Sayumi Yokouchi
Jewelry
Sayumi Yokouchi
Born in Tokyo, moved to the US in 1990.
After completing her Master of Fine Arts in Metal Arts at the State University of New York, New Paltz, she gained experience in the fields of craft, jewelry, and design based in New York, and has expanded her activities to include presenting her own works, collaborating with various creators, and custom jewelry design. In addition to her work as an artist, she expanded her activities into the field of education, and in 2018 she moved to Tokyo and began working domestically.
For more information, please see the website
www.sayumiyokouchi.com
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展覧会
2025 SCHMUCK selection + FRAME represented by Galerie Noel Guyomarch, Munich, Germany / ART FAIR TOKYO represented by MIN GALLERY, Tokyo International Forum, Japan / A Piece of Gold, Shibuya Hikarie 8/CUBE, Tokyo, Japan
2024 INVISIBLE THREAD – tomorrow is another day, Jewelry and Poetry, Feb Gallery, Tokyo, Japan / RING exhibition, Kobeia Kunst Galerie, Munich, Germany
2023 INVISIBLE THREAD, Jewelery and Poetry, Jewelry Library, New York, USA / THIS IS JEWELS, Feb Gallery, Tokyo, Japan / FRAME represented by ATTA Gallery, Munich Jewelry Week, Germany / A Piece of Gold, Wacoal Studyhall, Kyoto, Japan / Trash and Treasure, ATTA Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand
2022 INVISIBLE THREAD Jewelry and Poetry, Bayerischer Kunstgewerbeverein, Munich Germany
2021 INVISIBLE THREAD Jewelry and Poetry, Bayerischer Kunstgewerbeverein, Munich Germany / INVISIBLE THREAD Jewelry and Poetry, Micheko Gallerie, Munich, Germany
2020 The Palace of Shattered Vessels, Froots Gallery, Beijing, Shanghai
2019 Invisible Thread a story of 4 makers, Het Labo Atrium, Tokyo, JAPAN
2018 Pensieri Preziosi 4 Japanese jeweler 14 Oratorio di San Rocco, Padpva, Italy
2017 SCHMUCK selected exhibition Munich, Germany / MIXED GREENS presented by Jewellers’ Werk Galerie, Munich, Germany / COIL(solo exhibition) Jewelers’ Werk Galerie, Washington DC, U.S.
2016 New Work from the New World Galerie Biro, Munich, Germany / Earring3 Art of Ear Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco, CA, USA /SHADOW Reinstein/Ross Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2015 (solo exhibition)LANDSCAPE: Absence is Present Brooklyn Metal Works, Brooklyn NY, U.S. / Expect the Unexpected: Contemporary Jewelry Design New Jersey City University, NJ, USA
2014 Metamorphosis: Transformation of Everyday Objects Museum of Craft and Design, San Francisco, USA / THE EARRING SHOW 2 Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco, USA
2013 REFLECTION: 100 CCA California College of Arts, Oakland, CA, USA
2011 PIN ANONIMUM Portuguese Association of Contemporary Jewellery, Lisbon, Portugal / SOFA NEW YORK with Sienna Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2010 JAPANESE JEWELLERY Bluecoat Display Centre, Liverpool, England / LOOT Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY, USA / THE PLASTIC SHOW Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco, CA, USA / SOFA NEW YORK Represented by Sienna Gallery, Lenox, MA, USA /TRANSMUTATION: MATERIAL REBORN Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX, USA
2009 DELICATE BEAUTY Penland School of Crafts, North Carolina, USA / FROM MINIMAL TO BLING The Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA, USA / SOFA New York/ Chicago with Sienna Gallery, New York, NY, USA / RE/ACTION(S) curated by Gail Brown, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO, USA
2008 PAN PACIFIC SHOW Aaron Faber Gallery, New York, NY, USA / ORGANIC STYLE Heidi Lowe Gallery, Rehoboth Beach, DE, USA / SOFA New York/Chicago with Sienna Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2007 SOFA CHICAGO EMERGING ARTIST with Sienna Gallery, Chicago, IL, USA / EARRING SHOW (LARK BOOKS 500 EARRINGS) Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco, CA, USA / (solo exhibition) LICHEN FAMILIA THE VAULT PROJECT, Quirk Gallery, Richmond, VA, U.S.
2006 SPARKLE PLENTY 2 Quirk Gallery, Richmond, VA, USA / SAYUMI YOKOUCHI & JULIA TURNER Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco, CA, USA
2005 JUXTAPOSTIONS: SELECTIONS FROM THE COLLECTION Dorsky Museum, SUNY New Paltz, NY, USA / RINGS FOR MEN Gallery West, Tokyo Japan
PALM BEACH 3 with Yaw Gallery, Palm Beach, FL, USA /ANTI - WAR MEDALS: ARTISTS RESPOND TO THE WAR USA, Spain, Norway, England / CHESS: CHESS MEN BY INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS, Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA, USA
2004 ORNAMENT SHOW Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco, CA, USA / SOFA CHICAGO with Yaw Gallery, Chicago, IL, USA / SMALL WORLDS on line exhibition, www.ducts.org / NEW YORK STATE OF MIND:EXPERIMENTAL VIDEO, The Bonn Biennale, Bonn, Germany / SOFA NEW YORK WEST GOES EAST with Yaw Gallery, New York, NY, USA / CHESS: CHESS MEN BY INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS, traveling exhibition – USA and England
2003 SUNY NEW PALTZ JEWELERS AND METALSMITH, Andora Gallery, Care Free, AZ, USA / A SIAN ROOTS WESTERN SOIL Japanese American Historical Society Gallery, San Francisco, CA, USA / KAGEKI METONYMICS Linc Real Art, San Francisco, CA, USA
2002 ORNAMETAL FIVE PIECES FIVE GALLERIES, Velvet da Vinci, Thomas Mann Gallery, Snydermanworks, Obsidian Gallery, Mark Milliken, Gallery, Del Mano Gallery, USA
2001 ROCK PAPER SCISSORS Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco, CA, USA / 21ST CENTURY METALSMITH: INDIVIDUAL + COLLABORATIVE, New Art Center, Newton, MA, USA
2000 GARDENS OF PLEASURE John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI, USA