Heather Midori Yamada
Artist and Teacher of Contemplative Arts
Upcoming in Victoria BC
July Open House : Prints, etchings, monotypes, lithographs, collagraphs, mixed media collages
Saturday, July 4, 2026
noon - 4 p.m.
Exclusive Gage Second Story Open Houses, a rare opportunity to step behind the scenes and experience the creative worlds of four distinct local artists. Featuring Heather Midori Yamada, Margo Cooper, Martin Osberg, and Stefan Lehmann.
For Heather this will be a permanent rotating selection of works. This month you will see a varied selection of prints, etchings, monotypes, lithographs, collagraphs, and mixed media works with collage.
Gage Gallery Second Story
2nd floor, 19 Bastien Square, Victoria, BC (map)
Extended Triangle I, 2026
Extended Triangle II, 2026
August Open House : Enso and Other Symbols
Saturday, August 8, 2026
noon - 4 p.m.
Exclusive Gage Second Story Open House, a rare opportunity to step behind the scenes and experience the creative worlds of four distinct local artists. Featuring Heather Midori Yamada, Margo Cooper, Martin Osberg, and Stefan Lehmann.
For Heather this will be a permanent rotating selection of works. This month you will see a selection of of ensō works and works employing other symbols.
Gage Gallery Arts Collective
2nd floor, 19 Bastien Square, Victoria, BC (map)
Postponed in Etobicoke ON, 2026
POSTPONED!!
Blazing into Summer with Heather Midori Yamada
Explore the contemplative mind - spontaneous brush union: guided meditation, ink, paint, washi and peace combine in a blaze of colourful creativity.
New time and date to be announced
The Japanese Paper Place
The Japanese Paper Place, 103 The East Mall #1, Etobicoke, ON (map)
Fall 2026 at Hollyhock
The Language of Flowers Workshop
Four-Day Creative Retreat
Sept. 28 - Oct. 2, 2026
Hollyhock Retreat Centre
Cortes Island, BC (map)
Registration open, spots still available!
A four-day retreat at Hollyhock, outdoors amidst the natural autumn wonders of gardens and forests of Cortes Island. Inspired by Ikebana, Japanese floral arrangement from the Sogetsu School, we will work with found and cultivated plants and flowers. Arranging in low vases, suiban and sketching indoors we include tinted Japanese washi papers for simplified line and gesture drawing and collage.
Heather's Fairfield Artists Studio Tour (FAST) 2026
Recent Work
I would like to share a series of new floral banners. Urgent Spring Series (2026) is a mixed-media collection of banners on Washi paper. Each is 39 x 15 inches. The bolder linear quality of Sennelier chalk pastels punctuates the overall meshing, layering and dipping of liquid acrylics, including metallics. You will also find a new series of collages.
ATTENTION!! VAJRA YOGA workshops
coming soon to Victoria!
“My studies and practice of hatha yoga began in the late 1990’s during a particular ‘dry spell’ in my Buddhist Kagyu ngondro period. I felt stuck and sensed that my challenges might reside in my physical body, including my ideas about body/mind. I have had the great fortune of studying under excellent dedicated and well trained teachers. I completed a two year teacher training in Montreal in the early 2000’s. Currently I continue practice and study with yoga and Buddhist teachers. I invite you to join in a space of shared ‘well-being’ where everyone can experience their authentic selves. As in all teachings, you are always the ‘boss’ of you, I will be a guide." - Heather
Stay tuned!