Selected Exhibitions

2021
WSN March 2021 - Conversations with Cloth: Shibori Connecting the World with Yoshiko Wada and Ana Lisa Hedstrom | Link to website
2019
February 2, 2019 to August 5, 2019 - Royal Ontario Museum, “Being Japanese Canadian: reflections on a broken world", Toronto, ON | More information and tickets
2018
Circle Craft Gallery, TSA’s 16th Biennial Symposium, Vancouver, BC
2018
”In a Blink of an Eye” Port Moody Art Centre, Port Moody, BC.
2017
7th International Juried Exhibition, Runway Show and Exhibition, Palos Verdes, Rancho Palos Verdes, California, USA
2016
‘Spirit of Japan’ Tonari Gumi, Coast Coal Harbour Hotel, Vancouver, BC
2015
‘Botanically Inspired’ VanDusen Gardens, Vancouver, BC
2015
‘Following the Thread’ Travelling Exhibit, Metropoliton Museum of Manila, Philippines & Hong Kong
2016-2013
‘BLOOM' Exhibition and Auction, Nikkei National Museum, Burnaby, BC
2015-2013
Harmony Arts Festival, ‘Slow Clothes Fashion Show’ West Vancouver, BC
2014
9th International Shibori Symposium, ‘Resist Dye on the Silk Road’ Hangzhou, China
2013
Gala for the Tsunami Orphans, Fashion Show, Vancity Theatre, Vancouver, BC
2013
Circle Craft, ‘40th Anniversary, Pushing Boundaries’, Pendulum Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2013
Canadian Craft Federation, ‘Craft: Invested 40th Anniversary Exhibition’ Pendulum Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2012
Les Editions de Saxe, Featured Artist, Lyon France
2011-2013
Lovelace, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, Australia
2011
Solo Exhibition, Gallery of Art & Design, University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg, Missouri, USA
2011
8th International Shibori Symposium, Hong Kong Polytechnic U. Hong Kong
2011
HGA Small Expressions, Nashville, TN, USA
2010
Fibreworks 2010, Cambridge Gallery, Cambridge, Ontario
2010
Collective Threads, Gallery of Art & Design, Unversity of Central Missouri, Warrensburg, Missouri, USA
2010
Bijoux Textiles-Au Fil De La Parure, Musee des Tissus, Lyon, France
2009
Cheongju Biennale Canadian Pavilion National Exhibition, Cheongju, South Korea
2009
Art Textiles of the World Canada, Montreal Centre for Contemporary Textiles, Quebec
2008
7th International Shibori Symposium, Artefact Gallery, Lyon, France
2008, 05, 03
4th, 5th, 6th Wearable Expressions, Palos Verdes Art Centre, Rancho Palos Verdes, California, USA
2007
Fiberart International Contemporary Fiber Art, Pitsburgh, PA, USA
2005, 07, 09
'Constants and Variable: Sum of the Parts','Off the Grid' Kansas City Art Institute; 'Taking Flight: Transgressions
& Transformations', Textile Fusion: Surface Design Association Conference, Kansas City Art Institute
2006
'Art 2 Wear', Los Angeles Airport, Los Angeles, California, USA
2005
6th International Shibori Symposium, Concept 21 Gallery, Tokyo Japan
2005, 01
'Breath of Nature: Hide & Reveal', 2nd & 4th Cheongju International Craft, Cheongju, S. Korea
2004
'Creative Links', Grace Barrand Design Centre, Nutfield, England
2004
'Fibreworks', Cambridge Galleries, Cambridge, Ontario and Art Gallery of Peterborough, Ontario
2002
New Wave, Convergence 2002, Vancouver | World Competition of Arts and Crafts, Kanazawa, Japan
2001
'Indigo — Bridging Cultures', Ukrainian Contemporary Art Gallery, Chicago, USA
2000
3rd International Shibori Symposium, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Santiago, Chile

Private Collections

2009
Canada Council for the Arts, Art Bank Collection, Ottawa, ON
2004
Cambridge Galleries, Cambridge Ontario

Publications

2021
BC Studies - Summer 2021, UBC, Quarterly
2017
Six Star Magazine - Fall/Winter 2017, Subara, Canada
2014/15
Studio Magazine, Craft and Design in Canada, Featured Artist,“Crafting Memory”
2013
JCCA Bulletin Journal, Artist Interview “The Mayor’s Arts Awards” Craft & Design
2012
Les Editions de Saxe, Featured Artist, Lyon France
2012
Schoeser Mary, “Textiles” The Art of Mankind, Thames & Hudson
2012
Shibori Recreated, Peach Press, AU
2011
500 Felt Objects, Lark Books, USA
2010
1000 Artisan Textiles, Quarry Books, USA
2009
Art Textiles of the World - Canada
2007
Fibrearts, Interweave Press, USA