Cheonan, Republic of Korea |
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Eyes in the Sky, DRF Goodot Village
Gallery, Taichung, Taiwan |
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2018 |
Presence in the Absence, two-person
exhibition and panel discussion with Chiharu Mizukawa and
moderated by Nao Uda, Powell Street Festival, Vancouver
Japanese Language School, Vancouver, BC |
Ninjye, AHHA Gallery, Gwangju, Korea |
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Water Ship, Volvox Gallery, Tsu-city, Mie
Prefecture, Japan |
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Paths, Wakayama Art Museum, Ginza, Tokyo,
Japan |
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Eyes Water Fire, SNAP Art Gallery,
Edmonton, AB |
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2017 |
Drawings from Dharamsala, Art Gallery at
National Chao-Tung University, Hsinshu, Taiwan |
Eyes, Water, Fire, MAI (Montreal,
Arts Interculturels), Montreal, QC |
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Eyes, Water, Fire, ODD Gallery (Klondike
Institute of Art and Culture), Dawson City, Yukon |
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Recent Works - Tomoyo Ihaya, Mie Garo,
Tsu City, Mie Japan |
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2016 |
Eyes Water Fire, Art Beatus (Vancouver)
Consultancy Ltd., Vancouver, BC |
2015 |
Drawings from Dharamsala, Yueh Chiao Art
Gallery, Shaw College, Hong Kong |
Sketch for Eyes Water Fire, Merge
Gallery, Vancouver, BC |
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2014 |
Building Bridges, Dr. Sun Yat Sen Garden,
Vancouver, BC |
Tomoyo Ihaya – An Exhibition in Three Parts,
Trieschmann Gallery, Hendrix College, Arkansas, USA |
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Building Bridges, LAMO, Leh, Ladakh, Jammu and Kasimir, India | |
2013 |
Drawings from Dharamsala, Bharat Bhavan
Art Complex Gallery, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India |
Drawings from Dharamsala, No.1 ShantiRoad
Gallery, Bangalore, Karnataka, India |
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Blue Lotus – Drawings for the lives in the
Land of Snow, Visual Space, Vancouver, BC |
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Blue Lotus – Drawings on Tibet Burning,
TCV Day School Hall, McLeod Ganj HP, India |
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2011 |
On the Edge of Water, Art
Beatus (Vancouver) Consultancy Ltd., Vancouver, BC |
2009 |
Drawings – Trees and Water, Art Beatus (Vancouver) Consultancy Ltd., Vancouver, BC |
2008 |
Water, Rice and Bowl, Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, BC |
2007 | Peace Rice Bowl, Britannia Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC |
2006 |
Drawing Water, Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna, BC, |
Grow Willow Grow Water, Chroma Books, Vancouver, BC | |
2005 |
Fountain, Art Beatus (Vancouver)
Consultancy Ltd, Vancouver, BC |
Seaching for Aqua, SNAP Gallery,
Edmonton, AB |
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2004 |
Fountain, Edward Day Gallery, Toronto, ON |
2003 |
Water Garden, Dundrave Print Workshop
& Gallery, Vancouver, BC |
2002 |
Water Garden, FAB Gallery, Edmonton, AB |
2001 |
Garden of Life/Chart of Animism, Grunt
Gallery, Vancouver, BC |
2000 |
Two Person Show, with Taiga Chiba, Gallery
Haoto, Shizuoka, Japan |
1999 | Prints and Pots, with Gordon Hutchens, Denman Island Gallery, Denman Island, BC |
1998 |
Hand Land, Malaspina Printmakers Gallery,
Vancouver, BC |
1997 |
Recent Works, with Mia Tremblay, Pengah Gallery,
Vancouver, BC |
Anonimumeino, with Manuel Lau, Kelowna City Hall Gallery, Kelowna, BC | |
1994 |
Two Person Show, with Takashi Monma, Gallery 8,
Tokyo, Japan |
Selected Group Exhibitions |
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2023 |
Arbol de la Vida (Tree of Life), Museo
del Barro, Metepec, Mexico |
In the Present Moment: Buddhism,
Contemporary Art, and Social Practice, Walter Philips
Gallery, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Banff, AB |
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2021 |
Whose Stories?, Kamloops Art Gallery,
Kamloops, BC |
2020 |
Unforgettable Faces, Lee Hanyeol
Memorial, Seoul, Korea |
2018 |
YA TO MI, three-person exhibition with
Yarrow Koontz and Mia Tremblay, HIVE Emporium, Gabriela
Island, BC |
Summer Group Exhibition, Art Beatus
(Vancouver) Consultancy Ltd., Vancouver, BC |
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2016 |
The Winter Show, Art Beatus (Vancouver)
Consultancy Ltd., Vancouver, BC |
2014 |
High Muck a Muck: Playing Chinese, Oxygen
Art Centre, Nelson, BC |
2013 |
Odd Occurences: Narrative in the Art of
Kristin Bjornerd, Tamara Bond, Tomoyo Ihaya and Carrie
Walker, curated by Rachel Lafo, Seymour Art Gallery,
North Vancovuer, BC |
SNAP 30 Year Anniversary Portfolio Exhibition (toured in Canada and USA) | |
Transformers, St. Albert The Great
School, St. Alberta, AB |
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2011 |
Dundarave 40th Anniversary Exhibition, Dundarave
Print Workshop + Gallery, Vancouver, BC |
2010 |
Dhammapada Revisited, Strathcona Press |
In Edition, Grand Forks Art Gallery,
Grand Forks, BC |
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Open Bite, Radha Yoga and Eatery,
Vancouver, BC |
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Under the Impression Et Al, FAB Gallery,
Edmonton, AB |
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2009 |
Drawn Together, Art Beatus Gallery, Vancouver, BC |
OPT, Vernon Public Art Gallery, Vernon, BC | |
2008 |
Washi Challenge, Edward Day Gallery, Toronto, ON |
Domestica, Edward Day Gallery, Toronto, ON | |
2007 | Buddha Enlightened 2006 – World Peace, Tourist Bungalow, Bihar, India |
2005-7 |
Tri-Lateral Exchange – Canada/Japan/The Netherlands, touring exhibition of prints at 9 galleries in Canada, China and Korea |
2005 | Cyclop’s Dream, Access Gallery, Vancouver, BC |
The Infinity Project, Helen Pitt Gallery,
Vancouver, BC |
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2004 |
Artists From Far East, Dear Gallery,
Vancouver, BC |
2003 |
Lines of Site 2003, Sherman Gallery,
Boston, USA |
Trans-Figure, Edmonton Art Gallery,
Edmonton, AB |
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Compelling Behaviours, The 9th Great
Canadian Printmaking Competition, Edward Day Gallery,
Toronto, ON |
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Think Print Relate, Gallery 83,
Vancouver, BC |
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2002 |
Temporal Transformations - A Printmaking
Invitational, The University of Montana, Gallery of
Visual Art, Montana, USA |
Wall of Peace, Edward Day Gallery,
Toronto, ON |
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2001 |
Imaging Time, prints and poems book
project, SNAP Gallery, Edmonton, AB |
Chronicles, The 7th Great Canadian
Printmaking Competition, Edward Day Gallery, Toronto, ON |
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Fervent Precincts, The 6th Great Canadian
Printmaking Competition, Edward Day Gallery, Toronto, ON |
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1999 |
The Printed Bird, Curated by Carol Nymark
& Tim Nash, Malaspina Printmakers Gallery, Vancouver,
BC |
Some Subtle Sympathy, The 5th Great
Canadian Printmaking Competition, Edward Day Gallery,
Toronto, ON |
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Three Person Show, With Karen Dugas and Vladimir
Zabeida, Edward Day Gallery, Toronto, ON |
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1998 |
Moment Observed Values, The 4th Great
Canadian Printmaking Competition, Edward Day Gallery,
Toronto, ON |
Awards and Grants |
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2014-15 |
Project Grant for Professional Artist,
Canada Council for the Arts |
2013 |
Travel Grant for Professional Artist,
Canada Council for the Arts |
2011-12 |
Project Grant for Professional Artist,
Canada Council for the Arts |
2010 |
Honourable Mention, the 6th Biennial
International Miniature Print Exhibition, Vancouver, BC |
2009-10 |
Project Grant for Professional Artist,
Canada Council for the Arts |
2009 |
Art Bank Purchase, Canada Council for the Arts (Category of Canadian Artists from Culturally Diverse Communities) |
2008 |
Honourable Mention, the 5th Biennial
International Miniature Print Exhibition, Vancouver, BC |
2007 | BC Cultural Project Grant, British Columbia Arts Council |
2004-5 |
Creation/Production Mid-Career Grand,
Canada Council for the Arts, Ottawa, ON |
VADA Award, Vancouver Foundation,
Vancouver, BC |
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2003 |
Honourable Mention, The 9th Great
Canadian Printmaking Competition, Toronto, ON |
Creation/Production Emerging Artist Grant,
Canada Council for the Arts, Ottawa, ON |
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2002 |
Second Place, the 2nd Biennial
International Miniature Print Exhibition, Vancouver, BC |
Project Visual Arts Grant, Alberta
Foundation for the Arts, Edmonton, AB |
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Travel Grant, Canada Council for the
Arts, Ottawa, ON |
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Mary Louise Imrie, Graduate Student
Award, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB |
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2001 |
Second Place, The 7th Annual Great
Canadian Printmaking Competition, Toronto, ON |
Travel Grant, Canada Council for the Arts, Ottawa, ON | |
Printmaking Award, Department of Art
& Design, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB |
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2000 |
University of Alberta MFA Scholarship,
University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB |
Honourable Mention, The 6th Great
Canadian Printmaking Competition, Toronto, ON |
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1999 |
Honourable Mention, The 5th Great
Canadian Printmaking Competition, Toronto, ON |
1998 |
Honourable Mention, The 4th Great
Canadian Printmaking Competition, Toronto, ON |
1997 |
Honourable Mention, 15th Annual Juried
Art Exhibition, Community Council of Vancouver, Vancouver,
BC |
Shirley Eastcott Memorial Scholarship,
Capilano College Arts Institute, North Vancouver |
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1997 & 1996 |
Summer Student Scholarship, Malaspina
Printmakers Society, Vancouver, BC |
1995 & 1994 |
Rotary Club International Scholarship,
Illinois, USA |
Artist in Residence |
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2016 |
Art Camp ‘Colours of the Planets”, Andorran
National Commission for UNESCO, Andorra, Spain |
2015 |
Artist in residence, Department of Art and
Design, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada |
2013 |
High Muck a Muck: Playing Chinese,
interdisciplinary collaborative art project, Oxygen Art
Centre of Nelson, Nelson, BC, Canada |
2012 |
Bharat Bhavan Multi-Arts Complex, Bhopal, India |
2011-12 |
“Water, Food and Life Project”, independent
research in India |
2010 |
Graphic Studio, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi,
India |
2009-10 |
“Water, Food and Life Project”, independent
research in India |
2007 |
“Water Project”, independent research in Ladakh,
India |
2006 | “Buddha Enlightened – World Peace 2006”, International Artist Project, Bodh Gaya, Bihar, India |
2005 |
Printmaking Division, Department of Art and Design, Univeristy of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada |
Bharat Bhavan Multi-Arts Complex, Bhopal, India | |
2003 |
Printmaking, Department of Art, Utah State
University, Logan, USA |
2002 |
Printmaking Division, Silpakorn University,
Bankok, Thailand |
Collections |
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LAMO
(Ladakh Arts and Media Organization), India Art Bank, Canada Council for the Arts, Canada Art Beatus Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Edmonton, AB, Canada Cremona Civic Museum, Cromona, Italy Ernst & Young Collections, Toronto, ON Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna, BC Capilano College Art Institute, North Vancouver, BC Malaspina Printmakers Society, Vancovuer, BC Surrey Metro Savings, Surrey, BC Print Study Centre, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB Silpakorn University, Bangkok, Thailand Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Utah State University, Utah, USA |
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