Juri Umagami

BIO

Juri Umagami started painting at Usukubo Yuji Art Atelier in Tochigi, Japan when she was eight years old. In 2009, she moved to Los Angeles, California, to pursue her goal to be an artist and art instructor. She has been studying under master painter Cheryl Kline in her academy for several years, as well as with several other visiting masters to learn the techniques of classical figure drawing and painting and Renaissance painting. She currently assists Cheryl and teaches in several classes at Kline Academy of Fine Art. She received a B.F.A. from Otis College of Art and Design in the Fine Arts Program in May, 2017. 

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EDUCATION

2014 - 2017           BFA, Painting, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA

2013 - Present    Kline Academy of Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA

2009 - 2012         AA, Art, Santa Monica College, Santa Monica, CA

1994 - 2000         Usukubo Yuji Art Atelier, Japan

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GROUP EXHIBITION

2018    The Women Show, West Hollywood, CA

2017     SOLA Grand Opening Exhibit, Los Angeles, CA

2017    liminal, Annual Exhibition 2017, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA

2017    On the Glass Parameter, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA

2016    Judaka Fo Ceviti, Bolsky Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2016    □ (8.5 x 11"), Bolsky Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2016    XXL, Nous Tous by Citizens of Culture, Los Angeles, CA

2014    Buffering, Inglewood, CA

2011    Food, Santa Monica College, Los Angeles, CA

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AWARD

2017  Otis Fine Arts  Drawing Award