Siapa Itu Kumi Yamashita ?

Kumi Yamashita, seorang seniman yang terkenal dengan seni-seni beliau yang diluar kotak fikiran manusia.

Lahir di Jepun dan sekarang sedang bekerja dan menetap di New York.

Antara seni beliau yang terkenal ialah seni cahaya dan bayang, gesekan, buruj (sambungan tali pada paku-paku), carek kain dan juga beberapa jenis yang lain.

Sedikit Biografi Kumi Yamashita

Education

1999 MFA Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, UK
1994 BFA Cornish College of the Arts, Washington, USA

Lectures / Visiting Artist

2003 Artist talk at Mimar Sinan Universitasi, Istanbul, Turkey
2003 Artist talk at Institut architectura, Juarez, Mexico
2002 Visiting artist at University of Minnesota, Minnesota, USA
2002 Lecturer at University of Texas at El Paso, Texas, USA
2001 Volunteer art instructor at Chaves County Juvenile Detention Center, New Mexico, USA

Awards / Grants

2009 Year in Review 2009, Public Art Network (PAN), Americans for the Arts, USA
2003 The Pollock and Krasner Foundation, New York, USA
2000 Kirin Art Award Special Recognition Second Prize, Japan
1997 King County Art Commission Special Project Grant, Washington, USA
Artist Trust GAP Award, Washington, USA
1995 Betty Bowen Art Award Special Recognition, Washington, USA
1993 Merit Scholarship, Cornish College of the Arts, Washington, USA

Biografi penuh di Biography of Kumi Yamashita

Antara Seni Beliau

teknik wrap and weft

teknik gesek

teknik cahaya dan bayang

Ada banyak lagi hasil seni beliau yang sangat ohsem. 

Agak-agak, ada tak Kumi Yawashita version Malaysia ?