Journal – Yukiyo Kawano

Never Again

August 10, 2015August 10, 2015 by yuki

AUGUST 6 – SEPTEMBER 19 – Traveling Exhibit commemorating 70th anniversary of Hiroshima & Nagasaki Concordia University / George R. White Library Open to public during library hours / FREE Co-sponsored by Concordia University and The Wholistic Peace Institute The image below shows the calligraphy on the kimono silk which is forming the shape of … Read moreNever Again

SPECIAL HAIKU DINNER – AN EVENING OF KARUMI

August 15, 2014July 29, 2014 by yuki

SUNDAY JUL 27, 2014 | 5 PM – 7 PM participated an artists’ crossroads event at Glyph Cafe: An Evening of Karumi. Karumi means a “light beauty with subtlety,” and defined the qualities found in the later poems of haiku master Matsuo Bashō. Mukashi yori yomi okeru uta makura…..Of all the many places celebrated in … Read moreSPECIAL HAIKU DINNER – AN EVENING OF KARUMI

Glyph Cafe

August 15, 2014June 15, 2014 by yuki

GLYPH CAFÉ AND ARTS SPACE 804 NW COUCH ST. PORTLAND, ORE. 97209 (503) 719-5481 YUKIYO KAWANO “NARROW ROAD TO THE DEEP NORTH” June 1 – August 1, 2014 Yukiyo Kawano’s hand-dyed silk and paper installation is a study after Bashō’s prosimetric work, Oku no Hosomichi (Narrow Road to the Deep North). Considered to be one of the … Read moreGlyph Cafe

Show in Seattle Central Community College

August 15, 2014May 15, 2014 by yuki

Featured in The Stranger, Seattle’s Newspaper: Currently Hanging: Yukiyo Kawano’s Beautiful Bombs posted by JEN GRAVES on WED, MAY 7, 2014 at 12:12 PM http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2014/05/07/19468530-currently-hanging-yukiyo-kawanos-beautiful-bombs The show ended May 8th 2014

Journal piece (the making of Fat Man (folded))

August 24, 2012February 21, 2012 by yuki

sumi ink, ink pen, hemp washi paper, cotton paper (125” x 11”) An accordion-style book/journal shows the process of constructing Fat Man (folded). Detail of the journal: a top thin layer shows some of the six months’ (translated) correspondence with hibakusha (Hiroshima victims), … Read moreJournal piece (the making of Fat Man (folded))

Sketch piece (the making of Little Boy (folded))

August 24, 2012August 22, 2011 by yuki

watercolor, gouache, ink pen on 100% cotton paper 18” x 24” some of 35 sketches/mind maps used during a construction of Little Boy (folded). All the 35 sketches contain an image of a figure (self image) wearing the kimono that was used to construct Little Boy (folded). … Read moreSketch piece (the making of Little Boy (folded))