Michelle Yamamoto

I graduated with a diploma in Commercial Design and

Advertising in 1981 at the University College of the

Cariboo, Canada and then two years of part time

marketing study at the British Columbia Institute of

Technology. I worked freelance in marketing, sales

public relations, graphic design and as an art director

for twelve years while living in Malaysia, China and the

Philippines.

 

While I lived in China I studied sculpture and Chinese

calligraphy with local artists and teachers with the help

of translators. I also designed menu covers and

brochures for the Shangrila Hotel Beijing.

 

From 2000-03, I attended the Vancouver Academy of

Art in part time studies in classical portrait drawing,

watercolor portrait painting and “Boku Jazz,” a form of

Zen brush painting with artist Ari Tomita.

 

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