Education
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1967
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Bachelor of Fine Arts - Oil Painting, Joshi
Bijutsu Daigaku Women's College of Fine Arts, Tokyo,
Japan
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1976
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Printmaking Course in Lithography, Bankff
School of Fine Arts, Banff, Alberta
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1981
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Printmaking Course in Etching, University of
Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia
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1986
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Millenium Film Workshop (8mm and 16mm film),
New York School of Visual Arts, New York, New York
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1997
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Scottish Sculpture Workshop in Bronze
Casting, Lumsden, Scotland
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Selected Solo Exhibitions |
2016
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Painting and Graphite Drawing, A Square
Kanda Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
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2014
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Art Beatus Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
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2012
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Painting and Graphite Drawing, A Square
Kanda Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
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2009
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Painting and Graphite Drawing, A Square
Kanda Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
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Painting and Graphite Drawing and 3D Work,
Galerie 412, Tokyo, Japan
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2008
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Painting and Graphite Drawing, A
Square Kanda Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
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2006
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Painting and Graphite Drawing,
McPherson Library Gallery, University of Victoria,
Victoria, British Columbia
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2005
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Painting and Graphite Drawing, A
Square Kanda Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
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2003
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Painting and Graphite Drawing, Art
Gallery of Greater Victoria - Art Rental, Victoria,
British Columbia
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Painting and Graphite Drawing, A
Square Kanda Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
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2002
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Painting and Graphite Drawing, A
Square Kanda Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
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2000
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Painting and Graphite Drawing, A
Square Kanda Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
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1998
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Painting and Graphite Drawing, A
Square Kanda Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
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1996
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Painting, Graphite Drawing and
Installation, Amelia Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
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1994
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Painting, Graphite Drawing and Installation,
Amelia Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
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1990
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Painting, Open Space Gallery, Victoria,
British Columbia
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1986
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Paper Sculpture, McPherson Library Gallery,
University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia
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Selected
Group Exhibitions
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2013
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Graphite Drawing with Mixed Media,
"International Women's Day Art Show", Victoria, British
Columbia
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2006
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Graphite Drawing, "Global and Canadian
Kaleidoscopes", McPherson Library Gallery, University of
British Columbia, Victoria, British Columbia
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2003
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Graphite Drawing, "Artopolis", CBC
Television Studios, Vancouver, British Columbia
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2000
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Graphite Drawing, "Art 2000", The Royal
Canadian Academy of Art Gallery Stratford, Stratford,
Ontario
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1985
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Graphite Drawing, Open Space Gallery,
Victoria, British Columbia
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Awards
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2004
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Creation/Production Grant, Canada Council
for Arts
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2000
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Travel Grant - Tokyo Exhibition, Canada
Council for Arts
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1998
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Travel Grant - Tokyo Exhibition, Canada
Council for Arts
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1997
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Travel Grant - Scottish Sculpture Workshop,
Scotland, Canada Council for Arts
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1988
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Special Project Grant - Visible Maze
Installation, Victoria Community Art Council
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1986
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Bursary Scholarship - New York School of
Visual Arts, Victoria Community Art Council
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1985
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Mayor Prize - Victoria Chinatown
Installation, City of Victoria
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1976
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Bursary Scholarship, Banff School of Fine
Arts
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Collections
Art Bank Canada Council
Private Collections: Japan, Canada and USA
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Artist Statement
My art practice consists of pencil drawing and oil
painting. My drawings create dream-like landscapes
using repeating cross lines with hard pencils (H to
10H). This slow process results in drawings that
are very subtle and soft in mood. In the past few
years, I have created landscapes drawn from the West
Coast where I have been hiking from one point to the
next, observing scenes of nature as though they were
sequences in film. My art expresses and documents
indefinite engagement with nature and the
universe. I am always in pursuit of simplicity,
and the essence of my art is expressed in hand-made
drawings that feature primitive lines created with
pencil.
My paintings focus on the subtleness of colour, balanced
by a layering technique of oil paint and tempera paint
on linen. For decades I have been exploring
Northern Canada, the Pacific Northwest's coastal
wilderness, and the deserts of Southwestern United
States. This nature offers me an outer landscape
that is in dialogue with my inner landscape.
Yumie Kono
For further
information, please contact:
Canada: tel: (1) 604.688.2633,
fax: (1) 604.688.2685
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