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News!
I was appointed as a member of Goodyear Arts & Culture Commission and started serving the city of Goodyear in November 2023!
My napkin sketch won the Napkin Sketch Contest 2023 by Architectural Record!
It was announced and featured at the Innovation Conference in New York.
My solo Napkin Sketch Exhibit
*at the Burton Barr Central Gallery in Phoenix, Arizona
*at the ASU (Arizona State University) Gammage Performing Art Center in Tempe, Arizona
*at the Goodyear Civic Square, Goodyear, Arizona
were very successful!
I received many compliments from from broadly diversified people.
I'm grateful for all these opportunities I was given and the support I received.
The city of Goodyear filmed the exhibition and posted the video to social network:
https://lnkd.in/g4nFUBGC
https://www.facebook.com/cityofgoodyear/videos/999301187736953/
KJZZ 91.5 FM also broadcasted the story about the Napkin Sketch Exhibition. Here is the link:
In addition, the local newspaper "West Valley View" featured the story of my Napkin Sketch Exhibition in April 27 issue.
Kyoko is an artist as well as a licensed architect in the U.S. and Japan. She has participated in a number of juried exhibitions and received multiple commissions from public and private clients.
Kyoko has strong curiosity to something new and innovative. She constantly experiments wide range of forms, medium, and techniques; and follows her passion and intuition not a trend.
Kyoko’s artwork is widely diversified from realism to abstract, from watercolor to mixed media, from realism to abstract, depending on the aspirations and goals of each project; and she constantly experiments wide range of art forms and medium.
Kyoko serves as a Arts & Culture Commission member for the city of Goodyear.
Selected Art Exhibitions in resent years
2023
Winner of the Napkin Sketch Contest 2023 by Architectural Record; The sketch was featured during the Innovation Conference in NY
Solo Exhibition “Napkin Sketches” at the Goodyear City Hall as City's Featured Artist for several months
Participated in multiple Juried Exhibitions at Georgia T. Lord Library
2022
Juried Exhibition by Goodyear Arts & Commission at Georgia T. Lord Library to celebrate its opening
Solo Exhibition “Napkin Sketches” at the ASU (Arizona State University) Gammage, Tempe, AZ
Solo Exhibition “Napkin Sketches” at the Burton Barr Central Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
2021
The city of Goodyear purchased her watercolor paint for its 75th Anniversary Cerebration Project
Commission from the city of Goodyear to design for the Traffic Signal Cabinet Art Project
Juried Exhibitions and Group Exhibition (invited artists only) by Goodyear Arts & Commission, Goodyear, AZ
2020
Selected as an Artist-in-Residence at Montezuma Castle and Tuzigoot National Monuments, AZ
Up-runner of the Napkin Sketch Contest 2020 by Architectural Record (BNP Media, New York, NY)
Commission from Fountain Hills Community Foundation to create fundraising auction items
Juried Exhibition by American Institute of Architects at Arizona Biltmore Hotel, Phoenix, AZ
Juried Exhibition by West Valley Art Museum at Peoria City Hall Art Gallery, Peoria, AZ
2019
Commission from the city of Goodyear to design for the Light Pole Banner Project
Juried Exhibition by Shemer Art Center at Shemert Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ
Juried Exhibition by West Valley Arts Council at WVAC Headquarter Gallery, Surprise, AZ
Juried Exhibition by Goodyear Arts & Commission, Goodyear, AZ
2017
Group Exhibition at Integrus Gallery, Seattle, WA
Group Exhibition at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA
Napkin Sketches
Solo Exhibition at Burton Barr Central Gallery in Phoenix, ASU Gammage in Tempe, Arizona; and Goodyear Civic Square, Goodyear, Arizona.
Traffic Signal Cabinet Art
Installed at the SW corner of
N Pebble Creek Pkwy & W Virginia Ave
Goodyear, Arizona
Light Pole Banner Design
Installed above the major roadways
throughout the city of Goodyear
“Cotton Snowfield” (watercolor)
Purchased by the city of Goodyear
for its 75th Anniversary Celebration projects
Please send inquiries to contact@kiartarchitecture.com.
Chalk Art Performance
Mural for the national event in Japan
Exhibition at Benaroya Hall in Seattle