1961 | Born in Toronto, Canada. |
1978 | Graduated Verde Valley School, Sedona, Arizona, USA, an alternative, college preparatory school. |
1979 | Attended UC Berkley, Berkley, California, USA and University of the Pacific (UOP), Stockton, California, USA. Majored in Cultural Anthropology and International Studies. Year abroad Japan program with Raymond-Callison cluster college, UOP. |
1980 | Completed 3 month field experience stay at a Soto Zen Buddhist temple, Nara, Japan. Took a leave of absence from university studies to travel extensively throughout Asia while studying/working in the Kansai area, Japan. Became a pupil of contemporary clay artist, Nanako Kaji, Kyoto, Japan. |
1983 | Referred by Nanako Kaji to enter full time professional potter training, at Tekisui Art Museum Ceramic Research Institute (founded by Kazuo Yagi), Ashiya, Japan. |
1986 | Transferred to University of New York, Kyoto, Japan center, changing Bachelor of Arts major to Ceramics. |
1987 | Graduated both Tekisui Art museum Ceramics Research Institute and University of New York. Worked under Junichi Kozuru, Fukoka, Japan, acquiring ash-glaze dynamics and wood-fired kiln experience. |
1991 | Completed the building of home studio and wood-fired “TANGAMA” on uninhabited land in the remote countryside of northern Kyoto. Established “Studio 22” together with Korean colleague, Choi, Hwa Bun (Sai, Ka-Fun). Held “First Kiln Opening Exhibition”, at home Studio 22, Ayabe, Kyoto, Japan. |
Since 1993 | Exhibited in the annual Women’s Ceramic Art Association Competition, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, 5 times. Exhibited in the annual “Shinsho” (new design) Art and Craft Association Competition, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art and Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, yearly. |
1998 | Won the “Best Effort Award” from the Shinsho Art and Craft Association Competition. |
2001 | Became a junior member of the Shinsho Art and Craft Association. Invited as a guest artist to participate in two Canadian Consulate sponsored art exhibitions, Osaka and Kobe, Japan. |
2003 | Korean colleague, Choi, Hwa Bun expires from Ovarian Cancer. |
2005 | Chosen to exhibit in the “Selected Kyoto Artists Exhibition”, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art. |
2010 | Won the “Junior Member Award” in the Shinsho Art and Craft Association Competition. |
2011 | Became a full member of the Shinsho Art and Craft Association. |
2012 | Became a member of the Kyoto Craft Artists' Association. Numerous group and solo exhibitions at galleries, the Shibuya Tokyu Department store, Interviewed and photographed for newspaper and magazine articles; functional ware used in a gourmet magazine shoot; written about in a book of “Faces In Kyoto”; and appeared in various television news programs, including a 17 minute lifework documentary. Besides creating in clay, she team-teaches at a local cooking school, primarily about the aesthetics of food-on-plate presentation. She also occasionally lectures, is a guest speaker at events, and participates on panel discussions about cross-cultural harmony; her personal adventures in over 50 countries; the wisdom behind traditional, Japanese country living; and the preservation of the earth’s environment. |
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