Upcoming Events, Classes and Workshop

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2026 · MAY 30

East Bay Open Studios — Opening Preview

The Orchard Gallery, 489 25th St, Oakland · 11am–5pm. Tsunagu — Threads of Continuance on view in person. Oakland Art Murmur opening night.
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2026 · June 13–14

East Bay Open Studios — My studio opens to the public

1021 Broadway Ave. #205A, San Pablo, CA 

11am–4pm. Both pieces of Tsunagu — Threads of Continuance together for the first time.

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2026 · June 20 – July 18

Bewitched! Kitsune in the House

Arc Gallery SF, 1246 Folsom Street, San Francisco. 

Opening Reception: Saturday, June 20, 7–9 PM. 

Showing Tōryanse — The Gate, a hanging scroll triptych. 

Kakejiku mounting by Liza Dalby. 

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Summer Classes At Richmond Art Center

Beginning Japanese Brush Painting and Calligraphy

Wendesdays 2PM-4PM  6/24-8/12/ 2026

Intermediate Japanese Brush Painting and Calligraphy

Thursdays 2PM-4PM  6/18-8/13/ 2026

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Workshop at JCCCNC  / Japanese Cultural and Community Center of North California

San Francisco Japan Town

Summer Workshop for Sumi-e experience: Bamboo

10AM-12PM  Sunday 6/7/ 2026

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Beginning Sumi-e: Bamboo — The First of the Four Gentlemen

at Studio 55 Martinez 

 

Wednesdays, 10:00 AM–12:00 PM

July 8 – August 12, 2026 (6 weeks) 

  

Bamboo is one of the Four Gentlemen of traditional East Asian brush painting and an excellent subject for beginners. Through bamboo, students will learn fundamental brush techniques, ink control, line quality, composition, and the expressive use of empty space. 

 

For further information please contact: Studio 55 Martinez | 925-457-0154 |  studio55martinez.com

Fumiyo Yoshikawa April Events: SF Art Fair and Kala Auction

I will be presented by Arc Gallery at the SF Art Fair this year, and it would be a true pleasure to welcome you there.

For this fair, I will be presenting two diptychs composed of Tsunagu 1–2 and Tsunagu 3–4, from my ongoing series “Tsunagu – Threads of Continuance.”

These works reflect a quiet sense of connection—how something is carried forward, transformed, and continues across time.

Created with traditional Nihonga materials—sumi ink, mineral pigments, and touches of pure gold—each piece is presented in a hanging scroll format, inviting a contemplative and intimate viewing experience.

Please visit my website for more information about my work featured in Kala Auction.

Fumiyo Yoshikawa

https://fumiyo-yoshikawa.com

April Sumi-e Classes 2026

 Richmond Art Cente

At Richmond Art Center

Beginning Japanese Brush Painting and Calligraphy

Wendesdays 2PM-4PM  4/15-5/20/ 2026

Intermediate Japanese Brush Painting and Calligraphy

Thursdays 2PM-4PM  4/9-5/28/ 2026

JCCCNC  / Japanese Cultural and Community Center of North California

San Francisco Japan Town

Summer Workshop for Sumi-e experience: Bamboo

10AM-12PM  Sunday 4/26/ 2026

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NCWCA Juried Exhibition "FEM-minis"

24030006FY A Piece of Akasha 1©2024, Fumiyo Yoshikawa, 7.5x7.5inch, Sumi-ink, gold on Kozo paper mounted on 5x5 inch wooden panel copy

Exhibition Dates: Tuesday March 3, 2026 - Thursday April 2, 2026

Venue: San Francisco Women Artists gallery 

647 Irving Street, SF, CA Artist 

Reception: Saturday, March 7, 2:00 - 4:00 PM

Online Artist Talk: Thursday, March 12 7-8 PM PDT

Curated by: Christine Cianci

Juried by: Sawyer Rose, Sandra Yagi, Madi Toloui

FEM-minis is an NCWCA member exhibition centered on the expansive concept of FEM.  Ideas around feminist, feminine, fem-presenting, fem-forward. The theme embraces any subject associated with women or female presenting persons; the female figure, femininity, feminism, children, dismantling the patriarchy, the lived experience of female-identifying persons, suffrage, reproductive rights, the struggle against or within the bonds of gender roles imposed by societies. 

Workshops: Plum / Horse at JCCCNC, Japan Town, San Francisco

 JCCCNC, Japan Town in San  Francisco

Plums©2022, Fumiyo Yoshikawa

Running Horses©2026, Fumiyo Yoshikawa

The Year of  Horse©2026, Fumiyo Yoshikawa

Workshops: 

Plum  One of the four gentlemen, essential for sumi-e foundation— 10am -12pm Sunday, January 25, 2026

Horse  The year of animal 2026— 1pm- 3pm  Sunday, January 25, 2026

 Contact for Inquiries.

Private lessons and small-group sessions are available both in person and online.

Commissions for calligraphy and Japanese brush painting are also available.

Contact 

Fumiyo Yoshikawa

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New Websites

Old Website

Web gallery and shop for prints and original art

Information about upcoming events and classes

YouTube Channel

Facebook pages

Sumi-e and Calligraphy

Nihonga and Abstract

Instagram

Nihonga and Abstract

Sumi-e and Callgraphy

Upcoming Event and Classes Winter 2026

Group Exhibition at Inclusions Gallery

Dates: December 4, 2024 – January 11, 2025

Opening Reception: Thursday, December 4th, 5–8 PM

Richmond Art Center

Intermediate Japanese Brush Painting and Calligraphy Class

https://www.hisawyer.com/the-richmond-art-center/schedules/activity-set/1665544?source=semesters

JCCCNC, Japan Town in San  Francisco

Workshops: 

Plum  One of the four gentlemen, essential for sumi-e foundation— 10am -12pm January 26, 2026

Horse  The year of animal 2026— 1pm- 3pm  January 26, 2026

Please Contact for Inquiries.
Private lessons and small-group sessions are available both in person and online.
Commissions for calligraphy and Japanese brush painting are also available.

Contact 

Fumiyo Yoshikawa

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New Websites

Old Website

Web gallery and shop for prints and original art

Information about upcoming events and classes

YouTube Channel

Facebook pages

Sumi-e and Calligraphy

Nihonga and Abstract

Instagram

Nihonga and Abstract

Sumi-e and Callgraphy

Fall Sumi-e Classes and Workshop

 

Japanese Brush Painting and Calligraphy Classes, Fall 2025

at

Walnut Creek Center for Community Arts 

Japanese Brush Painting - INT

Saturday, Oct. 11-Nov.22, 2025

10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Geese©2018, Fumiyo Yoshikawa

“In autumn, the evenings are most moving…” So wrote Sei Shōnagon in The Pillow Book a thousand years ago. Her tender eye for sunset, birds in flight, and the hush of the wind still speaks to us today—and even echoes in American poetry.

Japanese Brush Painting - BEG

Saturday, Oct. 11-Nov.22, 2025

3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

JCCCNC Beginners Workshop 

風姿 Fūshi aka Yoshikawa, Fumiyo

Offered as part of the ongoing sumi-e workshop series at the Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Northern California (JCCCNC), Sumi-e Brush Painting Autumn Workshop: Chrysanthemum is the third session in a yearlong series themed around the Four Gentlemen—orchid, bamboo, chrysanthemum, and plum. This two-hour workshop serves as an introduction to Japanese ink painting (sumi-e), focusing on cultivating the essential mindset and learning fundamental brush techniques. Participants will explore the expressive beauty of the chrysanthemum—an autumn motif symbolizing elegance and perseverance—while experiencing the meditative spirit and harmony of ink, brush, and paper.

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Fumiyo Yoshikawa Primary Website

Web shop for archival art prints

Facebook pages

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Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/art_of_fumiyo_yoshikawa/

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