Heather Midori Yamada - The Artist

CV

Exhibitions

2024

Source, Galerie ERGA, Montréal, Québec, duo (with Stephen Kawai and Alain Carrière)

2023

Flux, Galerie ERGA, Montréal, Québec (with Alain Carrière)
Then and Now, Gage Gallery Arts Collective, Victoria, BC, solo
Sur papier, Galerie ERGA, Montréal, Québec, group (installation view)

2021

Breathing Space/Espace vital, Galerie ERGA, Montréal, Québec, duo (with Stephen Kawai)
Oak Bay Artists' Exhibition & Art Sale: Spring 2022, Monterey Recreation Centre , Victoria, BC, group (installation view)

2021

Shards, Gage Gallery Arts Collective, Victoria, BC, solo

2021

New Beginnings, Gage Gallery Arts Collective, Victoria, BC, group

2020

From the Silence, Gage Gallery Arts Collective, Victoria BC, group
Brink, Gage Gallery Arts Collective, Victoria BC, solo
Edge, Gage Gallery Arts Collective, Victoria BC, group

2019

Found: New Works by Heather Midori Yamada, Gage Gallery Arts Collective, Victoria BC, solo
Encore, Gage Gallery Arts Collective, Victoria BC, group
Expressions on Japanese washi and other papers, Oak Bay Artist's Studio Tour, Victoria BC, group

2018

Oak Bay Artist's Studio Tour, Victoria BC, group
Both Sides Now, The Japanese Paper Place, Etobicoke ON, group
Paint, Pencil, Pen, Paper, Gage Gallery Arts Collective, Victoria BC, group
Orb, Gage Gallery Arts Collective, Victoria BC, solo

2017

Cusp and other mixed media works, Gage Gallery Arts Collective, Victoria BC, solo
One Fifty Plus, Gage Gallery Arts Collective, Victoria BC, group
Artsu Matsuri, Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre, Toronto ON, group
Look for Banners to Rise, Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre, Toronto ON, duo with Warren Hoyano - see pulbications
Past Forward, McIntosh Gallery at Western University , London ON, group

2016

Espace Galerie, Montreal, solo
Gage Gallery Arts Collective, Victoria, BC, solo

2015

16th Annual Oak Bay Artists’ Studio Tour, Victoria, BC, group
Aperçu/Glimpse--un échantillon des oeuvres de 1970 à aujourd’hui, Galerie Espace, Montreal, solo
Artsu Matsuri, Gendai Gallery, Toronto, group

2014

Flux, Espace Galerie, Montreal, solo

2013

Asian Heritage, University of Toronto Library, group
Espace Galerie, Montreal, duo
Enchevêtrements naturels, Maison de la Culture de Lachine, exposition de trois artists, Montreal, group
Artsu Matsuri, Gendai Gallery, Toronto, group

2012

SLICE, PARCELLES DE VIE, Espace Galerie, Montreal, group
Reflection: Asian Canadian Women Artists, 10th Anniversary, Musée des maîtres et artisans du Québec, Ville St-Laurent, QC, group
Espace Galerie, Montreal, solo
Artsu Matsuri, Gendai Gallery, Toronto, group
Images de Femmes, bibliothèque de Mile End, Montreal, group
Reflections on Rebirth for Japan Post 3/11, Prince Takamado Gallery, Canadian Embassy, Tokyo, group

2011

RECTO/VERSO, Galerie Bene Note, Montreal, solo
RECTO/VERSO, Studio show, Montreal, solo
Espace Galerie, Montreal, solo
Artsu Matsuri, Gendai Gallery, Toronto, group

2010

Gendai Gallery, Toronto, group
Studio 5141, Montreal, solo
Jacobs Lounge Visual Arts Space, Miles Nadal, JCC, Toronto, group

2009

Washi Bannières et toiles, Studios Lyne St-Roch, Montreal, solo
Touching Enlightenment, installation peinture / ikebana, Montreal, solo

2008

World Washi Summit, Montreal, solo
Collective Visions, McClure Gallery, Westmount, QC, solo
Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby, BC, group

2007

Art View 2007, City Museum, Washington, group
Gendai Contemporary Art Gallery, Toronto, group

2006

Gallerie GÄNSHEIDE, Stuttgart, group
Gendai Contemporary Art Gallery, Toronto, group
Ecomusée de Montreal, Montreal, group show & auction
Collective Visions, McClure Gallery, Westmount, QC, group
Art View 2006, City Museum, Washington, DC, group

2005

Installation Ikebana & Washi with Madame Watanabe,
Sensei, Shambhala Meditation Centre of Montreal
East West Landscape, Stewart Hall, Point Claire, QC, group
Art View 2005, City Museum, Washington, group
Ecomusée de Montreal, Montreal, group show & auction

2003

Traces…Images, works on washi, a selection from 108,000 small secrets series, Espace Galerie, Montreal, solo
Arashi Daiko 20th anniversary, Pollack Hall, McGill University, Montreal, solo

2002

Brought to Life, Canadian artists working on Washi, new works on paper shown in studio, Atelier 4427, Montreal, solo

2001

New Works on Paper, studio show, Atelier 4427, Montreal, solo

2000

108 Small secrets - Textures of Life, George Gilmour Gallery, Toronto, solo
New Works on Paper, studio show, Montreal, solo

Collections (selected)

The Allied Chemical Bank of America, New York

Arthur Anderson Associates, Toronto
The Bank of America Collection, Toronto
The Bank of Montreal, Toronto
The Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta
British Airways, Toronto
The British Columbia Art Collection, Vancouver

The Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby, BC
Alex Chapman Design, Toronto
Clarkson-Gordon Chartered Accountants, Toronto
Education Associates, Toronto
Goodman and Goodman, Chartered Accountants. Toronto
Brian Gluckstien Design Interiors. Toronto
Guaranty Trust Co. Toronto
IBM Co. Toronto
Imperial Oil Co. Toronto
RGA International
Ron Linden, Barristers and Solicitors. Toronto
Midland-Doherty Ltd., Toronto
Mohawk College, Hamilton
NASCO International, Toronto
NORCAN Ltd. Toronto
NOVA Corporation, Calgary
Organon Canada Ltd. Toronto
The Alice Peck Gallery, Burlington, Ontario
Peat, Marwick, Thorne Chartered Accountants, Toronto
Pfizer Corporation, Montreal
Powell & Bonnell, Toronto
P.P.L. Marketing Ltd. Mississauga
Hi-Bred Pioneer, Chatham, Ontario
The Randolf Group, Management Consultants Inc. Toronto
The Royal Ontario Museum, Far East Asian , Toronto
Semi tech Micro-Electronics Corp. Markham, Ontario
Sony of Canada, Toronto, ON
Somers, Kronis, Rotztain, Barr and Solicitors, Toronto, ON
Spectrum Mutual Funds, Toronto, ON
Sun Life Assurance Co. Toronto
The Terrace Corporation, Alberta
Thompson-Lightstone Company Co. Ltd. Toronto
Toronto-Dominion Bank Collection, Toronto
Toronto Sun Corporation, Toronto
Dr. J. Youster & Assoc. Montreal

For a complete curriculum vitae including over 30 corporate, and public collections-kindly contact the artist: hmidoriy@gmail.com

Education
The Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta

Scholarship Summer – Purchase Award

York University, Toronto, ON 1973

University of Western Ontario, London, ON

Graduated with Honours

B.F.A Deans List, Visual Arts 1978

Open Studio, Toronto ON

Grants

National Association of Japanese Canadians NAJC-cultural development fund - 2003
Cecile Buller Grant - 2002
Secretary of State for Canada - 1997
Year of Asia-Pacific, Via Asian Postcard project, Heritage Canada Status of Women - 1996
Government of Quebec - 1995
La ministre de la Sécurité de revenue de la condition féminine, for Inheritance project, 1995
NAJC Community Development Fund - 1995
Project: Hikari – Celebrating the 50th anniversary of WWII.
National Association of Japanese Canadians - 1995
Cultural Development Fund – for Inheritance Project, 199
Open Studio - 1989 - Two month "Partners project" grant with poet David Kenji Fujino