Member Biography

ARTIST STATEMENT

"My aim is to achieve a balance and harmony between contrasting elements such as light and dark, warm and cool, sharp and smooth edges. I want the viewer to find my work just as interesting as I find the process of producing it. I do not plan my work in great detail, but instead approach it as a spontaneous project and a challenge to be investigated, experienced and enjoyed."

JURIED EXHIBITIONS - Selected

2010

• University of Washington Medical Center, 2005-present

2009

• Northwest Crafts Center, Seattle Center
• Columbia Tower, Seattle ( WPW)
• Kirsten Gallery, PSSA exhibit, 2008-09

2008

• Kaewyn Gallery, Bothell, WA (WPW)
  

2004-2007

• Women Painters of Washington Gallery, Seattle
• WPW and PSSA Shows
• Burien Arts Gallery

2003

• WPW and PSSA Shows
• Seattle Center

2002

• American Sumi-e Society virtual show www.sumiesociety.org
• Kyoto Art Museum, PSSA exhibit
• Seattle-Tacoma Airport, Art Stall Gallery exhibit
• University of Washington Medical Center, 1987-2002
• Edmonds Art Festival

2001

• Women Painters of Washington Exhibit, University of Washington Medical Center
• Seattle Japanese Cherry Blossom Festival
  

2000

• Women Painters of Washington Exhibit, Seattle-Tacoma Airport
• Edmonds Art Festival

1999

• WPW Millennium Images, Kuwait
• Sumi-e Society of America, New York
  

1998

• International House Hall, Kyoto, Japan
• Seattle Asian Art Museum, Kado Tea Garden, 1997-98

1997

• Sumi-e Society Annual, University of Minnesota

JURIED AWARDS

• Honorable Mention, WPW Spring Juried Exhibition, Issaquah University House, 2003
• Best Floral, PSSA Show, Washington State Convention & Trade Center, 1999
• Honorable Mention, PSSA Show, WA State Convention & Trade Center, 1995
• Peoples' Choice, Art Concepts Gallery, Tacoma, WA, 1995
• Winsor-Newton Award, Sumi-e Society of America, 1990

SELECTED SOLO SHOWS

• Art Stall Gallery, Pike Place Market, Seattle 1999 - 2004
• Carco Theatre Lobby, Renton 1997, 1998
• Plaza 600 Building, Seattle 1997, 2000

EDUCATION

• BA, French Literature and Education, Marlboro College, Vermont, 1972
• Institute Britannique, La Sorbonne & L'Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris, France, 1969-71
• Workshops and classes with Lisel Salzer, Deanne Lemley, Fumiko Kimura, Andrew Chinn, Priscilla Maynard

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

• Sumi brush painting & watercolor classes, Shoreline Community College
• Dale Chihuly's Seniors Making Art Program (funded by Allen Foundation for the Arts, 2002
• Sumi painting workshops and demonstrations, Daniel Smith Art Store, Frye Art Museum, Seattle Center Cherry Blossom Festival, Utrecht Art Supply, Andrew Chinn Gallery, Washington State Convention & Trade Center, and various art organizations

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

• Puget Sound Sumi Artists
• Women Painters of Washington
• Sumi-e Society of America, Inc.

Gallery

• Art Stall Gallery, Pike Place Market, Seattle

More of Emily Kane's artwork can be viewed at

www.sumi.org and www.artstallgallery.com and

emilykaneart.blogspot.com

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