Background
Kawana, Koichi was born on March 16, 1930 in Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Japan. Came to the United States, 1952, naturalized, 1971. Son of Kiichi and Toki (Takeda) Kawana.
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Koichi Kawana
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Koichi Kawana, Japanese educator, artist. Sumi paintings include in collections White House, Washington, Grunwald Graphics Arts Foundation, garden design for Los Angeles City Tillman Water Reclamation Plant Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, Chicago Horticultural Society Botanical Garden, Glencoe, Illinois, Denver Botanical Gardens, others.
Education
Bachelor of Science, Yokohama Municipal University, (Japan), 1951. AB, University of California at Los Angeles, 1955. Master of Arts, University of California at Los Angeles, 1959.
Master of Fine Arts, University of California at Los Angeles, 1964. Doctor of Philosophy, Pacific Western University, 1979.
Career
He designed gardens in San Diego, Los Angeles, Denver, Colorado, Chicago, Illinois, Memphis, Tennessee, and Saint Louis, Missouri. Some of his major works include the Seiwa-en Japanese Garden in the Missouri Botanical Garden and the Japanese Friendship Garden in San Diego"s Balboa Park. In 1930, Kawana was born in Hokkaido, Japan.
He graduated from Yokohama Municipal University in 1951 and got a United States citizenship in 1971.
Kawana became a college professor and lecturer for 24 years at University of California, Los Angeles on Japanese art, environmental design, and Japanese landscape/architecture. Kawana died on March 16, 1990.
Aside from lecturing at University of California, Los Angeles, Kawana designed gardens at several parks in the United States, mainly having a Japanese style.
Achievements
Membership
Member American Society Interior Designers, Southern California Horticultural Institute, Japan American Society Southern California (council 1965– Distinguished Service award, Victor M. Carter Diamond award 1980), Los Angeles County Museum Art, Far Eastern Art Council, Pi Gamma Mu, Pi Sigma Alpha.
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Awards
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Recipient Seikyoju rank and awarded artist name Yocho, Adachi-shiki School Floral Design, 1961. Recipient Design award Progressive Architecture, 1972, Gold medal Accademia Italia della Arti e del Lavoro, Henry Shaw medal Trustees of Missouri Botanical Garden, 1987. Winner National Society Interior Designers competition, 1961. Decorated knight Order of Merit, Military and Hospitaller Order St. Lazarus of Jerusalem.Recipient Seikyoju rank and awarded artist name Yocho, Adachi-shiki School Floral Design, 1961. Recipient Design award Progressive Architecture, 1972, Gold medal Accademia Italia della Arti e del Lavoro, Henry Shaw medal Trustees of Missouri Botanical Garden, 1987. Winner National Society Interior Designers competition, 1961.
Decorated knight Order of Merit, Military and Hospitaller Order St. Lazarus of Jerusalem.