Born:
Himeji-city, Japan, resided in Japan until 1965
Education:
Graduate of Japan Christian College, Tokyo, Japan
Graduate of California State College, Los Angeles CA
One Person Exhibitions:
2006 Featured Artist on 19 on Paper Web Site
2004 Nicole Saul- Kogut Gallery, VA
2003 H-Art Gallery, Nagano, Japan
2002-2003 Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI
2002 Center for Woman and Enterprise, Providence, RI
2000 Fururiiru, Tokyo, Japan
Yu-Art Gallery, Nagano-City, Japan
Greater New Haven Jewish Community Center, Providence, RI
1999 Hasbro Children’s’ Hospital, Providence, RI
1998 The Powers Music School, Belmont, MA
1997 Yu-Art Gallery, Nagano-City, Japan
1996 Happy White Gallery, St Andrews School, Barrington RI
1995 Kawakami Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1994 Showcase For Collage, Providence, RI
1993 Yu-Art Gallery, Nagano-City Japan
1992 Spring & Bull Gallery, Newport, RI
1991 Kawakami Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1990 Rhode Island Community College
Gallery 401, Providence RI
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2007 Breslin Fine Art Gallery, (19 on Paper Group Exhibition), East Greenwich, RI
Gallery 297, (19 on Paper Group Exhibition), Bristol, RI
Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts Show
National Prize Show, Cambridge, MA
2006 Art League of RI-Selections
Hera Gallery March
19 On Paper, Bristol Art Museum, Bristol, RI
2005 Celebrating Women around the World, URI Feinstein Providence, RI
Rhode Island Masters-Art League of RI, Imagine Gallery, Lincoln, RI
Watercolor USA Honor Society show, Park Central Gallery, Springfield, MO
2004 Collage Show, CCRI Flanagan Campus, Warwick, RI
Newport Museum Member Show, Newport Art Museum, Newport RI
2003 Wickford Art Association Three Person Abstract Show, Wickford, RI
Rhode Island Watercolor Society, Three Person Show
2002 Phizer, Groton, CT
2001 "September 11, 2001", Hera Gallery, Wakefiled, RI
Three Person Show, Wickford Art Association, Wickford, RI
2000 Five Rhode Island Artist, 2000, South county Art Association, Kingston, RI
RI 2000:Artists Respond to the Millenium, Hera Gallery, Wakefield, RI
Select work Booth Contemporary Art, 155 Main St, Wakefield, RI
W & J National Painting Show, Washington & Jefferson College, PA
13th Annual Member’s Juried Exhibition, The Newport Art Museum, RI,
International WaterMedia 2000, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, Colorado
1999 I Dream in Color, Privileges, Rockford, IL
New England Watercolor Society, Cahoon Museum of American Art, Cotuit, MA
Spring Bull Gallery, Newport, RI, July 99
Fidelity Investment Open Juried Competition, Providence, RI
Cambridge Art Association National Prize Show, Federal Reserve Bank Gallery, Boston, MA
22nd International Exhibition, Watercolor Art Society Houston, TX
RI Watercolor Society-Four Person Show
Ravensnest Gallery, Wakefield, RI
Gridworks, Hera Gallery, Wakefield, RI
Tubac Center for the Arts-Water medium Exhibition, AZ
1998 The Taos National Exhibition of American Watercolor IV, NM
The 6th North American Open Watercolor Show, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Gallery, Boston, MA
LaGrange National XX Biennial, The Chattahoochee Valley Art Museum
Embracing Diversity, Attleboro Museum, MA
1997 Watercolor USA Honor Society Member Show, Springfield, MO
New England Watercolor Society Juried Show, RIWS Gallery, RI
Art of Northeast USA, Silvermine Guild Arts Center, CT ( Juried by Cora Rosevear, Associate Curator, Museum of Modern Art)
Contemporary Visions ‘97, University of Bridgeport, CT
Two Person Show, Gallery 401, Providence, RI
Visions Toward Wellness, Dryden Gallery, Providence, RI
Abstraction, The Stage Gallery, Merrick, NY
Grammar of Collage 3, Community College of RI
19 On Paper, Sun Front Gallery, Shizuoka-City, Japan
1996 Metaphor for the 20th Century, Personal Perspectives, Hera Gallery, RI
National Painting Show, Washington & Jefferson College
Grammar of Collage 2, Providence Art Club, RI
1995 Color, Paint, Passion, Bristol Art Museum, RI
National Small Works Exhibit, Pump House Gallery, Hartford, CT
National Group Show, Brenda Taylor Gallery, SoHo , New York
Watercolor USA, Springfield Art Museum, MO
19 On Paper, Happy White Gallery, Barrington & RI Community College, RI
1994 Recycled Art, Providence Art Club, Providence, RI
Northeast Regional Show, Rhode Island Watercolor Society
Personal Journey, June 93 & By Special Request, Hera Gallery RI, Sep 94
Watercolor USA, Springfield Art Museum, MO
1993 Works on Paper, Juror: Andre Emmerich, Berkshire Art museum, Pittsfield, MA
Art of Northeast USA, Juror :Chief Curator of the Phillips Collection in Washington DC. ,
1992 Silvermine Guild Arts Center
National Painting Show, Valdosta State College, GA
Three Person Show, Rhode Island Watercolor Society, RI 87, 89, 93, 99
Tenth Anniversary Show, Virginia Lynch Gallery, Dec 88, Nov 89, , RI, June 93
Virtue of Excellence, National Museum of Women in the Arts, RI Women Show, Jun 92, 93, 00
Group Show, Helio Gallery, NY, NYC, Sep 90, Nov 91
Awards:
Third Place -Artists Guild Member Show, Newport, RI, March 2006
Honorable Mention -Flower Show, Attleboro Museum, MA 2005
Third Place -Art on the Lawn, Newport Museum 2005
First Place -Narragansett Art Festival, RI 2004
Honorable Mention Open Photography Show, Wickford Art Association, RI 2004
Best in Category-Mixed Media, Glastonbury Art on the Green, CT 2004
First Place , Narragansett Art Festival, RI 2004
Honorable Mention Open Photography Show, Wickford Art Association, RI 2004
Third Place Mystic Art Festival, August 2003
Best in Show Old Saybrook, CT, July 2002
Fist Prize, Mixed Media Narragansett Art Festival, June 2002
Newport Art Museum Award Newport Art on the Lawn, August 2001
Honorable Mention Narragansett Art Festival, June 2001
Honorable Mention, Open Juried Show, RIWS, RI, February 2000
Honorable Mention, Open Juried Show, Warwick Museum, RI, November 1999
Honorable Mention, Open Media Show, RI Watercolor Society, July 1999
First Prize, Narragansett Art Festival, RI June 1999
American Frame Company Award, RI Watercolor Society Member Show, May 1999
Honorable Mention, Newport Art Museum Members Show, Jan 1999
Second Place, Narragansett Art Festival, RI, June, 1998
First Place, Glastonbury Art Festival, Connecticut, September 1997
Merchandise Award, Rhode Island Watercolor society, May 1996
Jurors Award, Washington & Jefferson College, April 1996
Holland Gallery Award, Providence art Club, March 1996
Theilen Memorial Award, Watercolor USA, Greg G., June 1995
Honorable Mention, Rhode Island Watercolor Society, Avant-garde Show, Aug 94
RIWS Award, Rhode Island Watercolor Society, Annual Members’ Show 92
Gold Prize , New Haven Paint and Clay Club, Sep 88
Juror Purchase Award, Galleries Elect 11 New York City Galleries, Aug 87
Nomination for the Art Achievement Award, Artist Society International 1987, San Francisco, CA
Reviews:
North Star 1999, Providence Journal Bulletin 1999, Art New England 1996, Asahi Shinbun 1993, Barrington Times: 1996, Providence Journal Bulletin1982, 1987, 1988, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2002 Quix Magazine: 1993, 1995, Shinano Mainichi Shinbun: 1983, 1993, 1995, 1997, Yomiuri Shinbun: 1993
Memberships:
Signature Member of New Haven Paint Clay Club, Signature Member of Pennsylvania Watercolor Society, Signature Member of Watercolor USA Honor Society (Board member), Art League of RI, 19 on Paper, Attleboro Museum, Chataqua Center for Visual Arts, National Museum of Women in Arts, Newport Art Museum, Rhode Island Watercolor Society,
Experience:
Coordinated Japan Watercolor Society/RI Watercolor Society Exchange
Exhibits in 1985
Coordinated 19 On Paper exhibits in Numazu-city, Japan in 1996 and Nagano - city 1997
Publications:
New Art International, 2001, Book Cover -Creation Regained by Masuo Miyazaki, Japan, 1989
Magazine Cover-The Literary Magazine of Bryant College “Surge”, 1996 RI Medicine Health 2003, November
Marquis who’s who in American Women 2004-2005
Collections: Many private collectors and corporate collections
