About

i was born in kobe, japan and am now living in saskatoon, canada. for the last couple of years, i’ve been telling people i’m an artist. i’m self-taught. i draw with color pencils and make useless toys for adult children.

i use this blog to show my work and entertain myself. you can browse through my drawings on my gallery page. you can buy some of my originals, as well as prints and postcards, from my online shop.

i’ve never been represented by a gallery. people who find me online often invite me to do shows or join projects. i try to do as many as i can. and people often ask me for interviews or to show my work on a website or in a magazine. i almost always say yes.

if you have any comments on my work or this site, or would like to purchase or exhibit my work, or wish to arrange an interview, please contact me.

thanks for visiting me here!

shows / exhibitions:

2008

• “fight for flight”, group show, thinkspace gallery (los angeles) - january
• “strict japanese high school” solo print show, pause gallery (tokyo) - january
• “hello my name is”, group show, ISM gallery (long beach) - january
• “visceral valentine”, group show, apama mackey gallery (houston) - february
• drawings on the group wall, thinkspace gallery (los angeles) - february ~
• “100 stories”, group show, hosfelt gallery (new york) - april ~may
• cracow screen festival (cracow, poland) - may
• the affordable art fair in NYC with mauger modern gallery (bath, UK) - june
• “aha!” group show, helm gallery (tacoma, washington) - june
• “environment 911″gordon snelgrove gallery (saskatoon) - july
• “paper pushers” group show, gallery 1988 (san francisco) -august
• upcoming :: group show, hosfelt gallery (san francisco) -september
• upcoming :: group show, mendel art gallery (saskatoon) - september
• upcoming :: group show, douglas udell gallery (vancouver) - september
• upcoming :: group show, douglas udell gallery (edmonton) - september
• upcoming :: spotlight, beagle production (saskatoon) - october
• upcoming :: handmade plush doll show, monkeyhouse (los angels) - december

2007

• “art-o-rettes“, a group show, mendel art gallery (saskatoon) - january
• “reach+“, single drawing in a group show (taiwan) - february
• “personal“, show with david geary, mendel art gallery (saskatoon) - march
• her-i-cane godiva women’s art festival, established artist (saskatoon) - march
• “batchsplash!“, group show, SCYAP (saskatoon) - may
• broadway art encounter, al’s shoe repair (saskatoon) - may
• “iMyGrate“, single drawing in group project, anteism.com (international) - july
• “untitled LOVE project: phase 4“, single drawing in group show, thinkspace gallery (los angeles) - august
• “1950 ford show“, single drawing in group show, art gallery of alberta (edmonton) - september
• “para para books” in a special collection at university of saskatchewan library (saskatoon)
• “girls at play” group show, compound gallery (portland) - november
• “tiny shop” several matchboxes in group show, double punch gallery (san francisco) - november
• “tree trimming 2“, j flynn gallery (costa mesa, ca) - december
• “christmas machine”, mfk gallery (berlin) - december
• kindness of strangers”, single drawing in group show (tacoma, washington)

2006

• “my mind is everywhere“, solo show, royal red gallery (saskatoon) - february
• “the boring life of spencer, the ennui dog“, art book at AKA gallery (saskatoon) - february
• her-i-cane godiva women’s art festival, emerging artist (saskatoon) - march
• international edible book festival, single cake (saskatoon) - april
• broadway art encounter, al’s shoe repair (saskatoon) - june
• “inside my head“, t-shirt design for CFCR radio (saskatoon) - august
• fringe festival exhibition and busking (saskatoon) - august
• “rooms for changing“, group show, art project gallery (regina) - august
• “dreams“, single drawing in art book (cadiz, spain) - november

2005

• “loud silence“, solo show (photographs), modern fuel gallery (kingston) - july
• feltbirds / noncapable party, group show (saskatoon) - october
• “petit nonchalant”, solo show, sushiro restaurant (saskatoon) - october
• christmas art lottery,single drawing, AKA gallery (saskatoon) - december

2004

• “new me’s being born“, at the women’s art festival (kingston) - august
• “nonchalant“, solo show, sleepless goat cafe (kingston) - december

media / interviews:

2008

• the district magazine, drawing on the article about the grand opening of ISM gallery (los angles)
• drawing in thirdspace magazine, university of victoria women’s centre (victora, canada)
• drawing mentioned on juxtapoz online
• upcoming :: UK graphic design magazine, the case (UK)

2007

• TV interview with bravo! (canada) - april
• TV interview with shaw tv (saskatoon) - april
• interview with milk magazine (hong kong) - may
• review in planet S (saskatoon alt-weekly newspaper) “beauty of grotesque” - may
• drawing in roleplay - a gender zine (saskatoon)
• story and online exhibit on imagining ourselves (international museum of women) - july
• interview with design enterprise, voices (malaysia) - august
• my piece for untitled love project shown in milk magazine (hong kong) - september
• campaign ads for taiwan boutique, tuan tuan, in appledaily newspaper (taiwan) - september
• my favorite websites on milk magazine (hong kong) - october
• spotlight on visual art portfolio (saskatoon)
• interview with madame figaro magazine (taiwan) - october
• drawing mentioned on juxtapoze online - november
• arsenal pulp press, cover images (vancouver) - december
• my name mentioned in orange county register (orange county) - december
• portfolio in lolocal magazine (mexico)

2006

• saskatoon star phoenix article “artist keeps it fun” - july, 2006 (my reaction to it)
• university of saskatchewan student paper article “all she can see“(PDF) - october (my reaction to it)
• kyoto journal: unbound - gender in asia issue (online supplement) - december (my reaction to it)

grant

2008

• independent artist grant - saskatchewan arts board

2007

• independent artist grant - saskatchewan arts board

Nihongo De

日本のみなさんへ、

はじめまして、神戸出身の山口夕香です。現在カナダサスカッチュワン州、サスカトゥーンという街に住んでいます。 つい最近人に”アーティスト”と名のりはじめましたが、単に絵を描くのが好きなだけです。役立たずのおもちゃと絵をアダルトチルドレンのために作ってます。

現在、”周りのものをかわいく楽しくする計画”実行中。このブログでは私の作ったものを見せたり、自分を笑わせるために書いてます。 私の絵はギャラリーにて閲覧できます。

2006年のカナダデーに、サスカトゥーンの新聞に私の記事が載りました。英語ですが、こちらで読めます。またそれに対する私の感想はこちらで。

そして、2006年の11月にサスカッチュワン大学、学生新聞：　the sheafにインタビューが掲載されました。

プリントやオリジナルの絵はオンラインショップにて購入できます。

お問い合わせはこちら：

yukayamaguchi [at] plastiquemonkey [dot] com