Kumi Yamashita
Kumi Yamashita (山下 工美, Yamashita Kumi) is a New York City–based Japanese artist.[1]
She was born in Japan and currently lives in New York City. Yamashma,a received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1994 from Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle, Washington and completed her Master of Fine Arts in 1999 from Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland.[2][3]
The artist is best known for her light and shadow sculptures constructed from everyday objects.[4][5] Constellation Mana is from a series of portraits called "Constellation". Each of the works in this series is created by winding a single black thread around galvanized brads on a white board. The dark areas are produced solely by densely wound and overlapping thread.[6] This technique is seen in the enlarged photograph of Constellation Mana.
Awards
- 2014 – Crystal Kirin Award, Beijing, China
- 2014 – Special Merit Award, WAH Center, New York City
- 2000 – Kirin Art Award Special Recognition Second Prize, Japan
- 1995 – Betty Bowen Art Award Special Recognition, Washington, USA
External links
Footnotes
- ^ Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle. "Kumi Yamashita Plays with Shadows to Create Art". Forbes.com. Retrieved September 6, 2015.
- ^ "Kumiyamashita.com". Retrieved September 6, 2015.
- ^ Jack Shepherd (March 9, 2011). "21 Amazing Examples of Shadow Art". Buzzfeed.com. Retrieved December 6, 2015.
- ^ Jobson, Christopher, "Remarkable Portraits Made with a Single Sewing Thread Wrapped through Nails by Kumi Yamashits", Colossal, June 12, 2012
- ^ artistaday.com
- ^ Jobson, Christopher, "Remarkable Portraits Made with a Single Sewing Thread Wrapped through Nails by Kumi Yamashits", Colossal, June 12, 2012
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