(Ikebana & Installation)
Shoso Shimbo, PhD
PO Box 5027 HUGHESDALE VIC 3166
Phone & Fax: (03) 9029 6702
Email: info@shoso.com.au
Website: http://www.shoso.com.au/
 
Shoso Shimbo is a certified teacher of Ikebana who is qualified to run certificate and teaching diploma courses in Sogetsu style Ikebana. He has 20 years experience in Ikebana.

Shoso was selected by belle magazine as one of Australia's top floral designers and won the Gold Award at the 2006 Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show.

He has BA and MA in Eastern Philosophy, and has completed his PhD in Education. Shoso has also lectured in Japanese culture and business communication at RMIT University and runs intercultural training sessions for corporations. He is a director of JAPEP and an honorary fellow at Japanese Studies Centre, Monash University.
 
2007
5-7 October ABC Gardening Australia Expo @ Caulfield Racecourse
25 July-11 August Sogetsu Ikebana Exhibition @ Manningham Gallery (Doncaster)
28 March-1 April Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show. Shoso won the Silver Award for the floral display.
2006
20 November Ikebana display for Dr Hinohara lecture @ BMW Edge, Federation Square, Melbourne
6 October Ikebana display for Hope Connection @ Ross House, 247 Flinders Lane, Melbourne
6-8 Oct ABC Gardening Australia Expo, Commemorating Australia-Japan Year of Exchange.
5-9 April Shoso won the Gold Award at the Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show.
2005
15-20 November Ellerslie Flower Show (New Zealand's premier flower and garden show).
18-25 September Ikebana Exhibition @ Qdos Gallery, Lorne
8-17 September Window display for Myer as a major display for Melbourne Fashion Week 2005
8-9 September Stage installation for Australian & International Designers Parades at Mural Hall, Myer.
7 August Hiroshima & Nagasaki 60th Anniversary Commemorative Concert @ Federation Square, Melbourne
June Fund Raising Event for Odyssey House @ Kimchi Grandma Korean Restaurant, 145 Bourke St, City
6-10 April The Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show.
     
September to
December 2007
Living Now. "Ikebana and Zen"
August 2007 Living Now. "Ikebana and Haiku"
January 2006 Dumbo Feather,Issue 7, pp.50-67.
January 2006 belle magazine, p.188.
September 2004 belle magazine, P.106.
 

   My service includes displays, demonstration and tuition.
 
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