Fumiyo Yoshikawa

Wednesday, March 1, 2023

Spring Japanese Brush Painting and Calligraphy class at Richmond Art Center

Japanese Brush Painting and Calligraphy class at Richmond Art Center

Thu, Mar 30, 2023 - May 4, 2023

3-5pm

For further information and registration: https://www.hisawyer.com/the-richmond-art-center/schedules/activity-set/454006

Thursday, February 23, 2023

Spring Brush Painting Workshop and Class, 2023

Japanese Brush Painting and Calligraphy Workshop

at Arts Benicia

https://artsbenicia.org/japanese-brush-painting-and-calligraphy-class/

Sunday, April 16, 2023
1-4 pm

Japanese Brush Painting and Calligraphy Class
Changed to In-Person Only from Hybrid

at Walnut Creek Center for the Community Arts

Schedule changed to April 14- May 26 Fridays 9-12pm

https://cityofwalnutcreek.perfectmind.com/23302/Clients/BookMe4LandingPages/CoursesLandingPage?widgetId=15f6af07-39c5-473e-b053-96653f77a406&courseId=06a7dd79-0a9b-4b86-a61d-77634e3aa9cc&searchText=%22brush%20painting%22

Japanese Brush Painting and Calligraphy Class

at Richmond Art Center

Thu, Mar 30, 2023 - May 4, 2023

3-5pm

https://www.hisawyer.com/the-richmond-art-center/schedules/activity-set/454006

Monday, December 19, 2022

Season's Greetings from Fumiyo Yoshikawa

Wishing you Happy holidays and Happy 2023,

the year of Rabbit,

flying light and riding the waves of the times!

Warmly, Fumiyo Yoshikawa

Workshop at Arts Benicia in 2023

https://artsbenicia.org/japanese-brush-painting-and-calligraphy-class/

Class at Walnut Creek Center for the Community Arts

https://cityofwalnutcreek.perfectmind.com/23302/Clients/BookMe4LandingPages/CoursesLandingPage?widgetId=7eefd202-2e4e-465c-a95d-8a86fc5bb7f0&redirectedFromEmbededMode=True&courseId=ac2e07ee-ebcc-4a59-a234-c4e67a8cc903

Primary Website

http://fumiyo-y.com

Web gallery and shop for prints and original art

https://fumiyo-yoshikawa.pixels.com

Information about upcoming events and classes

http://fumiyosartwork.blogspot.com/

YouTube Channel

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLZ2xbcAR-7qx2XRRxyRP4w

Facebook pages

https://www.facebook.com/sumie.fumiyo

https://www.facebook.com/sumie.nihonga

https://www.facebook.com/Sumie.Nihonga.Mixedmedia

Instagram

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

https://www.instagram.com/fuushi_sumie_art_studio/

Saturday, October 2, 2021

Art and Music Video: Fumiyo Yoshikawa x Sizzle Ohtaka

This is an art and music video by the musician Sizzle Ohtaka and the artist Fumiyo Yoshikawa.

Yoshikawa's recent work, a series of 16 paintings, "Every Life Matters,” was inspired by a set of four scrolls created in the 12th -13th century in Japan, entitled “Choujugiga” or “Animal Caricatures.” The first scroll of Chojugiga shows animals such as frogs, rabbits, monkeys and foxes playing games and simulating human rituals.

Yoshikawa felt Tobanosoujou, who is believed to be the artist of the first scroll of Chojugiga had great affection towards all of these animals. At the same time, this comical and humorous scroll brings to her mind human hierarchy and discrimination in a way that is both timely and timeless. Yoshikawa created the series of 16 paintings, “Every Life Matters,” dreaming of of a peaceful world in which every living thing enjoys life equally and each respects the other.

Drawing her inspiration from the Choujugiga, Yoshikawa painted various animals: big animals, small animals; prey and predator; popular and unpopular - each of them imagined with equal affection. Each work has a story with a sense of the seasons and a hint of Shinto, Zen or Japanese folklore.

A detailed description of each painting in “Every Life Matters” can be found on Fumiyo Yoshikawa’s Facebook pages, as well as on her Instagram account, Art of Fumiyo Yoshikawa.

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

Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Sumie.Nihonga.Mixedmedia

“Sizzle Ohtaka has composed and performed the music that accompanies the paintings of “Every Life Matters.” Her song “IKOR” has as its central motif the word “ikoro,” which is an Ainu word meaning treasure. “Nothing comes down [to earth] without any role” is an Ainu proverb that is woven in as an interlude chorus. Ohtaka and Yoshikawa worked together to produce this video — A Song of Life — melding their music and art.”

Music:

IKOR

Lyrics, composition, vocal and chorus

by Sizzle Ohtaka

Arrangement by Jyoji Sawada

Musicians: Choro Club

Guitar by Shigeharu Sasago

Contrabass by Jyoji Sawada

Bandolim by Oh Akioka

Sizzle Ohtaka

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVnVhzIyBtgdO6G6XxALrkg

Website:http://sizzle-ohtaka.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100036255038140

Art:

The series of 16 paintings“Every Life Matters”

Background paintings

“Yume no Kakera / Piece of Dream”

"Organic Mind"

“Blessing Rain”

Photographs

Video editing

By Fumiyo Yoshikawa

Special Thanks to: Michael Yochum

for presenting the series of “Every Life Matters”

at Arc Gallery, San Francisco, California

Exhibition dates:

August 28 - October 9, 2021

https://www.arc-sf.com/foursquared-2021.html

Art and Music Video, A Song of Life, 2021

Produced by

Fumiyo Yoshikawa

Tuesday, September 21, 2021

Exhibitions and Artist Talk of Fumiyo Yoshikawa

FourSquared 2021 at Arc Gallery

Exhibition dates: August 28 – October 9, 2021

Gallery hours Weds, Thus 1-6pm; Sat 12-3pm or by appointment

Closed Labor Day weekend

https://www.arc-sf.com/foursquared-2021.html

Zoom Artist Talk

Wednesday, September 22 , 7-8pm (Fumiyo's talk will be here)

★ Join us on-line for the "FourSquared" Artists Talk #2 via Zoom on Wednesday, Sept. 22nd, 7-8PM - Register in advance at:

https://us02web.zoom.us/.../tZArdOCprjIrGd08eIm10qugyhfZv...

featuring Rebecca Fox, Jennifer Jigour, Linda Larson, Silvia Poloto, Mark Powers, Eric Saint Georges, Allison Snopek, & Fumiyo Yoshikawa

Closing Reception: Saturday, October 9th 12-3pm

Sumi-e Society of America Annual Juried Exhibition

September 2021 --- EXHIBITION OPENS on the Internet www.sumieshow.org

September 30, 2022 ---- EXHIBITION CLOSES

Soliloquies The Diablo Valley College online Art Gallery Exhibition

Exhibition dates: September 2, 2021 – February 1, 2022 , remain open for the fall semester

at www.dvcartgallery.com

Tuesday, August 3, 2021