A recent student exhibition at the Brisbane Institute of Art

Profile

Yumiko (Kinyu) Kigoshi - Japanese Ink Artist

Yumiko Kigoshi was born in Gujo Hachiman, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. As well as completing formal art schooling, YumikoYumiko (Kinyu) Kigoshi - Artist studied art from the age of ten and later attended university where she gained a degree in home economics before leaving Japan.

Yumiko has been an Australian resident for more than forty-six years, in addition to her studies in both Siubokuga (Sumi-E or Japanese Ink Art) and Shodo (Japanese Calligraphy) she found time to raise a family and run two successful Japanese restaurants in Brisbane.

Yumiko is a Master of Sumi-E which she has been practicing for more than nineteen years, she is also an 8th Dan in Japanese Calligraphy with more than twenty years’ experience.

Yumiko’s work has been displayed at the following:

2005 - Melbourne art gallery, National Museum - Estonia, Royal Museum - Lithuania, National Museum - Slovakia.

2006 - Art Gallery - Poland, National Art Gallery - Ireland.

2007 - Art Gallery - Poland.

2009 - National Gallery - China.

2011 - Encre et papier:diversites a siatigues - Paris.

2013 - National Museum - Estonia.

2015 - Mt Tambourine- Brisbane

2016 - Percolator Gallery - Brisbane

2017 - Visual Arts Centre - Singapore

2018 - Hilton Hotel - Tokyo

2019 – The National Art Centre – Tokyo

2022 – The National Art Centre – Tokyo

2023 – The National Art Centre – Tokyo

2024 – Qld Taiwan Cultural Centre

2024 – Tainan 400-year celebration, Taiwan and Australia Art Exchange Exhibition, Taiwan

2025 – Chinese/Japanese cultural exchange exhibition

Awards

2010 - Geijyutsu Shinbunsya prize (Calligraphy)

2011 - International Sumi-E Association - Asahi Shinbun prize

2015 - Fuji Sankei Business prize

2016 - Dai Nippon Syogeiin prize (Calligraphy)

2019 - International Sumi-E Association Komon prize

2022 - International Sumi-E Association Foreign Ministry Award

2024 – Toured Taiwan with World Arts and Multi Culture Inc. Brisbane.

2025 – Toured Mainland China as a guest of the International Sumi-E Association.

Mentors

Sumi-E - Kinsui Katori (Chairman & Founder International Sumi-E Association – Tokyo)

Oil Painting - Kinji Sato (Oil Painting Artist – Gifu)

Calligraphy - Syuho Kojima (Calligrapher – Brisbane)

Sculpture - Masao Mizuno (Artist & Curator of Yudokan Museum – Gifu)

Yumiko conducts classes in Sumi-E and calligraphy in Japan and from her home in Brisbane as well as doing private commission works.

Yumiko (Kinyu) Kigoshi

qld.sumie@gmail.com