Name: Kazuyo Yasoyama

Painter
Born in Bastos, San Paulo, Brazil, 1959

 

Kazuyo Yasoyama has been painting bamboo, a rare motif for Western-style painting, in her studios in Kyoto and in her hometown in Ishikawa.
She has held many successful solo exhibitions in Tokyo, Kyoto, Brazil, China and New York as well as joint exhibitions with her late mother Masako Yasoyama.

 
 

·Director of Japan Bamboo Society
·Director & Secretary-general of Nobunaga Festival Planning committee in Honnoji Temple

·Director of IzumoDaijingu Regular Director of Reverence Association
·Meeting committee of Kinoshita Art Museum

Studio

Masako Yasoyama and Kazuyo Yasoyama art museum –
153 Muramatsumachi,
Komatsu, Ishikawa, 923-0968
Tel. Fax. 0761-43-3458
   
         
Masako Yasoyama and Kazuyo Yasoyama art museum Annex Hachiku-an
865 Oharano-Minamikasugacho,
Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto, 610-1153
Tel. 075-332-8255
Fax. 075-332-8256
 
 
       
  Latest Information

2012 Aug   Masako/Kazuyo Yasoyama Exhibition -Celebrating 40years of China/Japan reletionship-
Masako yasoyama and Kazuyo Yasoyama art museum (Aug.28-Oct.28)
  Jun   Masako/Kazuyo Yasoyama Exhibition -Fusuma Art and Suibokuga-
Masako yasoyama and Kazuyo Yasoyama art museum (Jun.26-Aug.26)
  Apr   Masako/Kazuyo Yasoyama Exhibition -Blooming Season-
Masako yasoyama and Kazuyo Yasoyama art museum (Apr.17-Jun.24)
  Feb   Masako/Kazuyo Yasoyama Spring Special Exhibition
Masako yasoyama and Kazuyo Yasoyama art museum(Feb.28 - Apr.15)
2011 Nov   "Masako yasoyama and Kazuyo Yasoyama art museum" opening Ceremony
  Oct   2011 China,Japan,Korea Art exchange exhibition
  Apr   Charity art exhibition that assists in revival of East Japan great earthquake at Adachi Ward Office lobby
2010 Sep   -Masako Yasoyama 15th death anniversary- Masako & Kazuyo Yasoyama Exhibition at Kinoshita Culture Museum Otsu Shiga
  Jul   Matsuya Ginza Bamboo Artist Kazuyo Yasoyama Sumi-e painting Exhibition at Matsuya Ginza
  Jun   Oriental Light China, Japan, Korea Art Exchange Exhibition at Beijing 798 Oriental Light Art Space
  Apr   “~Masako Yasoyama 15th death anniversary~ Masako & Kazuyo Yasoyama Exhibition” at Kyoto Culture Museum
2009 Nov   “Kazuyo Yasoyama Exhibition” at Daiwa Department Korinbo 5F Art Gallery.
  Oct   “Exposition of Wisdom and Power, Bamboo Artist Kazuyo Yasoyama Exhibition” at Hachikuan.
  Aug   “Kazuyo Yasoyama Exhibition” at Tokyu Department Nagano Art Gallery.
2008 Dec   Japan-Brasil Friendship Year, Triumphant return returning home Exhibition“Bamboo Artist Kazuyo Yasoyama Exhibition ” at Hanshin Department 9F Art Gallery
  Aug   Year of Exchange between Japan and Brazil , The Exhibition of Japanese Culture “Kazuyo Yasoyama Exhibition ” at Sede da Caixa Economica Federal,Museu
(National recognizing officially official business)

Support Works:
    Kihachi Tabata / Shogen Kuroda / Masako Yasoyama
Sponsoring Organizers:
    Executive Committe of Year of Exchange between Japan and Brazil,
    the Exhibition of Japanese Culture /
    Brasilia Federal District Government /
    Federation of Japan-Brazil Associations of the Central-West Region /
    Kyoto Club in Brazil /
    The Association of Ishikawa Prefectural People in Brazil /
    The Bastos Society of Japanese Culture
Support:
    Sede da Caixa Economica Federal ,Museu /
    Taisei Lamick Co.,Ltd / Telecomstaff Co.,Ltd /
    Beijing Chuanren Culuural Information Center
Backup:
    Japanese Embassy in Brazil / Kyoto Prefectural Government /
    Ishikawa Prefectural Government / Kyoto City Government /
    Komatsu City Government / Educational Board of Kyoto /
    Educationnal Board of Komatsu /
    Kyoto Chamber of Commerce and Industry /
    The Promotion of Traditional Craft Industries /
    Japan Bamboo Society / Fuji Bamboo Garden / NHK, Kyoto Station /
    Rakusei CableVision Co.,Ltd / The Nikkei Shinbun /
    The Kyoto Shinbun / The Hokuriku Chunichi Shinbun / KBS KYOTO
  Apr   “Kazuyo Yasoyama Exhibition ” at Futako Tamagawa Takashimaya 5F Art gallery
  Feb   “Kazuyo Yasoyama Exhibition ” at Hankyu Department Umeda 9F Art Gallery.
  Feb   “Kazuyo Yasoyama Exhibition ” at Rakuseine Center Coat.
2007 Nov   The light up of Autumn tint in Izumo-Daijingu & Evening when is looked at "Kazuyo Yasoyama Exhibition".
Support:
    Kameoka City Tourist Association, Izumo-Daijingu,
    Commemoration business association of shrine foundation
    1300 year festival.
Backup:
   Kameoka City, Kameoka Chamber of Commerce and Industry,
   Kameoka Association of Corporate Executives,
   Kyoto Shinbun, Keihan Kyoto Kotsu, Sagano Scenic Railway,
   Hozugawa Yusen Kigo Association, Yunohana Kanko Ryokan Association.
  Oct   “The 100th Aniversary of Japan-Brasil Japanese Culture Exhibition ” at Kyoto Culture Museum.
Artist:
    Kazuyo Yasoyama.
Support exhibition:
    Kihachi Tabata, Masako Yasoyama.
Sponsoring:
    The 100th Aniversary of Japan-Brasil Japanese Culture Exhibition
    Planning committee
Support:
    Telecom staff, Beijing Chuanren Cultural Inforamation center
Backup:
    Kyoto City, Kyoto City the board of education,
    Kyoto Chamber of Commerce and Industry,
    Bamboo culture promotion society, Kyoto Shinbun,
    Chunichi Shinbun Hokuriku headquarters, KBS Kyoto,
    RCV Kyoto, FM Kyoto, FM Sanjo Radio cafe
  Oct   “Gerat treasure & Great goods exhibition of Kyoto , Kazuyo Yasoyama Exhibition” at JR Nagoya Takashimaya 10F event hall.
2007 Jul   “Kazuyo Yasoyama Exhibition” at Gallery Chikaoka.
  Mar
~Oct
  “Kazuyo Yasoyama Exhibition” at Bunkamura, Ningenkokuhokan.
2006 Nov   “Kazuyo Yasoyama Art Exhibition” at Futako Tamagawa Takashimaya
6F Exhibition space
  Oct   “Kazuyo Yasoyama Exhibition” at Rakuseine specialty store
  Oct * “2006 A.Y.A Awards” at Kawaguchi City Child Museum
Japan & China child touch art business.
  Sep * “~Masako Yasoyama 10th death anniversary~ Masako & Kazuyo Yasoyama Exhibition” at Kurashiki City Art Museum 1F, Okayama
2005 Nov * Tokyo National Museum "International student's day"
Work exhibition: "Bamboo Grove (Sliding door picture)"
                              (Entrance hall, Main pavilion 1F)
Organizer: Tokyo National Museum
  Oct * “Bamboo Cultures art of China & Japan, Kazuyo Yasoyama Exhibition” at Kyoto Culture Museum
* Aug * “Kazuyo Yasoyama Exhibition” at Gallery Chikaoka
* May * Appointed to the judge of Asian Youth Art Awards.
  Apr   Assumes the position of the secretary-general of Nobunaga Festival in the training association of Nobunaga.
* Jan * “Kazuyo Yasoyama Exhibition” at Shika Town Culture Hall, Ishikawa
2004 Sep   “Kazuyo Yasoyama Exhibition Part II” at Kurashiki City Art Museum, Okayama
  Apr   “Kazuyo Yasoyama Exhibition” at Miyama Kayabuki Museum, Kyoto
Organizer: Miyama Town Miyajima Promotion Meeting
  Feb
~Mar
  “Kazuyo Yasoyama Exhibition” at The 7th World Bamboo Congress, New Delhi,India
Organizer: Organization of World Bamboo, Government of India
2003 Dec. * Open the Beijing Chuanren Cultural Interaction Center.
* Oct. * “Kazuyo Yasoyama Exhibition” at Futagotamagawa Takashimaya 5 Fl. Art Gallery, Tokyo
* Jul. * “Masako & Kazuyo Yasoyama Exhibition” at Tsukuba Museum, Ibaraki Prefecture
* Apr. * “Bamboo Culture, Kazuyo Yasoyama Exhibition” at Zeniya Gohei Memorial Museum, Ishikawa Pref.
* Mar. * “Kazuyo Yasoyama Exhibition” at Café Gallery Studio-IN and Culture Salon Ishigura, Komatsu
* Jan. * “Bamboo Culture, Kazuyo Yasoyama Exhibition” at Kyoto Culture Museum
2002 Oct. * “Bamboo Culture, Kazuyo Yasoyama Exhibition” at Saigawa Gallery, Kanazawa
* Sep. * 笛apan Year・& 鼎hina Year・in 2002, commemorating the 30th anniversary of diplomatic relations between China and Japan
釘amboo Cultures in China & Japan, Kazuyo Yasoyama Exhibition・at the National Museum of the Chinese Revolution and Nanjing Museum in China
2001 Dec. * 適azuyo Yasoyama Welcome Back From China Exhibition・at Komatsu City Museum
* Oct. * 適azuyo Yasoyama Welcome Back From China Exhibition・at Kurashiki City Art Museum
* Aug. * 鏑andscape, Flowers & Birds, and Portraits・ Kazuyo Yasoyama China-Japan Friendship Exhibition in commemoration of homecoming at Kyoto Culture Museum
* June * “Kazuyo Yasoyama Special Exhibition” at Rihga Royal Hotel, Kyoto in commemoration of the 25th Anniversary of Bamboo Culture Promotion Association
* Apr. * Returned to Japan
* Apr. * 適azuyo Yasoyama Farewell Exhibition・at the Museum of Xian National Art Academy
2000

Apr. * Started learning Chinese painting and teaching Western painting at Xian College of Fine Art in Xian, Shanxi Province, China
Link to the Album of the Days in China
1999 Dec. * “Kazuyo Yasoyama Exhibition – Hymn for Bamboo” at Mitsukoshi Department Store, Kurashiki
* June * “Kazuyo Yasoyama Exhibition” at the Museum Overlooking Mt. Ibuki” sponsored by Santo Town, Shiga
* May * “Kazuyo Yasoyama Painting Exhibition” at Daiwa Department Store, Komatsu
* Jan. * “Kazuyo Yasoyama Painting Exhibition” at Daimaru Department Store, Tokyo
1998 Nov. * 適azuyo Yasoyama Exhibition・at World Bamboo Conference in Costa Rica
* * * “Kazuyo Yasoyama Exhibition” at Miyako Hotel, Kyoto sponsored by Kyoto University of Foreign Studies in light of the success of overseas exhibitions
* Aug.
~Oct.
* “Masako & Kazuyo Yasoyama Exhibition” sponsored by International Exchange
“Event commemorating the 90th anniversary of Japanese immigration to Brazil, sponsored by The Japan Foundation
* * * San Paulo : South America Yasuda Bldg. 16F. Special Hall
* * * Rio de Janeiro: Brazil National History Museum
* * * Brasilia: Federal Savings Bank Head Office Gallery
* Jan. * “Kazuyo Yasoyama, Bamboo Painting Exhibition” at Daimaru Department Store, Kobe
1997 Aug. * “The Tale of Bamboo Cutter at the Start of Autumn, Kazuyo Yasoyama Exhibition” at Daimaru Department Store Shinsaibashi main store, Osaka
* Aug. * Built Hachiku-an studio in Oharano, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto
* May * “The Tale of Bamboo Cutter on the Eighty-eighth Night, Kazuyo Yasoyama Exhibition” at Daimaru Department Store, Tokyo
1996 Jul. * “Kazuyo Yasoyama, Bamboo Painting Special Exhibition” at the 20th Anniversary of Bamboo Culture Promotion Association
* June * “Kazuyo Yasoyama, Bamboo Painting Special Exhibition” at the 15th Anniversary of Rakusei Bamboo Park, Kyoto
1995 Sep. * 鄭 Female Delegate to China in Heisei, Kazuyo Yasoyama, the Exhibition of The Tale of Bamboo Cutter・at Shanghai Art Museum, Sichuan Province Art Museum and Exhibition Hall of Xian National College of Fine Art
* Jul. * Jul. 26 ~ Aug.1 – Exhibition at Daimaru Department Store, Kyoto
1994 June * June 27 ~ Jul. 20 – Trip to China (Shanghai, Hangzhou, Chengdu, Xian, Beijing)
* Apr. * Apr. 27 ~ May 1 – “Expression, Life and Heart of Bamboo”,
* * * Exhibition by Female Painter Kazuyo Yasoyama and Five Scholars in the 2nd exhibition room, Saitama Hall
* Apr. * Apr. 20 ~ 24 – Kawagoe City Library 3rd Fl.
1993 Aug. *

Exhibition at Tokyo American Club,釘AMBOO THE GIANT GRASS is the most powerful environmental tool created by the earth.・/font>

* Apr. * Exhibit at Bamboo Festival in Maximilion Park, Hamm, Germany
1992 Nov. * “Kazuyo Yasoyama Exhibition of Bamboo Painting” on site in a bamboo forest at ”The 3rd World Bamboo Conference” and “The 33rd National Bamboo Festival”
* Nov. * “Kazuyo Yasoyama Special Exhibition” at Yawata Culture Hall as part of “Bamboo Festival” in commemoration of the 15th anniversary of Yawata City, Kyoto Prefecture
* Aug. * “Kazuyo Yasoyama Exhibition” at the head office of Hase Echo Corporation
* Jul. * 溺asako & Kazuyo Yasoyama Exhibition・at the Art Directors・Club in New York
* June * “Masako & Kazuyo Yasoyama Exhibition” at Kanazawa Meitetsu Marukoshi Department Store, 5th Fl.
* May * “Masako & Kazuyo Yasoyama Exhibition” at Kyoto Kokusai Hotel, 1st Fl.
1991 Jul. * Trip to Greenland to collect material
* Mar. * First solo overseas exhibition in Soho, New York (Mar.5th ~ Mar. 31st),
* * * “Kazuyo Yasoyama: the world of bamboo”
1990 Sep. * Yasoyama Joint Exhibition (Masako & Kazuyo) at Saigawa Art Gallery, Kanazawa
* June * Awarded Honorable Mention at Hokuriku Women’s Art Exhibition ’90
* May * The Japanese Art & Culture Exhibition at T & N Gallery in New York
* Apr. * Awarded a prize at The 46th Contemporary Art Exhibition
* Mar. * Tokyo Art Exposition
1989 Dec. * Awarded a prize at Hokuriku Chunichi Exhibition
* Oct. * Awarded Citizen’s Honorable Mention at Salon de Paris Exhibition, Paris
* Aug. * Awarded a prize at the Exhibition of Japanese Nature (Ueno Royal Museum)
* June * Award of Excellence at Hokuriku Women’s Art Exhibition ’89
* * * Awarded a prize at Kaga Art Association Exhibition
* * * Awarded Honorable Mention at Fukui Thumbhole Art Exhibition
* * * Yasoyama Joint Exhibition (Masako & Kazuyo) at Plaza Miki Gallery, Kanazawa
* May * Ichiryusei International Art Association Special Exhibition
1988 Aug. * Awarded a prize at Exhibition of Japanese Nature (Ueno Royal Museum)
* * * Salon de Paris Exhibition, Paris
* * * Recommended for regular membership in Salon de Paris
* June * Awarded Honorable Mention at Hokuriku Women’s Art Exhibition ’88
* * * Awarded Chairman’s Honorable Mention at Ichiryusei International Art Association Exhibition
1987 Sep. * Awarded a prize at an exhibition in Mexico
* June * Awarded Prize of Excellence at Hokuriku Women’s Art Exhibition ’87
* May * Recommended for membership in Kaga Art Association
* * * Awarded a prize at Kaga Art Association Exhibition
* Apr. * Awarded Prize for Effort at Ichiryusei International Art Association Exhibition
* Mar. * Saigawa Art Gallery Group Exhibition (with Aomi Teramae, Masako & Kazuyo Yasoyama) in Kanazawa
1986 Nov. * Invitational exhibits at Hokuriku Women’s Art Exhibition ‘86
* Mar. * Recommended for membership in Ichiryusei International Art Association
* * * Award of Excellence at Ichiryusei International Art Association Exhibition
 
 
Brazilian National Gallery(Brazilia City), Sede da Caixa Economica Federal(Brazil), Ishikawa Prefecture person hall(Brazil), Yawata City (Kyoto Pref.), Minamata City (Kumamoto Pref.), Kyoto International Conference Hall (Kyoto City), Xian City (China), Bastos City (Brazil), National History Museum (Brazil), Kyoto Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kyoto City), Oharano Junior High School (Kyoto City), Kurashiki City (Okayama Pref.), Nawashiro Elementary School (Komatsu City), Beijing Art Museum (China), Nanjing Museum (China), Muko City (Kyoto Pref.), Komatsu City Office (Ishikawa Pref.), Nagaokakyo City Office (Kyoto Pref.)