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Born June 18th 1956, Tokyo, Japan

Arrived in Australia 1984, permanent resident since 1987

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Yuri Kawanabe was born in Japan and has held Australian residency since 1987. She first came to Australia in 1984 soon after completing her master's degree in metal work from the National University of Fine Arts, Tokyo. She has received a number of awards including the Award of Excellence, Jewellery Art Competition, Tokyo, 1996 and the Japan Jewellery Prize, Japan Jewellery Exhibition, Tokyo, 1984. Her work is in numerous public collections including the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney; the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston and the Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane. She has held individual exhibitions worldwide including Brisbane City Gallery, 1999; Galerie Ra, Amsterdam, 1997; Trimetall, Cologne, 1996; and Gallery IF, Tokyo, 1993. Her work has been represented in a number of important Australian exhibitions which have travelled to Asia including Art of Adornment, 1993 and Contemporary Australian Craft, 1999. She has represented Australia on a number of occasions overseas, giving talks about her work and about Australian jewellery art in Japan several times. A trip to Bali in 1997 rekindled childhood memories of helping her father make ephemeral offerings for local religious celebrations in Tokyo and she has pursued this theme in her recent series of works.

Q u a l i f i c a t i o n s&E x p e r i e n c e

	1976-80		Bachelor of Arts Degree Chôkin (metal work), Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music (Tokyo Geijutsu Daigaku)
	1980-82		Master of Arts Degree Chôkin (metal work), Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music (Tokyo Geijutsu Daigaku)
	1982-83		Jewellery apprenticeship, Noguchi Jewellery Company, Tokyo
	1984		Visiting Fellow, Jewellery and Object Design Department, Sydney College of the Arts
	1985		Member, Japan Jewellery Designers Association, Tokyo
	1987-94		Member, lpso Facto Jewellers Studio, Sydney
	1988-89		Independent studio residency in New York City
	1991		Coordinator, Contemporary Jewellery in Australia and Japan, Studio Com, Kyoto
	1992-93		Australian Correspondent, Four Seasons of Jewellery Magazine, Tokyo
	1994-95		Jeweller-in-Residence, Cardillac Schmuckgalerie, Karlsruhe
	1996-98		Lecturer (part time), Jewellery & Object Design, Sydney College of the Arts, The University of Sydney
	1998		Speaker, Peripheral Vision, Conference of Jewellers and Metalsmiths Group of Australia
			Curator and Co-ordinator, Undercurrents - Contemporary Jewellery from Australia, Itami City Craft Centre, Itami and Ueno no Mori Museum, Tokyo
			Guest Lecturer, School of Design Studies, College of Fine Arts, The University of New South Wales, SydneyLecturer, Jewellery & Object Design Department, Sydney College of the Arts
	1999		Artist in residence, Gold and Silversmithing,Canberra School of Art, The Australian National University, Institute of the Arts
			Lecture tour in Japan in conjunction with the exhibition, Contemporary Australian Craft Nagaoka Institute of Design; Museum of Modern Art, Shiga; Gallery Maronie, Kyoto
	2000-01		Independent studio residency in Raum für Schmuck, Köln

A w a r d s

	1984		Japan Jewellery Prize, 84 Japan Jewellery Exhibition, Tokyo
			Australia-Japan Foundation Travel Grant
	1993		Creative Development Grant, Australia Council
	1996		Award of Excellence, 96 Japan Jewellery Art Competition, Itami and Tokyo

P u b l i cC o l l e c t i o n s

	1994		Powerhouse Museum, Sydney
	1995		The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
	1996		Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, Tasmania
	1998		Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, Toowoomba, Queensland
	2000		Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane

I n d i v i d u a lE x h i b i t i o n s

	1985			Yo Gallery, Aoyama, Tokyo
	1993			Ceremonial Transition - Part I, Gallery IF, Tokyo
	1994			Ceremonial Transition - Part II, Craft Space, Sydney
	1996			Trimetall, Köln
	1997			Oru, Galerie Ra, Amsterdam
	1999			Soshingu/ body adornment, visualising the ethereal surface, Brisbane City Gallery, Brisbane

G r o u pE x h i b i t i o n s

	1981		Craft Gallery, Matsuya Ginza, Tokyo
	1982		Craft Gallery, Matsuya Ginza, Tokyo
	1983		5th Tokyo Triennial, International Jewellery Art Exhibition, Japan Jewellery Designers Association, Isetan Shinjuku, Tokyo
			Craft Design in Japan 83, Japan Craft Designers Association, Matsuya Ginza, Tokyo
			Jewellery New, Aoyama Gem Art Gallery, Tokyo
	1984		Japan Jewellery Exhibition, Japan Jewellery Designers Association, Tokyo
			Design & Tradition, Crafts Council Gallery, Sydney
			Contemporary Jewellery: World Tendencies, National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto and Tokyo
	1985		1st Contemporary Female Jewellery Exhibition, Parco Shibuya, Tokyo
	1986		6th Tokyo Triennial, International Jewellery Art Exhibition, Japan
			Jewellery Designers Association, Seibu Yurakucho, Tokyo
			2nd Contemporary Female Jewellery Exhibition, Parco Shibuya, Tokyo
			Studio M2, Motomachi, Yokohama
	1987		Schmuckszene 87, Munich
	1988		Japan Jewellery Exhibition, Japan Jewellery Designers Association, Tokyo & Osaka
	1988-89		Neil Isman Gallery, New York City
	1990		Ipso Facto Works, Wycombe Galleries, Sydney
			Craft Event, Mornington Peninsula Art Centre, Mornington, Victoria
	1991		Craft Expo 91, Darling Harbour Exhibition Centre, Sydney
			Contemporary Jewellery in Australia and Japan, Studio Com, Kyoto
	1991-92		First Australian Contemporary Jewellery Biennial, Jam Factory, Adelaide; Queen Victoria Museum, Launceston; Meat Market Craft Centre, Melbourne; Canberra School of Art Gallery, Canberra; Powerhouse Museum, Sydney
	1992		Jewellery Art 92, Japan Jewellery Designers Association, Tokyo
			Neckworks, Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle
			Four Steps, Gallery Fudoki, Tokyo
	1993		93 The Art of Jewellery, Japan Jewellery Designers Association, Setagaya Museum, Tokyo, Itami City Craft Centre
			4 Elements, Jewellers and Metalsmiths Group of Australia - NSW, The Blaxland Gallery, Sydney
			Contemporary Wearables, Toowoomba Art Gallery, Toowoomba, Queensland; thereafter tours in regional galleries in Queensland and NSW
	1993		Art of Adornment: Contemporary Australian Jewellery, The National Museum of Modern Art in Kyoto; Artium, Fukuoka; Laforet Museum Espace, Tokyo; thereafter toured in Seoul and Jakarta
	1994		Schmuckszene 94, Munich
			Jewellery Art 20, Jotsu Gallery, Kumamoto
	1995		Japanese Contemporary Jewellery, Museum of Decorative Arts, Ghent and The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
			Japanese Sieraden Exposite, Studio Tom Berends, Den Haag
	1996		96 Jewellery Art Competition, Japan Jewellery Designers Association, Itami City Craft Centre, Azabu Museum, Tokyo
			Tags, Craft ACT Gallery, Canberra
	1997		Barry Stern Gallery, Sydney
			The Metal Element, Quadrivium Gallery, Sydney
	1998		Schmuck 98, Munich
			Overseas: New Jewellery from Australia, Galerie Ra, Amsterdam; Galerie Beeld en Aambeeld, Enschede, Netherland
			Australian Jewellery Today, Galerie Tiller, Vienna; thereafter tours private galleries in Europe
			Chicago Art Fair SOFA, presented by Charon Kransen
	1999		Contemporary Australian Craft, organised by Powerhouse Museum, Sydney Touring exhibition in Japan and Australia, Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art; Takaoka Art Museum; Museum of Modern Art, Shiga; Object Galleries, Customs House, Sydney
			The Metal Element II, Quadrivium Gallery, Sydney
			SOFA New York, SOFA Chicago 1999, Anticipating the Millenium, Objects of Desire Gallery, Louisville, presented by Charon Kransen
			Contemporary Wearables 99, Toowoomba Art Gallery, Toowoomba; thereafter tours in regional galleries in Australia
	2000		Beyond Borders, OXOXO Gallery, Baltimore MD, USA
			The Metal Element III, Quadrivium Gallery, Sydney
			2000 Japan Jewellery Art Competition, Japan Jewellery Designers Association, Itami City Craft Centre; Uenonomori Museum, Tokyo
			Australia 2000, Lesley Craze Gallery, London
			Australian Jewellery Collection 2000, The Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane

S e l e c t e dP u b l i c a t i o n s( b yY u r iK a w a n a b e )

	1984			Contemporary Japanese Jewellery, Craft Arts, Charter Issue, September/October, Sydney, pp 36-40
				Australia-Japan: Art vs Industry, Craft NSW, Crafts Council of NSW, No 158, September, Sydney, p 6
				World Art Watching: Australia, a Breath of Fresh Air for Modern Craft, Viarts, No 4, Tokyo, p 38
	1992			From Australia: Overseas Report, JJDA News, No 23, Tokyo, p 8
				Cosmopolitan Jeweller: Correspondence from Sydney, No 1, Four Seasons of Jewellery, No 104, Tokyo, pp 72-73
				The Insularity of Contemporary Jewellery: Correspondence from Sydney No 2, Four Seasons of Jewellery, No 105, Tokyo, pp 64- 65
				Tribute to Peter Tully: Correspondence from Sydney No 3, Four Seasons of Jewellery, No 106, Tokyo, pp 62-63
	1993			Jewellery in the High-Tech Age: Correspondence from Sydney No 4, Four Seasons of Jewellery, No 108, Tokyo
				A City in Transition - Weekend markets prosper: Correspondence from Sydney No 5, Four Seasons of Jewellery, No 109, Tokyo
	1998			Passion and Profession - 20 years of galerie ra and Paul Derrez, Four Seasons of Jewellery, No 137, Tokyo, pp 48-51
				Undercurrents - The New Generation of Australian Jewellery, catalogue essay, 1998 Japan Jewellery Art Competition, Tokyo, p 50

S e l e c t e dP u b l i c a t i o n s( a b o u tY u r iK a w a n a b e )

	1982				Space Space, Jewel, No 87, May, Tokyo, p 39
	1984				Noriko Takagi, 84 Jewellery New, Four Seasons of Jewellery, No 53, Tokyo, pp 42-52
	1985				Noriko Takagi, Thoughts and Impressions of Australia, Four Seasons of Jewellery, No 59, Tokyo, pp 100-101
					Women in the Art World, (interview), Dear W, December, Tokyo, p 70
					Mieko Matsunaga and Koichi Kurita, Form of Body, Form of Jewellery: Yuri Kawanabe, Four Seasons of Jewellery, No 64, Tokyo, pp 44-45
					Sakae Hasegawa, The World of Yuri Kawanabe, Dialogue of Metal and Space, Jiho Kogaku Shinbun, No 575, Tokyo, p 3
	1986				Akiyoshi Shimazoe, Exhibition Spotlight, Decorative Design, No 16, January, Tokyo, p 125
					Shopping, (interview), September, Tokyo
	1987				Pollyanna Sutton, A New Interest in Jewellery, The Good Times, Canberra Times, March, Canberra, p 3
	1991				Janice P Kramer, 331-SDS Jewellery Gallery, Craft Arts, July/September, Sydney, pp 93-94
					Helen Barlow, Jewellery Duty, Studio Collection, October, Sydney
					Helen Barlow, Metal Origami, Wingspan, December, p 53
	1994				Bronwyn Watson, Heavy metal body hugger, The Sydney Morning Herald, May, Sydney
					Margaret West, Voices and the movement of hands, Object, Sydney, No 3, pp 24-27
	1995				Robyn Tudor, Ceremonial Transitions, Craft Arts, Sydney, No 33, pp 29-34
	1997				John McPhee, Ancient arts new Broome, The Sydney Morning Herald, Dec 16, Sydney
	1998				Kevin Murray, BYO Pillow Case, Zen and Craft in Australia, Object, Sydney, No 2, pp 28, 30
					Patricia Anderson, Contemporary Jewellery in Australia and New Zealand, Craftsman House, Sydney, cover and pp 104-105
	1999				Yuri Kawanabe, GZ, Goldschmiede Zeitung, Stuttgart, No 1, pp 86-87
					Pierre Cavalan, Kawanabe (Yuri), Dictionaire International du Bijou, Paris, p 314
					Naoko Tomana, Yuri Kawanabe, catalogue, Contemporary Australian Craft, pp 88-89
					Jeff Shaw, Bold fusion, The Courier-Mail Nov 6 Weekend 12