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Articles featuring pieces from
Iwasawa Oriental Art have
appeared in Northern California
& Garden (1993) and And
Architectural Digest (1992).
Iwasawa Oriental Art has been
active in featuring special
works at their Los Gatos gallery as
well as other locations. The
reputable Japan Society of
Northern California has
frequently worked with Iwasawa
on their exhibitions.
Exhibitions Ms. Iwasawa Vadas
has coordinated or participated
in include:
2010
The Soul of Japanese Food - November 2010
2009
Bushidou-Samurai Code of Chivalry - June/July 2009
Samurai Society and the Art of Incense
Saturday, June 27, 2009
2008
The
Aromachology (aromatherapy and
psychology) - Exhibition of
Incense Utensils - November 2008
Chinese
Seals Exhibition - The Art of
Seals - October 2008
Goddesses, Prints by Mayumi Oda
- June - September 2008
2007
IWAI: Arts of Celebration - 25th
Anniversary of Iwasawa Oriental
Art - November 2007
Form and Function in Wood
Firing - March - April 2007
The Art of Living, Traditional
Furniture - Byoubu (Folding
Screens)
Goddesses - Mayumi Oda, Japanese
Contemporary Artist
2006
Christmas Sale
Tea Ceremony Utensils - Chadougu
2005
Tea Ceremony Utensils - Chadougu
2003
Japanese Lacquer Decoration for
Chanoyu Exhibition and sale
Another selected activities
included Japanese Lacquer
Painting Lecture/Demonstration
by Shunsai Maeharta
Michiko Shimoda's artworks are
selling & showing at Iwasawa
Oriental Art Please click to see
the artworks.
2002
Hiroko Ohno the landscape artist
from Japan
Exhibition & Reception...
Saturday, November 9, 2002
NETSUKE NIGHT - World Within a
Square Inch
May 16,
May 19,
May 22
Co-sponsored by Japan Society
and Consulate General of Japan
2000
Art After Hours: Sex, Sake and
Sushi
October 10
Co-sponsored with the Japan
Society
1999
YO-NO-BI: Form and Function
A California Collage
Presenting the work of local
artist
1998
Women in Art - Japanese
Inspiration:
Featuring the work of women
artists working in contemporary
and traditionally recognized
artist whose work of Traditional
Eastern iconography and bold
Western influence.
"A goddess is coming to Town"
featured in Los Gatos Weekly
Times.
1997
East Meets West Variation on a
theme: Wood firing Gift of
Nature.
Lecturer Jim Wayne, San Jose
City College Ceramics Department
Lecture on Japanese Garden
Design
Lecturer Marc Peter Keane,
Landscape Architect and adjunct
professor at Kyoto University.
At Iwasawa Oriental Art in Los
Gatos
Japan Society Participated
1995
Netsuke Exhibition
Featured netsuke in the San
Francisco Bay Area
At Iwasawa Oriental Art in Los
Gatos
April 30 - May 27
Lecturer Robert Kinsey,
well-known author of several
books on netsuke
Chanoyu - The Way of Tea
Japanese and American Collage of
the Japanese Tea Ceremony at
Iwasawa Oriental Art in Los
Gatos
October 14 - November 18
Lecturer Christy Bartlett,
Director of Urasenke Foundation,
San Francisco
Visual Poetry: Japanese
Traditional Calligraphy on
Ceramics
At Iwasawa Oriental Art in Los
Gatos
January 19 - February 18
Japan Society Participated
1994
Exhibition of Japanese Erotic
Art with Masterpieces of Ukiyoe
Printing
at Iwasawa Oriental Art in Los
Gatos
September 9 - October 8
Containing Beauty:
Japanese Flower Baskets & Vases
At Iwasawa Oriental Art in Los
Gatos July 1- July 16
Exhibition at Museum in Kyoto
April 5 - June 19
Three pieces from "Makie"
catalogue were displayed at this
most prominent place to exhibit
tea ceremony utensils. These
pieces were also displayed in
the museum's catalogue.
1993
Yakimono: Japanese Influence in
American Ceramics
Japan Society Participated
Netsuke Convention in Chicago
Iwasawa Oriental Art published "Makie"
catalogue which includes 160
pieces of Japanese lacquer.
Introductions by Yoshikuni
Taguchi (Emeritus Professor of
Tokyo University of Fine Arts)
and Yutaka Mino (Curator, Dept.
of Asian Art, The Art Institute
of Chicago.) This Catalogue can
be highest quality Japanese
Lacquerware to be found
anywhere.
1992
Zenga: The Art of Zen painting
and calligraphy
Japan Society Participated
1991
Tea Ceremony Utensils Exhibition
Makie Exhibition: Japanese
Lacquer
Netsuke Convention in San
Francisco
Prince Takamado attended
Ms. Vadas was Guest Curator in
charge of preparing the Netsuke
Exhibition at the Asian Art
Museum in San Francisco
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