Yuri Kawanabe

Born:

1956 Tokyo Japan

(1984 Arrived in Australia, permanent resident since 1987.)

Training / Education:

1976-1980 Tokyo National University of Fine Arts, Bachelor of Arts Degree, Chôkin (metal work),
1980 - 1982 Tokyo National University of Fine Arts, Master of Arts Degree, Chôkin (metal work),.

Work Experience:

1996-1998 Lecturer (part time), Jewellery & Metal Department, Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney Australia.
1998 Guest lecturer, School of Design Studies, College of Fine Arts, Sydney Australia.
Lecturer, Jewellery & Metal Department, Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney Australia.
1999 Artist in residence, Gold and Silversmithing, Canberra School of Art, Canberra Australia.
2002 Lecturer (part time), School of Design Studies, College of Fine Arts, Sydney Australia.

Exhibitions (Solo & Group Shows):

Solo Exhibitions:

1985 "Soshingu-1" Yo Gallery Aoyama Tokyo Japan
1993 "Ceremonial Transition" Gallery IF Tokyo Japan
1994 "Ceremonial Transition" Craft Space Sydney Australia
1996 Trimetall Cologne Germany
1997 "Oru" Gallery Ra Amsterdam The Netherlands
1999 "Soshingu / body adornment; visualising the ethereal surface" Brisbane City Gallery Brisbane Australia
2002 "PCA#1", installation with Peter Callas Sanskriti Kendra New Delhi India.
2002 "Garland" AC Gallery Tokyo Japan

Recent Group Exhibitions:

1993 "93 The Art of Jewellery" Setagaya Museum Tokyo & Itami City Craft Centre Itami Japan
1993 "4 Elements" The Blaxland Gallery Sydney Australia
1993 "Contemporary Wearables" Toowoomba Art Gallery Toowoomba thereafter tours in regional galleries in Queensland and NSW Australia
1993 "Art of Adornment: Contemporary Australian Jewellery" The National Museum of Modern Art Kyoto / Artium, Fukuoka / Laforet Museum Espace Tokyo thereafter tours in South Korea and Indonesia.
1994 'Schmuckszene 94' Munich Germany
1994 "Jewellery Art 20" Jotsu Gallery Kumamoto Japan
1995 "Japanese Contemporary Jewellery" Museum of Decorative Arts Gent Belgium and The National Museum of Modern Art Tokyo Japan
1995 "Japanese Sieraden Exposite" Studio Tom Berends The Hague Holland
1996 "96 Jewelery Art Competition" Japan Jewellery Designers Association Itami City Craft Center Itami & Asabu Museum Tokyo Japan
1996 "Tags" Craft ACT Gallery Canberra Australia
1997 Barry Stern Gallery Sydney Australia.
1997 "The Metal Element" Quadrivium Sydney Australia
1997 "Contemporary Wearables 97" Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery Toowoomba thereafter toured in regional galleries in Australia
1998 "Schmuck 98" Munich Germany
1998 "Overseas" Gallery Ra, Amsterdam. Holland
1998 "Australian Jewellery Today" Gallery Tiller Vienna Austria thereafter tours in other Europian galleries
1998 "Chicago Art Fair SOFA" presented by Charon Kransen USA
1999 "Contemporary Australian Craft" organised by Powerhouse Museum Sydney toured in Japan and Australia to Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art / Takaoka Art Museum / Museum of Modern Art Shiga / Object Galleries Sydney
1999 "The Metal Element II" Quadrivium Sydney
1999 "SOFA New York" "SOFA Chicago" presented by Charon Kransen USA
1999 "Contemporary Wearables 99" Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery Toowoomba thereafter toured in regional galleries in Australia
2000 "Beyond Borders" OXOXO Gallery Baltimore MD presended by Charon Kransen USA
2000 "The Metal Element III," Quadrivium Sydney Australia
2000 "2000 Japan Jewellery Art Competition" Itami City Craft Centre Itami & Uenonomori Museum Tokyo Japan
2000 "Australia 2000" Lesley Craze Gallery London UK
2000 "Australian Jewellery Collection 2000" The Queensland Art Gallery Brisbane Australia
2000 "Zehn" Trimetall Cologne Germany
2000 "Raum für Schmuck" Cologne Germany
2001 "Schmuck 2001" Internationale Handwerksmesse Munich & Wilhelm-Wagenfeld-Stiftung Wilhelm-Wagenfeld-Haus Bremen Germany
2001 "Chicago Art Fair SOFA" presented by Charon Kransen USA
2001 "Intersections, Bunbury Regional Art Galleries" Bunbury Western Australia.
2001-02 "Talente/Schmuck Exhibition in Australia" travelling exhibition organised by Craft Australia.
2003 "Pittwater Dreaming" 1000°C Jewellery and Glass Gallery Avalon Australia
2003 "Formed: Transfomed" Gallery East Fremantle Western Australia
2004 "Sydney Style" Sydney Opera House organized by Object Gallery Sydney Australia
2004 "Design Down Under: Jewelry from Australia and New Zealand" The South Shore Art Center Massachusetts & The Australian Embassy Washington DC. USA
2004 "2004 Mapping contemporary Australian art and new media", National Gallery of Victoria Melbourne Australia

Awards / Grants:

1984 /Japan Jewellery Prize / Japan Jewellery Exhibition / Japan Jewellery Designers Association Tokyo
1984 / Travel Grant / Australia-Japan Foundation
1993 / Creative Development Grant / Australia Council
1996 / Award of Excellence / 96 Jewellery Art Competition / Japan Jewellery Designers Association
2001-02 / Asialink Artist-in-Residence (with Peter Callas) / Asialink Australia & Sanskriti Kendra New Delhi India / grant for an artist residency program

Collections (Private & Museum):

1994 Acquisition Powerhouse Museum Sydney Australia
1995 Acquisition The National Museum of Modern Art Tokyo Japan
1996 Acquisition Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston Australia
1998 Acquisition Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery Toowoomba Australia
2000 Acquisition Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane Australia

Publications:

Jewel, No. 87, p.39, Tokyo / Space. Space / May 1982
Four Seasons of Jewellery, No. 53, pp.42-52, Tokyo / 84 Jewellery New / 1984
Four Seasons of Jewellery, No. 59, pp.100-101, Tokyo / Thoughts and Impressions of Australia / 1985
Dear W, December issue, p. 70, Tokyo / Women in the Art World, (interview) / 1985
Four Seasons of Jewellery, No. 64, pp.44-45, Tokyo / Form of Body, Form of Jewellery: Yuri Kawanabe / 1985
Jiho Kogaku Shinbun, No. 575, p.3, Tokyo / The World of Yuri Kawanabe, Dialogue of Metal and Space / 1985
Decorative Design, No. 16, January, p.125, Tokyo / Exhibition Spotlight / 1986
Shopping, September issue, p.62, Tokyo / Jewellery for my own / 1986
The Good Times, Canberra Times, p.3, Canberra / A New Interest in Jewellery / March 1987
Craft Arts, July/September issue, pp..93-94, Sydney / 331-SDS Jewellery Gallery / 1991
Studio Collection, October issue, p.53, Sydney / Jewellery Duty / 1991
Wingspan, inflight magazine of All Nippon Airways, December issue, p. 53 / Metal Origami / 1991
The Sydney Morning Herald, May 20, Sydney / Heavy metal body hugger / 1994
Object, No.3, pp.24-27, Sydney / Voices and the movement of hands / 1994
Craft Arts, No. 33, pp. 29-34, Sydney / Ceremonial Transitions / 1995
The Sydney Morning Herald, Dec.12, Sydney / Ancient arts new Broome / 1997
Object, No. 2, pp.28-30. Sydney / BYO Pillow Case, Zen and Craft in Australia / 1998
Contemporary Jewellery in Australia and New Zealand, Craftsman House, cover and pp.104-105, Sydney / 1998
GZ, Goldschmiede Zeitung, No. 1, pp. 86-87, Stuttgart / Yuri Kawanabe / 1999
Dictionaire International du Bijou, p. 314, Paris / Kawanabe (Yuri) /1999
Catalogue, Contemporary Australian Craft, pp.88-89, Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Sapporo and Powerhouse Museum, Sydney / Yuri Kawanabe / 1999
The Courier-Mail, Nov. 6, Weekend 12, Brisbane / Bold fusion / 1999
Craft Arts International, No.54, Sydney / Intersections: Japan and Australia / 2002
Catalogue, Sydney Style, Object-Australian Centre for Craft and Design, Sydney / yurikawanabe / 2004
Catalogue, 2004 Mapping contemporary Australian art and new media, p.156, National Gallery of Victoria and Australian Centre for the Moving Images / Yuri Kawanabe / 2004

Artist Statement:

Model making for me is more like drawing than constructing mock-ups. Through the process of cutting and folding paper, images floating in my mind are gradually fixed. This process rekindles memories of my childhood, making domestic decorations for seasonal festivals in Japan. I have always been fascinated by marvellously crafted ceremonial displays which appear suddenly, as though by magic. In recent years I have encountered traditional ephemeral decorations in other Asian cultures, in which I found a strong resonance with my own design aesthetics.