Kay Watanabe –Artist and Printmaker  CV

Born in Tokyo, Japan

Lives in Brisbane, Australia

instagram@kayw_artist

http://printmaking8.wix.com/kaywatanabe

www.facebook.com/KayWatanabePrintmaker 

Education

2008-2010 | Northern Sydney Institute of TAFE (Hornsby), Selective study in

Printmaking

2005-07| Ku-ring-gai Art Centre, Sydney
1998-99| Central St Martins (Evening printmaking courses), London
1997-98| Ega Dohanga Kobo (Ega Etching Studio), Tokyo

1983| International Christian University, Tokyo, BA in Liberal Arts


Awards
2018 |Winner (Printmaking award) Annual COSSAG (Cathedral of St Stephen Artist Group) Show
         2nd Place, Abstract Exhibition, Royal Queensland Art Society, Brisbane
2017 |3 rd Place, New York International Miniature Print Award 2017 , Manhattan Graphics Center, New York
2017 |Winner (Printmaking award) , Annual COSSAG (Cathedral of St Stephen Artist Group) Show
2017 |Highly commended,  Lion's Club Art Extravaganza (Mixed media section)
2016 |Winner (Other techniques division), Diversity in Print 2016, Royal Queensland Art Society
          Highly Commended (Etching), Diversity in Print 2016, Royal Queensland Art Society
2011 |Winner, Mini Print International, Asia Pacific
2009 |Highly Commended, Hornsby Art Award, Hornsby Art Society, Sydney



Grant
2018 | Queensland Government’s Individual Funds through Arts Queensland

Selected Exhibitions

Solo shows:
2021  |"In the woods, thinking, " Gallery Nayuta, Ginza, Tokyo 
2019  | "Fiori e stelle ci connettono,” Side Gallery, Brisbane
2018 | “Pressed Trees, Inked Stars,” Glass Box, Queensland College of Art, Griffith University, Brisbane
           “Echo”, The Wag Bar, Woolloongabba Art Gallery, Brisbane
           “Whispers of the Universe II”, Art for Thought, Ginza, Tokyo
2016 | “Winter Greetings”, Narushima Coffee and Cozy Café and Bar, Tokyo
            “Under the Moonlight”, BEMAC, Queensland Multicultural Centre, Brisbane
            “Whispers of the Universe,” Art for Thought, Ginza, Tokyo
2014 | Kay Watanabe Solo Show, Gallery G2, Ginza, Tokyo

2013 | Now & Then – Smalls, Carindale Library, Brisbane

           Now & Then, Hanasho, West End, Brisbane

 

Selected Group and Award shows and art fairs: 
2022|
Re: Fine - Recent works by Kay Watanabe, Pamela See and Elysha Rei, The Wag Bar, Woolloongabba Art Gallery, Brisbane 
Culural Fusion (Online group show by Blok Design Associates, Brisbane)
The BGS Art Show 2022, Brisbane Grammar School 
2021|
Inkmasters Inkfest 2021, Cairns, Australia (finalist)
The Natural World, Printmakers Council (UK), (online exhibition)
UnEditioned, Manhattan Graphics Center, New York (online exhibition, finalist)
Relief Online Exhibition, Megalo Print Studio, Canberra, Australia (selected)
Artist’s Book Award, Sydney, Australia (a collaborative book with Migaloo Press. Selected)
Relief Online Exhibition, Megalo Print Studio, Canberra, Australia (selected)
NAVA Instagram takeover, Australia

2020 |
2nd TKO International Mini Print exhibition, Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka, Japan (selected)
CWAJ Printmaking Show, Tokyo, Japan (selected)
art KARLSRUHE international art fair, Karlsruhe, Germany
Gallery Nenohoshi, Daikanyama, Tokyo

2019 |

The Kyoto Hanga International Print Exhibition: Japan and Australia, Caloundra Regional Gallery, Queensland

Bimblebox 153 Birds, Gladstone Regional Gallery and Webb Gallery, Queensland College of Art, Griffith University, Brisbane

Cossag (Cathedral of St Stephen Art Group) annual art show, Brisbane

2018 |
Australian Monoprint Prize 2018 – Firestation Print Studio, Victoria (finalist)
Paper Contemporary (Sydney Cotemporary) – with Impress Printmakers
Inkmasters Print Exhibition, Cairns, Queensland  (finalist)
Libris Award, Mackay, Queensland (artist book, finalist, later acquired by State Library of Queensland)
Cossag (Cathedral of St Stephen Art Group) annual art show, Brisbane (Awarded Printmaking Award)
Rotary Art Spectacular, Brisbane (selected)
Abstract Exhibition, Royal Queensland Art Society, Brisbane (2nd Prize)
Flying Arts Featured Artists’ Plinth Show by Flying Arts (exhibiting 3D works, selected)
Outside In, Holy Spirit Northside Private Hospital, Brisbane (Selected)
Petite Pieces, Aspire Gallery, Brisbane
New Year Show, Galerie Aoneko, Nishi Ogikubo, Tokyo

2017|
New York International Miniature Print Award 2017 , Manhattan Graphics Center, New York (Awarded 3rd Place)
Cossag (Cathedral of St Stephen Art Group) annual art show, Brisbane (Awarded Printmaking Award)
Two-artist show with Masako Masukata, Art for Thought, Ginza, Tokyo
Manly Artist’s Book Award, Sydney, Australia (finalist)
Brisbane Rotary Art Spectacular (finalist)
RBWH (Royal Brisbane Women’s Hospital) Art Award
Gippsland Print Award, Gippsland Art Gallery, Victoria
IMPRESSIONS 11 (Impress Printmakers’ annual show), Brisbane
6th ab+mf show at QCA (Queensland College of Art) accompanying abbe (artist book bribane event) 2017 (three artist’s books), Brisbane
Lion's Club Art Extravaganza at Westfield Garden City, Brisbane
Four printmakers’ show at Gallery G2, Ginza, Tokyo
Lethbridge 10000, Brisbane (selected)
Breathing Universe – two-artist show with Anna Bonshek, Impress Printmakers Gallery, Brisbane
Affordable Art Fair, Hampstead, UK
Affordable Art Fair, Brussels, Belgium
Affordable Art Fair, Milan, Italy
Group show at Gallery G2, Ginza, Tokyo
Across the Ditch, Taylor Jensen Gallery, Palmerston North, NZ

2016|
It’s All about the Food, Hanasho, Brisbane
Disrupt, Jugglers Artspace, Brisbane
Across the Ditch, Impress Gallery, Brisbane
8 Japan, Hilltop on Tamborine, Queensland
Elements, Impress Gallery, Brisbane
50/50, Impress Gallery, Brisbane
Lethbridge 10000, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane (finalist)
Petite Pieces, Aspire Gallery, Brisbane
Women of Substance, Whitebox Gallery, Queensland College of Art (QCA), Brisbane
Regeneration, Aspire Gallery, Brisbane
Diversity in Print 2016, Royal Queensland Art Society Gallery, Brisbane (finalist and winner)
Brisbane Rotary Art Spectacular, Brisbane (Invited)

2015 |
MGC International Miniature Print Award, Manhattan Graphics Center, New York, USA (Finalist)
Quintessence: Japanese Beauty through Lens and Press, Hanasho, Brisbane, Australia
Impressions 9, Impress gallery, Brisbane, Australia
Gippsland Print Award, Gippsland Art Gallery, Australia

Encounter, Canopy Art Centre, Cairns, Australia (exhibitor/ curator)

Wabi-Sabi: the Beauty of Impermanence, Redland Art Gallery, Australia
Encounter, Impress gallery, Brisbane, Australia (exhibitor/ curator)
Affordable Art Fair, Hampstead, London, UK
International Miniature Print Exhibition 2015, Contemporary Center for Printmaking, Connecticut, USA (Finalist)
Wanderlust +Manhattan, Manhattan Graphics Center, New York, USA
Miniprint International de Cadaques, Spain (also in 2012, 13, 14) (selected)
Flurry of Leaves, Impress gallery, Brisbane – artist book
Brisbane Rotary Art Spectacular, Brisbane (Finalist)
Works on Paper, Ginza Gallery G2, Tokyo
Botanics, Coastal Artisans, Noosa, Queensland
 

2014 |
Wanderlust, a travelling show (organised by PressNorth in Townsville,  Queensland) at Judith Wright Centre, Brisbane -   (selected)
Impressions 8, Impress Printmakers Studio’s annual exhibition, Brisbane
Blueprint, Baber Studio, Brisbane, Australia
Inkmasters 2014, Tanks Arts Centre, Cairns, Australia - selected
Interconnections, Francis Rush Centre, Brisbane, Australia (3D work)
Lethbridge 10 000, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane – selected
Miniprint International de Cadaques, Spain (also in 2012 and 2013) –(selected)
Biennale international d'art miniature, Quebec, Canada – (selected)
Mini Print International, Seacourt Print Workshop, Northern Ireland
Brisbane Rotary Art Spectacular, Brisbane, Australia – (selected)

2013 – 2014 | Vie de Pacifique, Caboolture Regional Art Gallery and other galleries.

2013 | Minitiae, Rosebed St Gallery, Eudlo, Queensland

2011 | Beyond the Surface of the Page... Marianne Newman Gallery, Sydney


Events / Residency
2021 |
NAVA Instagram takeover
2019 |
Panelist at Kyoto Hanga International Print Symposium: Japan and Australia 2019, University of Sunshine Coast
Japanese Cultural Day (woodblock print demonstration) Brisbane City Council
GOMA (Queensland Gallery of Modern Art) Design Markets
BNE Design (Museum of Brisbane, stall holder)
BrisAsia (workshops), Brisbane City Council
2018 |
Australian Print Triennial, Mildura, Victoria  (workshop facilitator)
Japanese Cultural Day (woodblock print demonstration) Brisbane City Council
Lane Way Market (Brisbane City Council)
St Sebasitian’s Art and Design Showcase, Brisbane
Experience Asia Cultural Day (workshops), Boonah and Beaudesert by Scenic Rim Council
GOMA (Queensland Gallery of Modern Art) Design Markets
BNE Design (Museum of Brisbane, stall holder and workshop facilitator)
BrisAsia (Artist in Residence and workshops), Brisbane City Council
Kisasragi-sai Japanese Festival (Brisbane, printmaking demonstration and stall)
2017|
GOMA (Queensland Gallery of Modern Art) Design Markets
Kisaragi-sai Brisbane City Council’s major cultural event (printmaking demonstration and stall)
Open Day, Artisan – Queensland Craft and Design Centre (stamp carving demonstration and stall)
2016|
St Sebasitian’s Art and Design Showcase, Brisbane
Kisaragi-sai Brisbane City Council’s major cultural event (printmaking demoand stall)
2015 |
Song of Japan - Japanese-themed cultural event by Brisbane City Council in Mt Coot-tha (printmaking demonstration and stall)
“Kisaragi-sai” Brisbane City Council’s major cultural event (printmaking demonstration and stall)
2014 |
International Print Exchange (India)
“Kakehashi” charity event ( installation )
2013 | “Kizuna” charity event (workshops) (Brisbane, Australia)
2012 | “Kizuna” charitiy event  (workshops)
2011 | International Print Exchange (Green Door Printmaking Studio, UK)
 

Workshops
Workshop coordinator for
Hands on Brisbane (2016-current)
Gallery Shin in Brisbane (2016)

Workshop tutor for
Flying Arts Alliance, Brisbane (2017 -current )
Impress Printmakers Gallery and Studio (2013 –current)
Art From the Margins, Brisbane (2013-current)
Hands on Brisbane (2012-current)
Brisbane Institute of Art (2017, 18 -current)
Artisan –Queensland Craft and Design Centre (2017, 18 -current)
Art Alliance, Tokyo (2014 )
State Library of Queensland Shop (2014-2018)
Impress Printmakers Gallery and Studio (2013 –current)
Art From the Margins, Brisbane (2013-current)
Hands on Brisbane (2012-current)
Brisbane Japanese Preschool and Education Centre Inc (Koala-gumi) (2013-2018)
Gallery Shin, Brisbane (2016)
Ryokan Gojyuan, Sydney (2016)
A.R.T. Adult Art Classes, Brisbane (2014)
Rosebed St Gallery (2013)

Private tutoring, workshops,  printmaking demos (2012-current)


Curatorial works
2016
Sprout – Solo show by Karen Kaese (3D objects) (BEMAC, Queensland Multicultural Centre)
Two artist show by Anna Bonshek (print) and Hiroaki Eba (ceramics) (BEMAC, Queensland Multicultural Centre)
Traces- Solo show by Jennifer Stuerzl (BEMAC, Queensland Multicultural Centre)
Two artist shows by printmaker Chris Hagen and ceramic artist Ray Caville (BEMAC, Queensland Multicultural Centre)
Quintessence/ Kagero – photography by John Pryke and ceramics by Ken Kikkawa (BEMAC, Queensland Multicultural Centre)
8 Japan (Hilltop on Tamborine, Gold Coast)
2015

Encounter, prints by 10 Japanese artists, Impress Gallery, Brisbane
Encounter, prints by 10 Japanese artists and Inkmasters Cairns artists, Canopy Art Space, Cairns


Collection
State Library of Queensland
National Gallery of Australia (as part of folio)
Museum of Brisbane (as part of folio)
The Arm and Roller Press collection at the University of Hawaii (as part of folio)
The School of Art Gallery and Museum at Aberystwyth University, Wales (as part of folio)
Private collections in Australia, Japan and UK.


Stockists
Original prints are available at Hanasho in Brisbane

 

Affiliation
Impress Printmakers Studio and Gallery, Brisbane
NAVA (National Association for the Visual Arts)
Australian Print Council
Flying Arts Alliance
Migaloo Press
TAASA (The Asian Art Society of Australia)
Printmaker Council (UK)
SGC International (US)