Yoju

Watercolor artist - Yoju

Born in Hokkaido, Japan, and raised in Tokyo, Yoju first expressed an interest in art at the age of 4. She began formal study at the age of 8 at the Maejima Academy of Art, Tokyo where she continued for 25 years. Additional studies in Calligraphy with the well known instructor, Fujo Minami, Tokyo, were conducted throughout her primary and high school years. After high school followed three years of intensive study at the Kuwasawa and Ootsuka Academy of Design, Tokyo, and an additional 4 years of study at the Pacific Ocean Academy of Art, Tokyo.

During the first 25 years of her career, Yoju concentrated on oil painting as her principle medium. In 1980 she made a significant shift from oil to her current medium which includes gouache, water soluble pencil and crayon, pastel, China ink, suminagashi (water prints), and collage. During the latter part of her oil painting period and early part of her current period her work has been exhibited at numerous galleries as well as in group and solo exhibitions in Japan. At the present time Yoju's art studio is located in Saratoga, CA.

The AEgis Gallery of Fine Art
presents
Mandalas and Celestial Impressions

by Yoju

September 24 through October 21, 2007
Public reception for the artist Saturday, September 29, 2007, 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM

Mandala, Galaxy	Constellation of Shell	Eight Nebulae	Constellations in Galaxy
Milky Way over Mt. Shasta	Mandala, Birth of Shell	Mandala, Nest	Mandala, Stone
Mandala, Typhoon	Mandala, Fish	Mandala, Flower	Mandala, Pollen
Mandala, Reservoir	Mandala, Windows	Mandala, Cells	Mandala, Geyser