| Kobo Gallery at Higo
Japantown/International District
Where & When
604 South Jackson Street
Seattle, Washington 98104
(206)381-3000
Opening reception for the artist
Saturday evening, February 21, 2009
6:00 - 8:00 pm
Exhibition dates: February 21 - March 21, 2009
Kinu Watanabe
Ceramic artist
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Ceramic artist New Work February 21 - March 21, 2009 Opening reception: Saturday, February 21, 6 - 8pm KOBO Gallery (at Higo in the International District)
Kinu Watanabe was born in Niigata, Japan in 1979. She attended the Osaka University of Arts in Osaka, Japan and received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Ceramics in 2003. With an interest in the U.S. contemporary art scene, she moved to San Diego where she completed a Post-Baccalaureate in ceramics at San Diego State University in 2005. During the 2005-2006 school year, she was the ceramic lab technician, while continuing her ceramic practice in a studio provided by the university.
Kinu received Masters of Fine Arts in Ceramics from University of Washington in June 2008 and she is currently a resident artist and instructor at Pottery Northwest in Seattle.
Kinu has recently exhibited in a solo show at SOIL Backspace Gallery in Seattle in December 2008; she is also showing in NCECA 2009 Clay National Biannual Exhibition at Arizona State University Ceramic Research Center in Phoenix, AZ in April 2009.
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Upcoming events
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KOBO Gallery at Higo
Still Life Photographs by Barry Wong - Through February 2009
Barry Wong's still life photographs resonate with spare Asian elegance. "In my photographs, there are echoes of my parents' San Francisco Chinatown kitchen, where as a youngster, I learned about fresh ingredients and Cantonese cooking."
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KOBO Gallery at Higo
Kinu Watanabe, Ceramic artist
February 21 - March 21, 2009
Opening reception: Saturday, Feb. 21, 6 - 8 pm
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Featuring "Birds" by Michael Zitka and new work by print artists, Yoshi Nakagawa, Nate Sottrup and Linnea Lundmark
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| KOBO at Higo in the International District, Seattle
Monday - Saturday 11 - 6
Now open Sundays 12 - 5
KOBO Capitol Hill
Tuesday - Friday 12 - 7
Saturday 11 - 7
Sunday 12 - 6
Closed Mondays |
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New to our website - a portion of the current featured show will be on view and available for purchase online beginning in March. |
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