Artist Talk by Kumi Yamashita

Much of Kumi Yamashita’s artwork begins with everyday objects such as building blocks, paper, numbers and thread. While employing these everyday objects, Ms. Yamashita transforms each one in something extraordinary. Ms. Yamashita will give an overview of her work and will discuss how she has recently been inspired by origami.

Born in Japan but now working in New York City, Kumi Yamashita’s work has been exhibited at venues both nationally and internationally, including including the Seattle Art Museum, the Boise Art Museum, the Yerba Buena Center in San Francisco, the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery, the Honolulu Museum of Art, and the Liverpool Biennial.

Ms. Yamashita received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle, and her Master of Fine Arts degree from the Glasgow School of Art in the United Kingdom.