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artist printmaking educator

Michi Osaka, American artist, printmaking educator. Nine Best of Show awards nationally and regionally Northwest Watercolor Society; certified excellence International Art Competition, New York, 1988; fine arts recognition Pierce County Arts Commission, Tacoma, 1992.

Background

Osaka, Michi was born on May 15, 1927 in Brooks, Oregon, United States. Daughter of Otoichi and Fumiyo (Masukawa) Umemoto.

Education

Bachelor magna cum laude, University Puget Sound, 1978. Bachelor of Fine Arts, University Washington, 1981. Master of Fine Arts, University Washington, 1984.

Career

Artist, Tacoma, from 1978. Exhibition chair National American Pen Women Washington, Tacoma, 1983.

Achievements

  • Michi Osaka has been listed as a notable artist, printmaking educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Artist Ford Foundation Grant, University Washington, 1982. Artist-chairman Sister City of Kitakyushu, Tacoma, 1987. Member Sumie Society of America (president 1985-1986), Women's Painter Washington (1st vice president 1995-1996), Northwest Print Council (Best of Show), National Northcoast Collage Society (Merit award), Northwest Watercolor Society (1st place award), Phi Kappa Phi.

Interests

  • Bonsai, calligraphy, saga floral arrangements.

Connections

Married Tom S. Osaka, May 30, 1945. Children: Janice Vinnedge, Gordon, Kurt.

Father:
Otoichi Umemoto

Mother:
Fumiyo (Masukawa) Umemoto

Spouse:
Tom S. Osaka

child:
Janice Vinnedge Osaka

child:
Kurt Osaka

child:
Gordon Osaka

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Awards

  • Nine Best of Show awards nationally and regionally Northwest Watercolor Society. Certified excellence International Art Competition, New York, 1988. Fine arts recognition Pierce County Arts Commission, Tacoma, 1992.