Tomoyo Ihaya
Individual
Alternate Names
井早、智代Roles
Artist, EducatorBiography
Tomoyo Ihaya was born and raised in Tsu City, Mie, Japan and has been a resident of Canada since 2000. After studying studio arts a number of universities in Canada, Tomoyo Ihaya obtained a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Alberta in 2002. Her curiosity of other cultures and a strong belief that art and one’s life should be intertwined has lead her to travel and produce art work through international artist-in-residency programs in India, Mexico, Thailand, the United States, and Canada. She has exhibited locally, nationally, and internationally since 1998 and is the recipient of numerous project grants and awards for artists. Since 2005, Tomoyo Ihaya has spent an extensive amounts of time in India on independent art research and during this time she has became close to Tibetan communities in exile through her study in Tibetan Buddhism. Since the winter of 2011, she has worked on a series of drawings about the Tibetans who have self-immolated in response to the Chinese occupation of Tibet. The drawings are a form of mourning and a prayer for the victims and as a result of her close relationships with Tibetan friends and families over the years. When she is not in India, Tomoyo Ihaya lives in Vancouver, British Columbia, where she teaches and makes art.Tomoyo Ihaya, 2023
Collection
grunt gallery Programming Archive (Artist)Related program
Garden of Life / Chart of Animism (Artist)Related Archive, Library & Publication Objects
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