(Portrayals in Timer / Mixed Media)
Longford TAS 7301
 
2001 - Studying Contemporary Art at University of Tasmania
2000 - L.O.T.E. Japanese Teacher at Launceston Church Grammar School
Diploma of Art/Craft/Design, TAFE, Launceston, Tasmania
1996 - Exclusive Interpreter at Australia Japan Public Relations Pty Ltd, Tasmania
1992 Migrated to Australia
1988 Worked at Kyoto Craft Co. as Design Adviser
1987 Established own studio (Chin Chiro Studio)
1984 - 1986 Studied at Duchess Community College, NY (USA)
1977 - 1984 Worked at IBM, Japan
1977 Graduated at Doshisha Women's College, English literature
1955 Born in Shiga, Japan
     
2001 Group Exhibition for the Exhibition to celebrate 21st years of Handmark Gallery, Hobart, TAS
1999 Solo Exhibition "All About BIRDS", Handmark Gallery, Hobart, TAS
1998 Solo Exhibition "Bow Wow", Gallery Two, Launceston, TAS
Group Exhibition "HASH", an exhibition of art with a re-cycled element, Artisan Gallery, Launceston, TAS
1997 Solo Exhibition "All About FISH", Handmark Gallery, Hobart, TAS
Solo Exhibition "Bold and Hungry", Design Centre of Tasmania, Launceston, TAS
1996 Solo Exhibition "Whimsical Portraits of the Animal Kingdom", Handmark Gallery, Hobart, TAS
     
2000 Awarded "Judges' Commendation" at ESKLEIGH Art Award Competition
 

My work is my response to living in Tasmania, a place where contact with wildlife and farm animals is much more likely than contact with people. My images are both metaphors for my physical and emotional experiences as well as representations of landscapes and scenes in Tasmania which drew my attention.
 
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"Backyard Friends" "Friend on Enemy" "Billy Goat", Metal Sculpture(Front),Mixed Media Painting(Back)