August 2020
Dear Friends, thank you for visiting my website! Since the pandemic began, I have found ways to stay engaged with art. I made over sixty masks to date, visit my family weekly and spend time in nature with my little Pekingese dog. Additionally, I continue to work on my Cherry Blossom installation series and I am happy to have new abstract paintings in progress. Spending time in isolation has allowed me to put more focus into my work.
"Combat"
My first Covid painting, April, 2020
Masks and more masks! 2020
When SIP first began in March, I decided to volunteer to make hand sewn masks. My first donation went to a Senior elder care center in San Leandro. Then I made masks for my family and to their employees at the family business. I enjoyed making them so much that I continued to make more masks for some of my special friends as well.
Manzanar Pilgrimage 2018
In 2018, I embarked on a Pilgrimage to Manzanar with my Sansei Sisters, Ellen Bepp, Reiko Fujii, Naomi Judy Shintani and Sherry Arai Duboer. We each shared our identities of being a third generation, Japanese American, and our families had endured the hardship of being imprisoned in concentration camps during WWll. This endeavor, opened the doors to a deeper understanding of our family history and the history of the unjust incarceration experienced by many. Additionally, we each created new artwork, performed spiritual rituals together and developed a closer relationship with one another.
A big thank you to Reiko Fujii, for the documentation and filming of our journey, to Pat Mayo, our videographer and Kallan Nishimoto, our editor and music composer. The film documentary, "Sansei Granddaughter's Journey," will be shown in it's entirety at the Silicon Valley Film Festival in October, 2020.
A big thank you to Reiko Fujii, for the documentation and filming of our journey, to Pat Mayo, our videographer and Kallan Nishimoto, our editor and music composer. The film documentary, "Sansei Granddaughter's Journey," will be shown in it's entirety at the Silicon Valley Film Festival in October, 2020.
Rosenblum Cellars at Jack London Square
Dear friends, please join me for an elegant afternoon of Art and wine at Rosenblum Cellars in Jack London Square on Saturday, September 16th. I will be exhibiting paintings from my Peacock series, depicting my childhood memories and my favorite bird, the enchanting and mysterious peacock. The exhibit runs through the month of September. I hope to see you there! www.kathyfujiioka.com
Rosenblum Cellars @ Jack London Square, 10 Clay Street, Oakland, CA / Curator: Shannon Holbrook www.rosenblumcellars.com
Reception: Saturday, September 16th from 3-5pm / Exhibit runs from September 2nd - 30th
Rosenblum Cellars @ Jack London Square, 10 Clay Street, Oakland, CA / Curator: Shannon Holbrook www.rosenblumcellars.com
Reception: Saturday, September 16th from 3-5pm / Exhibit runs from September 2nd - 30th
"Birds of a Feather", 36" x 48"
Making the Cut
We hope you will join us at Arc Gallery for "Making the Cut" Collage-a-Rama 2017 Bay Area Exhibition opening reception on Saturday, June 17th 7-9PM in the Project Gallery at Arc. ! http://www.arc-sf.com/making-the-cut-collage-a-rama.html
1246 Folsom St. (btw 9th & 8th) San Francisco.
1246 Folsom St. (btw 9th & 8th) San Francisco.
Please join us for Artspan's SF Open Studios at Arc Gallery & Studios
(Oct. 21st through Oct. 23rd) 2016
Arc Gallery, 1246 Folsom St. (btw 9th & 8th), SF
Preview Reception: Friday, October 21st, 6-9PM. /. Open Studios: October 22nd & 23rd, 11AM to 6PM
I will be featuring my portrait series and also some new work from my Interiorscape series. Come by and visit our studios, meet the artists and tour other SOMA studios! I will be upstairs in studio #204 at Arc.
- Arc Studio Artists: Kathy Fujii-Oka, Dianne Hoffman, Peter Howells, Soad Kader, Bonnie Levinson, Sasha Merritt, Priscilla Otani, William Salit, Debra Cook Shapiro, Tracy Starr, Denise Tarantino, Samanta Tello, and Stephen C. Wagner
- Guest Artists: Carrington Arredondo, Johnny Botts, Jeanne Hauser, Mike Kimball, Barbara Kleinhans, John Kraft, Erin Malone, Alan Mazzetti, Michele de la Menardiere, Sean O'Donnell, Ken Sloan, and Tanya Wilkinson
ArtSpan’s SF Open Studios in SOMA provides the public with an opportunity to see artists in their workspaces - Art lovers are invited to meet the artists and build their art collections. Join us in the bright and sunny South of Market (SOMA) neighborhood to view a multitude of artists in their workspaces, all within walking distance.
I will be featuring my portrait series and also some new work from my Interiorscape series. Come by and visit our studios, meet the artists and tour other SOMA studios! I will be upstairs in studio #204 at Arc.
- Arc Studio Artists: Kathy Fujii-Oka, Dianne Hoffman, Peter Howells, Soad Kader, Bonnie Levinson, Sasha Merritt, Priscilla Otani, William Salit, Debra Cook Shapiro, Tracy Starr, Denise Tarantino, Samanta Tello, and Stephen C. Wagner
- Guest Artists: Carrington Arredondo, Johnny Botts, Jeanne Hauser, Mike Kimball, Barbara Kleinhans, John Kraft, Erin Malone, Alan Mazzetti, Michele de la Menardiere, Sean O'Donnell, Ken Sloan, and Tanya Wilkinson
ArtSpan’s SF Open Studios in SOMA provides the public with an opportunity to see artists in their workspaces - Art lovers are invited to meet the artists and build their art collections. Join us in the bright and sunny South of Market (SOMA) neighborhood to view a multitude of artists in their workspaces, all within walking distance.
"My Kanai", 48"x24", Oil on Birch Wood
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"Brittany Yumiko" #2, 72"x24", Acrylic on Birch Wood
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Harrington Gallery
Transformation: 25 Years of Asian American Women Artists exhibition
Harrington Gallery, 4444 Railroad Ave., Pleasanton
Reception: Sat., July 30, 1-3pm
July 28th to Sept. 3rd
My New location 2016
Dear Friends,
I am excited to announce that I have moved from San Francisco to the East Bay. I am thrilled and looking forward to making the leap towards some new life changes!
I am excited to announce that I have moved from San Francisco to the East Bay. I am thrilled and looking forward to making the leap towards some new life changes!
Santa Cruz Museum of Art
See my work in December at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art
December 2015
I am pleased to announce that I will be in a group show at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History in December. The show is titled, “Everybody’s Ocean”. Curator: Justin Hoover
I will be exhibiting a piece from an earlier period. I selected a painting, titled, “Journey”, a large painting from my” Oceanscape” series.
Opening Reception, Friday Dec. 19th.
Everybody’s Ocean a visual art exhibition presenting stories about the sea.
"Journey" (3 Panels)
5 ft. x 9 ft.
Acryic, Shells, Sand on canvas
