Born in Hokkaido in 1984, she landed in California twenty years later fueled by her ambition to bridge multi-cultural communities world-wide.
With her 'Dosanko' spirit she has been dedicated to the ancient art of Japanese Calligraphy since the age of 6, owning the Title of Master Student Calligrapher (2002), as well as the recipient of the first prize from the Japanese Minister of Education in 1999, among other awards. She initiated a Japanese art crew known as SIR (Surreality in Reality) in May 2008 based in San Francisco Bay Area.
Currently residing in Oakland, she pursues her career to preserve traditional arts with music in the modern world.
COMING UP EVENT/ART SHOW
SIR presents: Japanese Art Exhibition & Performances
HELLA LOGOS!!
Friday April 24th, 2009 @ Space Gallery"
Logo Design Competition
S.I.R is looking for the hella good logo design for next up coming art shows.
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Friday April 24th, 2009
@Space Gallery
1141 Polk St. SF | btw Sutter & Post | 415.377.3325
www.spacegallerysf.com
Let's vote for THE hella good logo (voting ends at 10pm)
21+ | FREE | Door 8pm | Result announcement 10:30pm
Info: www.sir-sf.com
Music by Yusai / Junzo / Zaion / 8doors (Sound Design, DJs)
The details of the submission can be downloaded in PDF from our website http://www.sir-sf.com!
01- Theme
The subject of this competition is to design one new logo for all four of our upcoming Art Exhibitions this year.
The theme is the four elements of nature: Water, Fire, Soil and Wind.
We are looking for a hella good logo design that represents four elements in a single symbol.
The new logo will be used in the promotional materials (stickers, posters and flyers) of our exhibitions and events.
Anybody may participate.
02 - Rewards
The designer of the winning entry will recieve an article about you on our website sir-sf.com, a 'hella special featuring' at the Art show in Spring 2009, and an original SIR T-shirt!
Past Art Exhibitions / Performances
2005.11.16 Japanese Culture Month Festival Diablo Valley College/ Pleasant Hill, California
2006.7.20 Silence & Motion - é™ã¨å‹• - 352 Sixth Street / San francisco, California
2006.8 Shing02 ç«‹ã¤é³¥ãƒ—ãƒã‚¸ã‚§ã‚¯ãƒˆ   www.e22.com
2006.9.22 Toki - 時 - Space Gallery / San Francisco, CA
2006.9.23 Minimarhythm × Kero One Launch Party 330 Ritch / San Francisco, CA
2007.2.8 One Love Gallery One / San Francisco, CA
2007.3.3 Spring_Landscape 352 Sixth Street / San Francisco, CA
2007.3.15 Wordless Elooquence *07 - 雄å¼ãªæ²ˆé»™- White Rabbit / New York City, New York
2007.5 Custom Installation Japanese Restaurant/Bar Lounge "Ozumo" / San Francisco, CA
2007.11 Light and Shadow - 陽ã¨å½±- San Francisco State University / San Francisco, CA
2008.3.5 Anything Goes DALVA / San Francisco, CA
2008.5.2 Surreality in Reality - ç¾å®Ÿã®ä¸ã®éžç¾å®Ÿ- Space Gallery San Francisco, CA
2008.5.23 Happy Feet Mighty / San Francisco, CA
2008.7.5 SAI  - ç¥- Space Gallery / San Francisco, CA
2008.8.1-7 燿 -akagari- Hokusen Gallery Ivory/ Sapporo, Hokkaido Japan
2008.10.3 é -PAGE- Space Gallery / San Francisco
2009.1.30 Colorless Spectrum Space Gallery / San Francisco
2009.2.14 Art Work Exhibition for International Valentine's Day Party G3 / San Francisco
Art work for Shing02 Website* http://www.e22.com/
Join the "Pick up after your self" Campaign, and check out Shing02's spiritual world of music.
Art work for Cream Cunbell new track "Rap wo surudake (I just rap)"
"Artists!: Creation, not conversation."
(Actions speak louder than words.)
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