Kumi Yamashita

Born in Japan

 

 

Education

1999   Glasgow School of Art MFA, Glasgow, UK

1994   Cornish College of the Arts BFA with Cum Laude, Washington, USA

 

Solo Shows

2005   Sunny Days and Starry Nights, Esplanade, Singapore

2002   Nash Gallery, University of Minnesota, Minnesota, USA

2002   Glass Gallery, University of Texas at El Paso, Texas, USA

2002   Hillside Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

2002   Kent Gallery, New York, USA

2002   Roswell Museum and Art Center, New Mexico, USA

1999   Yerba Buena Center, California, USA

1998   Salt Lake Art Center, Utah, USA

1998   Boise Art Museum, Idaho, USA

1997   Seattle Art Museum, Washington, USA

 

Group Shows

2007   Reversible, Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh, UK

2006   Urban Cosmology, Kent Gallery, New York, USA

2005   Wake of Light, Sendai Mediateque, Miyagi, Japan

2005   Iimawashi, Merz Gallery, Edinburgh, UK

2005   Nazo Nazo, Hamada Childrenšs Museum of Art, Shimane, Japan

2005   Only Make-Believe: Ways of Playing, Compton Verney, Warwickshire, UK

2005   Yet Another Reality, Contemporary Art Gallery, University of Connecticut,            USA

2004   Dis-tance, Aomori International Art Center, Aomori, Japan

2004   Sfenks Seni Yiyip Yutacak, Kars Sanat Calisimalari, Istanbul, Turkey

2003   Global Priority, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, USA

2002   Super Figurative Approximations, Behnke Gallery, Cornish College of the            Arts, Washington - Atrium Gallery, Old Dominion University, Virginia, USA

2002   Containment, Llanternam Grange Art Centre, Wales, UK

2002   Shadow Play, Roger Smith Gallery, New York, USA

2001   Sculpture: Figure in Motion, Kent Gallery, New York, USA

2001   Obsession, University Art Gallery, University of California, San Diego,       USA

2000   Kirin Art Award Exhibition, Tokyo - Osaka, Japan

1999   Trace, Liverpool Biennale, Liverpool, UK

 

Artist in Residence Programs

2004   Sep-Nov Aomori International Art Center AIR Program, Aomori, Japan

2002   Aug-2003 Jun Border Art Residency, New Mexico, USA

2001   Apr-2002 May Roswell AIR Program, New Mexico, USA

2000   Dec Millay Colony, New York, USA

1999   Oct-Dec Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts

 

Teaching experiences and visiting artist

2003   Nov Visiting artist at Mimar Sinan Universitasi, Istanbul, Turkey

2003   Apr visiting artist at Institut architectura, Juarez, Mexico

2002   Oct visiting artist at University of Minnesota, Minnesota, USA

2002   Sep-2003 May art lecturer at University of Texas at El Paso, Texas, USA

2001   May-Dec volunteer art instructor at Chaves County Juvenile Detention      Center, New Mexico, USA

2000   Jan-2001 Apr Lecturer at Takasaki Art Academy, Takasaki, Japan

 

Public Art Commissions

2006   feather, Akiru Municipal Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan

2005   Clouds, Sapporo JR Tower Stellar Place, Hokkaido, Japan

2003   Exclamation Point, City View, Nanba Parks Tower, Osaka, Japan

2002   Glider, Takikawa Hall, Hokkaido, Japan

2000   Beckett Time, Cryptic theatre and Productions, Glasgow, UK

1994   ABC&?,  Seattle Center, Washington, USA

 

Museum Collections

2005   Entrance, Hamada Childrenšs Museum of Art, Shimane, Japan

1997   Building blocks, Boise Art Museum, Idaho, USA

 

Awards

2003   Pollock and Krasner Foundation, New York, USA

2000   Kirin Art Award Special Recognition Second Prize

1997   King County Art Commission Special Project Grant

1997   GAP Award, Washington, USA

1995   Betty Bowen Art Award Special Recognition, Washington, USA