TSUNEKO KOKUBO
ph: 250-358-2332
email: hoy@netidea.com
CHILDHOOD
1937 born in Steveston BC, then raised in Japan 1941-1953
TRAINING
1957-61 studied painting with Peter Aspel and Jack Shadbolt at Vancouver School of Art (now Emily Carr College) – graduated in 1961
EXHIBITIONS (painting)
1963-1975 various exhibitions in Vancouver BC and Richmond BC
1979 Richmond Arts Centre (Richmond BC)
1996-1999 Silverton Gallery (Silverton BC)
1998 ARTworks (Vancouver BC)
1998 VanDeusen Gardens (Vancouver BC)
2000 Richmond Art Gallery (Richmond BC)
2001 Kaslo Art Walk (Kaslo BC)
2002 Mildred Erb Gallery (Nelson BC)
2001-2004 Upper Valley Art Tour (New Denver BC)
2004 Langham Cultural Centre Gallery (Kaslo BC)
2000-2007 Alfa Gallery (Nakusp BC)
2001-2007 Hidden Garden Gallery (New Denver BC)
2009 Sunshine Coast Botanical Garden Society
COLLECTIONS
paintings in private collections in Japan, Europe, USA, Mexico, and Canada
INSTALLATIONS
1991 Ghosts in the Machine – at the UBC Museum of Anthropology
1995 Heiwa (Peace) – at Powell Street Festival for 50th Anniversary of Hiroshima/Nagasaki bombing
COMMISSIONS (costumes)
1978-1994 Snake in the Grass Moving Theatre
1983-1993 Katari Taiko drummers
1985-1994 Vancouver Moving Theatre
1986 Welfare State International
1987 Cirque du Soleil
1989 Grand Opening of Canadian Museum of Civilization
1997-1998 Ailanthus youth theatre
1987-1999 Kokoro Dance
1999 Grand Finale of Vancouver Folk Music Festival
1987-2000 Uzume Taiko drummers
AWARDS
1990 United Nations Global 500 award (with Paul Gibbons and Gerardo Avila)
1994 Canada Council for the Arts grant for painting
RESIDENCIES
1978-1993 resident artist/performer at UBC Museum of Anthropology (several months each year)
1988 resident artist at Na Bolom (House of the Jaguar), Chiapas, Mexico (three months)
1992 resident artist/performer at the Canadian Museum of Civilization (three weeks)
OTHER
2009 feature interview on CBC Radio “North by North-West” with Sheryl MacKay
1993 subject of half-hour feature documentary on CBC television (one of series by Jane Glassco: Canada – Many Voices, One Future)
1994 cultural consultant for The War Between Us (feature film directed by Anne Wheeler)
2007 cover art for “Race, Racialization and Racism in Canada and Beyond” (University of Toronto Press)