Artist's Resume

Hiroko Yoshimoto
Born: 1943 Kobe, Japan- US Citizen

Education:

University of California, Los Angeles. MA in Art, Highest Honors at Graduation.
University of California, Los Angeles. BA in Art, Graduated with Honors.
Fee Waver Dean's List Scholarships for 3 years.
Post-graduate courses: Mills College; Santa Raparata Studio, Florence, Italy;
Art Center College of Design, Pasadena; University of California, Santa Barbara;
State University of California, Northridge.

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Major Accomplishments :

20-year retrospective at the Ventura County Museum of History & Art, December - February 2003.
Solo exhibitions at Tokyo Metropolitan Art Center, Osaka, Japan.
Contemporary Art Center, Los Angeles County Museum of Art Sales and Rental Gallery.
Solo and group shows Ventura County Museum of Art and History and other venues.
Featured solo artist for Ventura Chamber Music Festival in 1996.
Visual Art Curator for VCMF Art Exhibition in 1998.
Stage set design for VCMF ballet "L'histoire du Soldat" in 2000.
Stage set design for VC Master Chorale for "Unicorn" in 1991.
Stage set design and costume design for Ventura College production of opera "Magic Flute" in 1990.
Lead member of Studio 83 for 16 years.
Initiated Ventura College Friends of the Arts.
Curated "Asian American Experience" exhibition at Studio Channel Islands Art Center.
Member of the Ventura Municipal Art Acquisition Committee, 2001 and 2002.
Art studio teacher at Ventura College from 1970 to 2005.

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Selected List Of Exhibitions And Awards:

2007
Artists' Union Membership Show, January - February.
Ventura College Faculty Show, April.
Museum of Ventura County "Nature Observed", May - September.
2006
"Color Red" group show at Ventura County Government Center, curator Susan Scott, January - February.
LACMA Sales & Rental Gallery "Wet Paint" show and fund raiser, October.
"Out Of The Box" group show SCIAC juror Nathan Lalamendy November - December.
Membership Show Studio Channel Islands Art Center, November.
Curated SCIAC resident member show at Ventura County Government Center, November - December.
2005
"Encaustic: Contemporary Visions of Antiquity" Studio Channel Islands Art Center on the campus of CSU Channel Islands, August - October.
"Face to Face: Artists' Gaze II" Solo show New Media Gallery and Gallery II, Ventura College, February.
Focus on the Masters Studio Tour and Gala Show Ventura County Museum, May.
2004
"Lines & Signs II" solo-show Studio Channel Islands Art Center, September - October.
"Mentor to Many" 50 former students show, spanning 30 years in her honor, at Studio Channel Islands Art Center, September - October.
2003
"Powerful Beauty" Images of Ventura County Women at Ventura County Museum of History & Art, June - August.
Studio 83 Reunion show at Studio Channel Island Art Center, June - July.
City of Ventura Artist Fellowship Showcase, San Buenaventura Artists' Union Gallery, May - June.
Membership show, Buena Ventura Artists' Union Gallery, April.
"A Celebration of the Arts" The Links Inc. Channel Islands Chapter at Carnegie Museum, Oxnard, April.
Mentor to Many - Gerd Koch Group Show at Studio Channel Islands Art Center, January.
Art & War at Buena Ventura Artists' Union Gallery, January.
2002
Ventura County Museum of History and Art - Solo Retrospective "Vision of Intangibles", December - February 2003.
Ventura College Friends of the Arts "Small Wonders", December.
Buena Ventura Gallery - Solo Show "Face to Face - Artists' Faces" October - November.
Studio Channel Islands Art Center "Asian American Experience", April - May.
Studio Channel Islands Art Center juried show, January.
Merit Award, Buena Ventura Art Association membership show - January
2001
Studio Channel Island Invitational, Cal State Channel Island-May
City of Ventura Art Collection Exhibition ArtWalk-July
ArtWalk-City of Ventura - Mar
2000
Ventura College Friends of the Arts Invitational-June
Designed stage set for Ventura Chamber Music Festival
Ballet, L'histoire du Soldat by Stravinsky - May
Ventura Chamber Music Festival Biennial 2000 juried show - May
Studio Channel Islands Invitational 3-College Art Faculty Show - May-June
1999
Studio Channel Island Invitational at Calif. State University Channel Islands - September
"From the Permanent Collection of Ventura County Museum of History
and Art" July - September
Jackson Wheeler Collection Exhibition, Carnegie Museum of Art, Oxnard, CA. October.
Purchase by City of Ventura Public Art Collection, October.
1998
Award Santa Barbara City College Small Images Exhibition #13
Juror: Rebecca McGrew, Professor of Art at Pomona College - October
Ventura County Museum of History and Art Invitational July - September
Solo Exhibition "Lines and Signs" Buenaventura Gallery April-May
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group shows
Juried competition, Carnegie Museum of Art, Oxnard, June-July
Group show, Asian American Women's Art Association show,
1996
Best of Show Award, Ventura Chamber Music Festival Competition, Third
Floor Gallery, City of Ventura, Office of Cultural Affairs, May-June
1995
Santa Barbara City College Small Images Show, October.
Solo Exhibition, "Four Seasons" at Gallery Two and New Media Galleries,
Ventura College, June.
Solo Exhibition, "Signature Festival Artist" Ventura Gallery for Ventura
Chamber Music Festival, May.
1994
Solo Exhibition, Osaka Contemporary Art Center, November.
Solo Exhibition, Tokyo Municipal Art Space, November., juror, September.
Solo Exhibition, Ventura County Government Center Art Gallery, May.
Solo Exhibition, New Media Gallery, Ventura College, Jan.-Feb.
SOMAR Gallery, San Francisco, group show - March.
1984
"May I Have Your Attention, Please?" Wing Luke Museum, Seattle, Patti Warashina, juror, July-August.
Invitational show, Core New Art Space, Denver, Colo. June.
"The Asian Spirit in Contemporary Art," M.M.Shinno Gallery, Los Angeles, May.
Two-person show, M. M.. Shinno Gallery, Los Angeles, April.
1993
Group show, Illusions Gallery, Camarillo, CA. June
Studio 83 show, November.
1992
Juried show, 10th Annual Assembly of the Arts, Ventura County
Museum of History and Art, January, Irma Cavat, Marti Koplin,
Dominica Salvatore, jurors.
Group show, "Different Voices," University of California, Santa Barbara, Feb.
Lecturer at "Symposium in the Arts," College of Creative Arts, UCSB, April.
Solo Exhibition, "Garden" series, Momentum Gallery, Ventura Arts Council, May.
Group show, Los Angeles County Museum of Art Rental Gallery, October.
1991
Solo Exhibition, "Slice of Life," Buena Ventura Gallery, Ventura, June.
1989
Solo Exhibition, New Media Gallery, Ventura College, January.
Solo Exhibition, Danica House, June-July.
1988
Group show, Studio 83, May and November.
Group show, Danica House, June.
1987
Group show, Los Angeles County Museum of Art Rental Gallery, March.
1986
Two-person show, "Sengai Triad" series Los Angeles Artcore Gallery March.
1985
"Third Annual Fourth of July Show," Carnegie Art Museum,
Oxnard, Ruth Weisberg and James Cardwell, jurors, June-July.
"L.A. Artcore Invitational" Brand Library Art Gallery,Michelle Isenberg, curator, May-June.
"Many Voices/Many Visions" So.Cal. Women's Caucus for
Art at El Camino College, Annette Bird and Edith Wylie, jurors, February.
Two-person show,L.A. Artcore Gallery, Los Angeles, January.
1983
"Seventh Annual Assembly of the Arts," Ventura County Museum of History and Art, E.H. Hoffman Gallery, Josine Ianco-Starrels
1982
Award - "Sixth Annual Assembly of the Arts," Ventura County Museum of History and Art. Kirk De Gooyer, Roland Reiss, Scott Schafer, jurors, October.
Purchase Award - "Sixth Annual Santa Barbara City College Small Images Show,"
Atkinson Gallery, Santa Barbara City College, Josine Ianco-Starrells, juror, June.
Solo Exhibition Gallery 932, January
*Ventura College Annual Faculty Show not included in above list. I have participated every year since 1970.

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