Birth Place
Tomakomai, Hokkaido, Japan

Residence
Edmonton, Alberta

Education
1990, Metchosin International Summer School of the Arts, Victoria, Britsh Columbia
1988,92-94, Red Deer College Summers Schools, Red Deer, Alberta
1977-83, Fine Arts - Faculty of Extension, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
1967-68, Pottery - Faculty of Extension, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
1961, B.Sc.,Pharm., Tohoku Pharmaceutical University, Japan

Selected Awards

• Purchase Award Stony Plain Multicultural Centre, Stony Plain, Alberta
• Purshase Award Alberta Society of Artists

Public Commissions

• 1995 North American Lilies Convention Poster
  1994
• Bonnyville Health Centre, Alberta
  1985
• Drayton Valley Auxiliary Hospital, Alberta
  1984

Public Collections

• Alberta Foundation for the Arts
• Alberta Culture, Alberta House, Hong Kong
• Telus
• Alberta Liquor Control Board, Edmonton, Alberta
• Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
• Canadian Western Bank
• Cross Cancer Institute, Edmonton, Alberta
• Edmonton Journal, Edmonton, Alberta
• Misericordia Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta
• Stanley Technology Group Inc., Edmonton, Alberta
• Stony Plain Multicultural Centre, Stony Plain, Alberta
• Suncor Corporation
• University of Alberta, W.C. MacKenzie Health Sciences Centre, Edmonton, Alberta

Represented by

• Horizon Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
• Scott Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
• Kensington Fine Art Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
• Greater Victoria Art Gallery Art Rental, Victoria, British Columbia
• Edmonton Art Gallery Art Rental, Edmonton, Alberta
• Vancouver Art Gallery Art Rental, Vancouver, British Columbia

Bibliography

• Alberta Society of Artists, The First Seventy Years by Kathy E. Zimon University of Calgary Press, 2000
• Shadow Underneath by Ron Chalmers Edmonton Journal, Feb, 1994
• Vanishing Wilderness by Elizabeth Beauchamp Edmonton Journal, Jan, 1992
• Home is Where the Studio Is by Gail Gravelines Edmonton Journal, Jan, 1990
• Image of Nature by Helen Muskel Edmonton Journal, Feb, 1988
• Scenes from Alberta Hokkaido Newspaper, Jul, 1987
• Hokkaido People in Alberta H.T.B., Japan, 1983
• Landscapes & Florals by Evelyn Blackman Edmonton Journal, Sept, 1981
• Three Ladies' Watercolour by Bente Roed Cochran Edmonton Journal, Apr, 1981
• Yuriko QCTV, 1981

Solo Exhibitions

• Changing Light
  Willock & Sax Ltd. Gallery, Banff, AB
  2009
• Fusion
  Scott Gallery, Edmonton, AB
  2008
• New Mixed Media on Rice Paper
  Willock & Sax Ltd. Gallery, Waterton, Alberta
  2003
• Journey
  Scott Gallery, Edmonton, AB
  2003
• Art on Rice Paper
  Nikka Yuko Japanese Garden, Lethbridge, Alberta
  2000
• Differences in Process
  Kensington Fine Art Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
  1998
• Embrace with Nature
  Cross Cancer Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta
  1997
• Kathleen Laverty Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
  1996
• Kensington Fine Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
  1994
• East Meets West
  Kensington Fine Art Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
  1990
• 10th Alberta-Hokkaido Celebration
  Hilton Hotel, Edmonton, Alberta
  1989
• Winter Shadow
  Kensington Fine Art Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
  1989
• Images of Nature
  Four Seasons Hotel Courtyard, Edmonton, Alberta
  1988
• Mainstay Inn Opening Celebration
  Mainstay Inn Gallery, Riverhurst, Saskatchewan
  1988
• Scenes from Alberta
  Tomakomai Gallery, Hokkaido, Japan & Minato Gallery, Ginza, Tokyo, Japan
  1987
• The Works Art Festival
  Mongolian Food Experience, Edmonton, Alberta
  1987
• At the Chinook Theatre
  Chinook Theatre Foyer, Edmonton, Alberta
  1985
• T.H. Morgan Fine Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
  1984
• Stony Plain Multicultural Heritage Centre, Stony Plain, Alberta
  1983
• Landscapes and Florals
  Fireweed Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
  1981

Group Exhibitions

• Dancing Joni
  ASA Exhibition, Jubilee Auditorium, Edmonton & Calgary, AB
  2009
• Ode to Mountain
  Red Deer Museum & Gallery, Red Deer, AB
  2009
• Collections
  Women's Art Museum Society of Canada, McMullen Gallery, Edmonton, AB
  2009
• International Figure Exhibition
  Leighton Art Centre Gallery, Calgary, AB
  2008
• Small is All
  ASA Interprovincial Travelling Exhibition, Alberta & BC
  2008 - 2009
• Women Artist 100 Years
  Scott Gallery, Edmonton, AB
  2007
• Common Ground
  ASA, MSA Joint Travelling Exhibition, Manitoba & Alberta
  2006 - 2007
• ASA Annual Exhibitions
  City Hall, Edmonton, AB
  2003 - 2005
• Soul of Mountain
  MCPAG, Stony Plain, AB
  2003
• Doing Leonard Cohen Exhibition
  The Rice Theatre Lobby, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton, Alberta
  2002
• Visions of Wellness
  McMullen Gallery, University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta
  2002
• What We Do Best
  The Alberta Society of Artists, City Hall, Edmonton, Alberta
  2002
• Naked in Grande Prairie
  Muse Gallery, Grande Prairie, Alberta
  2001
• Out Of Bounds: Naked Number 9
  Harcourt House Art Centre, Edmonton, Alberta
  2001
• Edges
  Scott Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
  2000
• Officially Naked/Works Approved
  The Works International Visual Arts Festival, Harcourt House Art Centre, Edmonton, Alberta
  2000
• Open To The Public
  McMullen Gallery, University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta
  2000
• It's In the Cards: Alberta Artists Explore the Mystery of the Tarot
  The Works International Visual Arts Festival, The Rice Theatre Lobby, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton, Alberta
  2000
• No Dress Code*, The 7th Annual Naked Exhibition
  The Works International Visual Arts Festival, Harcourt House Art Centre, Edmonton, Alberta
  1999
• The Works Art Festival, WECAN Members Exhibition
  Harcourt House Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
  1998
• Gallery Artist Exhibition
  Scott Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
  1998
• Awakening Souls to Art - ASA Juried Exhibition and Sale
  Special-T-Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
  1998
• Horizon Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.
  1996
• Landscape and Beyond
  Art Works, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
  1996
• Au do Air
  St. Albert, Alberta
  1995
• A Bonanza Calligraphic
  Medicine Hat Museum and Art Gallery, Medicine Hat, Alberta
  1995
• Growing Well
  McMullan Gallery, University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta
  1995
• Eclectic Art, ASA Provincial Group Exhibition
  Red Deer and District Museum, Red Deer, Alberta
  1995
• ASA Provincial Juried Spring Show
  Museum of the Regiment, Edmonton, Alberta
  1995
• Annual Small Art Sale
  Edmonton Art Gallery. Edmonton, Alberta
  1994
• Spring Floral Exhibition
  Horizon Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
  1994
• Annual Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour Exhibition
  Toronto, Ontario
  1994
• Shadow Underneath
  Kathleen Laverty Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
  1994
• Opening Exhibition
  Horizon Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
  1993
• 5th Year Retrospective Exhibition
  Harcourt House Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
  1993
• Teaching Staff Exhibition
  University of Alberta Extension Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
  1993
• Orchid
  Muttart Conservatory, Edmonton, Alberta
  1992-1995
• Postcards From Edmonton
  NOVA Building, Edmonton, Alberta
  1992
• Revealing Figures
  Kensington Fine Art Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
  1992
• Trees and Flowers
  Bowman Art Centre, Lethbridge, alberta
  1992
• Two Person, Mini Exhibition with Maureen Harvey
  Nagai City, Nagai, Japan
  1992
• Kensington Fine Art Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
  1992
• ASA 60th Anniversary Juried Exhibition
  Manulife Place I, Edmonton, Alberta
  1992
• Artists in Wilderness
  Provincial Museum of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
  1992
• The Works Art Festival: From the Faculty
  Manulife Place I & II, Edmonton, Alberta
  1991-95
• Life and Space
  Kathleen Laverty Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
  1991
• Artistic Visions of Endangered Spaces - Part 1
  Hilton Hotel, Edmonton, Alberta
  1991
• ASA at the Front
  Front Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
  1991
• 1990 at the Front
  Front Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
  1990
• Serendipity Invitational Exhibition
  McMullan Gallery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
  1990
• FCA Associates' Invitational Exhibition
  Vancouver, B.C.
  1989
• State of the Art
  Beaver House Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
  1989
• International Exhibition of Miniature Art
  Del Belo Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
  1988-89
• Food is Art
  The Works, Westin Hotel, Edmonton, Alberta
  1988
• Daydream
  Kensington Fine Art Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
  1987
• Scenes of Lake O'Hara: The Alpine Trail Artist
  T.H. Morgan Fine Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
  1986
• Two Aspects of an Artist
  St. Albert Place, St. Albert, Alberta
  1985
• Painting with Potters
  Bearclaw Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
  1984
• Collector's Choice
  Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
  1983
• Colour of Spring
  Stony Plain Multicultural Heritage Centre, Stony Plain, Alberta
  1983
• Three Ladies' Watercolour
  Fireweed Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
  1981
• University of Alberta Extension Student Exhibition
  Corbett Hall, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
  1979-80

Traveling Exhibitions

• Blooming Prairie
  Edmonton Art Gallery's Alberta Foundation for the Arts Travelling Exhibition Program, Alberta
  2001-03
• Bridging A New Century
  Red Deer, Stony Plain, Lethbridge, Edmonton, Blairmore, Grande Prairie, and Calgary, Alberta
  2000-02
• Our Flora and Fauna
  Alberta Foundation for the Arts Travelling Exhibition Program, Alberta
  1998-99
• Images of Vanishing Alberta
  Organized by Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
  1992-94
• Tom Three Person
  Alberta
  1992
• View from Alberta
  Muttart Art Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
  1990
• Japanese Brushworks Travelling Exhibition
  Kyoto, Osaka, Kobe, Japan
  1988-89
• Art is Our Game
  Gulf Canada, Calgary, Alberta
  1988
• Royal Institute of Painting in Watercolour and Federation of Canadian Artists
  Vancouver, B.C.; Seattle, Washington; London, United Kingdom
  1986