CV

Solo Exhibition
2024 " Todo es Uno" Nova Orbis Arte y Musica Forum, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala
2024 " Shapes of Akasha" Gallery Hillgate, Kyoto, Japan

2022 “ Art as Meditation” Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, CA

2020 "Contemplation in Ink" California Institute of Integral Study, San Francisco, CA

2019 Fumiyo Yoshikawa Solo Exhibition, Gallery Hillgate, Kyoto, Japan

2017 Art of Sumi-e" San Francisco Zen Center, San Francisco, CA

2016 "Japanese Brush Painting/ Sumi-e" Albany Community Center Arts Foyer Gallery, Albany, CA

2015 Walnut Creek City Hall, Walnut Creek, CA

2012-2013 "A Place Where Memories and Thoughts are Shared" Berkeley Public Library, Berkeley, CA

2011 " A Child's World" La Pena Cultural Center, Berkeley, CA

2011 " A Child's World" Western Colorado Center for the Art, Grand Junction, CO

2009 Hang Ups, Grand Junction, CO

2007 Barns and Nobles Booksellers, Grand Junction, CO

2006 Yo's Club, San Francisco

2003 Colegio de Santo Tomas Akino, Antigua, Guatemala

2001 Gallery Shiki, Teramachi Sanjo, Kyoto, Japan

2001 Gallery Mouri, Ginza,Tokyo, Japan

Two Persons Exhibition
2018 "Pacific Rim" Painting and Ceramic, Mana Gallery, Oakland, CA

2018 Mirang Wonne + Fumiyo Yoshikawa, San Francisco MOMA Artists Gallery, CA

Juried Exhibition
2024 International Calligraphy and Painting Fine Arts Exhibition, hosted by the International Chinese Calligraphy & Painting Society (ICCPS), Online
2024 61th Sumi-e Society of America Juried Exhibition, Online
2023 "Properties of Water" Arts Benicia, CA

2023 60th Sumi-e Society of America Juried Exhibition, Chinese American Museum, Washington DC
2022 11th International Chinese Calligraphy and Ink Painting Art Exhibition, Online
2022 59th Sumi-e Society of America Juried Exhibition, Online
2021 58th Sumi-e Society of America Juried Exhibition, Online
2020 57th Sumi-e Society of America Juried Exhibition, Online
2019 56th Sumi-e Society of America Juried Exhibition, Bloomington Art Center, Bloomington, MN

2018 55th Sumi-e Society of America Juried Exhibition, Manatte Art Center, Bradenton, FL

2017 54th Sumi-e Society of America Juried Exhibition,Le Moyne Center for the Visual Arts, Tallahassee, FL

2016 53rd Sumi-e Society of America Juried Exhibition (web exhibition :www.sumieshow.org)

2015 52nd Sumi-e Society of America Juried Exhibition, Mobile Arts Council, Mobile, AL

2014 51st Sumi-e Society of America Juried Exhibition, Glenview Mansion, Rockville, MD

2013 50th Sumi-e Society of America Juried Exhibition, Porthmouth Art and Culture Center, Portsmouth, VA

2010 National Juried Exhibition, ACCI Gallery, Berkeley, CA

1995 The Japan Fine Arts Exhibition (Nitten), Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum / Kyoto Museum of Art

1994 The Japan Fine Arts Exhibition (Nitten), Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum / Kyoto Museum of Art

1993 The Spring Japan Fine Arts Exhibition (Shunki Nitten), Sogo Art Gallery, Tokyo/ Takashimaya Art Gallery, Osaka, Japan

1992 The Spring Japan Fine Arts Exhibition (Shunki Nitten), Sogo Art Gallery, Tokyo / Takashimaya Art Gallery, Osaka, Japan

1991 Kyoto Newspaper Japanese Painting Grand-Prix Exhibition, The Kyoto Culture Museum

1991 The Spring Japan Fine Arts Exhibition (Shunki Nitten), Sogo Art Gallery, Tokyo / Takashimaya Art Gallery, Osaka, Japan

1991 The Kyoto Nihonga Association Selected Exhibition, The Kyoto Culture Museum

1991 The Japan Fine Arts Exhibition (Nitten), Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum / Kyoto Museum of Art

1990 Tokyo Central Museum Japanese Painting Grand-Prix Exhibition, Tokyo Central Museum

1990 The Spring Japan Fine Arts Exhibition (Shunki Nitten), Sogo Art Gallery, Tokyo / Takashimaya Art Gallery, Osaka, Japan

1990 The Kyoto Nihonga Association Selected Exhibition, The Kyoto Culture Museum

1990 The Japan Fine Arts Exhibition (Nitten), Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum / Kyoto Museum of Art

1989 The Spring Japan Fine Arts Exhibition (Shunki Nitten), Sogo Art Gallery, Tokyo / Takashimaya Art Gallery, Osaka, Japan

1989 The Kyoto Nihonga Association Selected Exhibition, The Kyoto Culture Museum

1988 Tokyo Central Museum Japanese Painting Grand-Prix Exhibition, Tokyo Central Museum

1988 Uenonomori Art Museum Grand-prix Exhibition, Uenonomori Art Museum, Tokyo

1988 The Japan Fine Arts Exhibition (Nitten), Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum / Kyoto Museum of Art

1987 The Kyoto Nihonga Association Selected Exhibition, the Kyoto Culture Museum

1987 The Japan Fine Arts Exhibition (Nitten), Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum / Kyoto Museum of Art

1985 Kansai Region Art Exhibition, Tennouji Art Museum, Osaka

1985 Kyoto Art Exhibition, Kyoto Museum of Art

Invited Group Exhibition

2025 "48 Pillars" Arc studio and Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2024 "48 Pillars" Arc studio and Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2021 "FourSqured", Arc Studio and Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2020 "48Pillars", Arc Studio and Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2014 "Freedom of Expression", Folk and Art Gallery, Albany, CA

2014 "The Way of the Brush", Ren Brown Collection, Bodega Bay, CA

2013 The Kyoto Nihonga Association Exhitibion, The Museum of Kyoto, Japan

2010 “Mischief”, Studio Gallery, San Francisco

2007 “Aids de Camp”, Mesa State College Johnson Gallery, Grand Junction

2007 “Transformation” at the Art Center, Grand Junction, CO

2005 “Fun + Games”, Studio Gallery, San Francisco

2005 “Bad Neighborhood” at Bad Fish Gallery, San Francisco

2004 “Issho / Together” Japanese American /Japanese National Artists in America 1941-present, Meridian Gallery, San Francisco

2004 “Nihonga no Hyaku” (100 of Nihonga), Ishisataiseisya Hall, Kyoto

2004 “PANGAEA”, the Canvas Gallery, San Francisco

2001 The Kyoto Nihonga Association Selected Exhibition, The Kyoto Culture Museum

2000 The Kyoto Nihonga Association Selected Exhibition, The Kyoto Culture Museum

1999 Group Show "Ko no Kagayaki", Hankyu Art Gallery, Kobe, Japan

1998 Group Show "Ko no Kagayaki", Hankyu Art Gallery, Kobe, Japan

1997 Group Show "Kimaira", Tokyu Art Gallery, Nipponbashi, Tokyo / Daimaru Art Gallery, Shijo Karasuma, Kyoto

1997 The Kyoto Nihonga Association Selected Exhibition, The Kyoto Culture Museum

1996 Selected Group Show "Kimaira", Tokyu Art Gallery, Nipponbashi, Tokyo / Daimaru Art Gallery, Shijo Karasuma, Kyoto

1995 Selected Group Show "Kimaira", Tokyu Art Gallery, Nipponbashi, Tokyo / Daimaru Art Gallery, Shijo Karasuma, Kyoto

1994 Selected Group Show "Kimaira"(selected from "Seitosha"), Tokyu Art Gallery, Nipponbashi, Tokyo / Daimaru Art Gallery, Shijo Karasuma, Kyoto

1993 The Kyoto Nihonga Association Selected Exhibition, The Kyoto Culture Museum

1993 Selected Group Show "Kimaira"(selected from "Seitosha"), Tokyu Art Gallery, Nipponbashi, Tokyo / Daimaru Art Gallery, Shijo Karasuma, Kyoto

1986 “Kizashi” Three-Person Show, Sumi Gallery, Kyoto

Awards
2024 China Cultural Advisor Award at International Calligraphy and Painting Fine Arts Juried Exhibition

2024 Jurors Choice Award at Oakland Art Murmur EBOS Salon Exhibition at Studio One Art Center, Oakland, CA

2023 Best in Show Calligraphy Award at “60th Sumi-e Society of America Juried Exhibition"

2023 Inovative Șumi-e Award at “60th Sumi-e Society of America Juried Exhibition"

2021 Best in Show Painting Award at “58th Sumi-e Society of America Juried Exhibition"

2016 Tesshin Sasaki Memorial Award at " 53rd Sumi-e Society of America Juried Exhibition"

2015 Art Store Award at " 52nd Sumi-e Society of America Juried Exhibition"

2014 Blick Art Award at" 51st Sumi-e Society of America Juried Exhibition"

2001 The Excellent Encouragement Prize at "Seitosha Exhibition"

1998 The Excellent Encouragement Prize at "Seitosha Exhibition"

1990 The Excellent Encouragement Prize at the Spring Japan Fine Arts Exhibition (Shunki Nitten)

1989 Kyoto Broadcasting Prize at The Kyoto Nihonga Association Selected Exhibition

1987 Mayor of Kyoto Prize at "Seitosha Exhibition"

Bibliography

2013 WebmonTimes, "Art of Nihonga and Colorsensitivity" October 2013 (Japanese)

2012 Albany Patch "Fumiyo Yoshikawa Brings an Ancienet Japanese Art to Albany"

2011 Grand Junction Free Press, “Two Exibits from Bay Area Artists Opening July 1” by Sharon Sulivan, June 24

2009 Grand Junction Free Press, “MOTHER, DAUGHTER INSPIRATION”, Feb 5

2009 Grand Junction Free Press,”FIRST FRIDAY DOWNTOWN”, Feb 6

2009 Mesa State College Criterion, “Art instructor’s gallery is an exhibit of dreams”, Feb.28

2008 The Hokubei Mainichi News “Nihonga Demo at Asian Art Museum”, March12

1990 The Sansai Art Magazine, Art Review, August, 1990

1998 The Kyoto News Paper, “Tenpyou”, Art Review, May 1998

Permanent Collections

Alameda County Art Collection, Alameda County, CA

Western Colorado Center for the Arts, Grand Junction, CO

St. Mary’s Hospital, Grand Junction, CO

Kyoto University of Education, Library, Kyoto, Japan


Fellowship

2022 Arts in Residency program at UCROSS foundation

Teaching Experience
2019 “Sumi-e Wrokshop” , Crocker Art Museum, Sacrament, CA
2019 “Sumi-e Wrokshop” , Pleasanton Art Museum, Pleasanton, CA
2019 “Sumi-e Wrokshop” , Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA2018- “Sumi-e Classes” , Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
2013 “Sumi-e Wrokshop” , San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
2013- “Sumi-e/Japanese Brush Painting Classes” , Civic Arts, Walnutcreek, CA
2013 “Sumi-e Demonstration” , Golden Gate University, San Fransisco, CA
2012- “Sumi-e Classes” , Albany Community Center, Albany, CA
2012 “Sumi-e Workshop” , Arts Benicia, Benicia, CA
2011 “Sumi-e Workshop” , Japan Society of Northern California, San Francisco
2010 “Nihonga” (Japanese painting) demonstration, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
2008 “Nihonga” (Japanese painting) demonstration, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
2008 Art Instructor, “Sumi-e_Brush Painting and Beyond’, The Art Center (Center for the Western Colorado)
2006-2008 Adjunct professor, Topics “Japanese Traditional Painting” _Sumi-e and Beyond, Mesa State College, Colorado
1993-2002 Managing and Instructing Art classes of Water Color and Drawing, Kyoto
2001-2002 Art Instructor, Artist Course, ECC General Educational Institute, Kyoto
1998-1999 Art Instructor, Sumi-e, Adult Education in Ohtsu, Shiga
1997-1998 Art Instructor, Children’s Art Class, Nakagyo Art Institute, Kyoto
1993-1995 Adjunct professor, Nihon-ga (Japanese Painting), Kyoto Bunkyo College
1988-1990 Art Instructor, Drawing, Sogo Bijutsu Kenkyusho, (Kyoto General Art Institute)

Education

Kyoto University of Education, Kyoto, Japan

Bachelor of Arts Graduated in 1987

1987-2002

Artistic Pursuits Studied Nihonga, a traditional Japanese Brush Painting style, Mentored by esteemed artists Okamura Rinkou, Ikeday Michio, and Ikeda Yoson Enrolled in the Seitousha school, following the lineage of the Shijou Maruyama School