Kumi Yamashita1968-

Yamashita is renown for her Light-Shadow Series, where the relief in wood (often silhouette of persons) is shed light with single light source to create effect of living people. Materials are in relation to the light and shadow, the immaterials, and Yamashita is quite popular for her perfection of this series. Recently she tries a new series inspired by Origami she learned as a child with modern design, associated with the elements of universe. She also creates portraits made entirely of a single, unbroken sewing thread.

Biography

1968 Born in Gunma Prefecture, Japan
1994 BFA with Cum Laude Cornish College of the Arts, Washington, USA
1999 MFA Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, UK

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Solo Exhibitions

2018 Fleeting, Global Harbor Museum / Shanghai, China
2016 Fleeting, Chiang Kai Shek Memorial Hall / Taipei, Taiwan
2015 Mountains and Valleys, Art Front Gallery / Tokyo, Japan
2008 Kent Gallery / New York, USA
2005 Sunny Days and Starry Nights / Esplanade, Singapore
2002 Hillside Gallery / Tokyo
1999 Yerba Buena Center / California, USA
1997 Seattle Art Museum / USA

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Group Exhibitions

2020 In Profile: A Look at Silhouettes, New York Historical Society / NYC, USA
2020 Forgotten Faces: Visual Representation ofTrauma and Mass Killings in Asia, Charles B Wang Center, Stony Brook University / USA
2019 Light & Shadow: Alyson Shotz and Kumi Yamashita, Wichita Museum of Art / Kansas, USA
2019 Beyond the Shadows, Chimei Museum / Tainan City, Taiwan
2019 Black Out: Silhouettes Then and Now, Birmingham Museum of Art / Alabama, USA
2019 Black Out: Silhouettes Then and Now, Mississippi Museum of Art / USA
2018 Black Out: Silhouettes Then and Now, National Portrait Gallery / Washington DC, USA
2017 Paper Art, CODA Museum / Apeldoorn, Netherlands
2017 Beyond the Gift of Time: RAIR at 50, Roswell Museum Art Center / New Mexico, USA 2016 Overlap: Life Tapestries, A.I.R. Gallery / New York City, USA
2016 Tissus Inspirés: Pierre Frey, Musée des Arts Décoratifs / Paris, France
2015 Extreme Fibers: Textile Icons and the New Edge, Muskegon Museum of Art & Dennos Museum Center / Michigan, USA
2015 Origami Heaven, Wang Center, Stony Brook University / New York, USA
2015 Less = More, Honolulu Museum of Art / Hawaii, USA
2015 Cosmos, Annmarie Sculpture Garden / Maryland, USA
2013 Eros, 23rd Edition Miniartextil, Villa Olmo / Como, Italy
2013 Outwin Boochever Exhibition, National Portrait Gallery / Washington D.C., USA
2010 Kaohsiung Design Festival / Taiwan
2009 4th Echigo - Tsumari Art Triennial / Niigata, Japan
2004 Sfenks Seni Yiyip Yutacak, Karsi Sanat / Istanbul, Turkey
1999 Trace : 1st Liverpool Biennial / UK

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Awards

1996 King County Art Commission Special Project Grant, Washington, USA
1997 Artist Trust GAP Award, Washington, USA
2000 Kirin Art Award Second Prize, Japan
2003 The Pollock and Krasner Foundation, New York, USA

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Collection / Public Art

AEON, Tokyo, Japan / Akiru Municipal Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan / American Express, New York City, USA / Birmingham Museum of Art, USA / Boise Art Museum, Idaho, USA / Cryptic Theatre and Productions, Glasgow, UK / Hamada Children’s Museum of Art, Shimane, Japan / Kunming University of Science and Technology, Yunnan, China / FX Networks / Le Meridien, Shenyang, China / Microsoft Art Collections, Washington, USA / Namba Parks Tower, Osaka, Japan / New Mexico History Museum, Santa Fe, USA / Otsuma Women’s University, Tokyo, Japan / Perfe Takiyama Maternity Clinic, Tokyo, Japan / Pierre Frey / Sapporo JR Tower Stellar Place, Hokkaido, Japan / Seattle City Light, Washington, USA / Takikawa Hall, Hokkaido, Japan / Thoma Art Foundation, Chicago USA

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