“Conversations
on
the Street”, Art Beatus (Vancouver)
Consultancy Ltd, Vancouver, BC
2009
Joined
the
Vancouver
Knitting Club
2008
Joined
the
Vancouver Fiber Artist Guild
2007
The
Powell
Street Festival exhibited “The Tale of the Heike”
2007
Bra Purse
Challenge for North
America’s Breast
Cancer fund
raising exhibited Willington, Connecticut,
US). All winners’ Bra
Purses traveled on the East Coast for the fund raising tour
2006
Solo
exhibition, "The Tale of Heike", Art Beatus (Vancouver), Vancouver,
Canada
2003
Open
a Doll making class
2002
Open
a booth for "Tall Ship Festival"
2002
Awarded
two
2nd
Prize at the Kansas
doll show
2001
Original
Doll
show
at "The Doll Museum Soleil" in Japan
1998
Awarded
Bronze
by
"Yuzawaya art show in Japan
1994
-
1996
Opened
a
booth
for "Powel street festival "
1993
Displayed
"
Ann
of Green Gables and scarecrow " at the PEI Hotel
1993
Presented
"Footie
doll"
to at that time Prime Minister Ms. Kim Campbell
1990
Certificate
class
of
Modeling clay
1989
Awarded
two
First
prizes at Canada Doll Lover's Society. Footie doll and
Fantasy
doll
1986
-1989
Took
a porcelain doll class
1980
Moved
to Canada
1979
–
1980
Made
stuffing dolls for Infant monthly magazine in Japan
1979
Start
doll making
ARTIST STATEMENT
Original Dolls by Tomoka Ike
I was born and raised in a small town in Southern Japan. There were no strangers there,
everyone
knew each other. It was good, but a little boring to me.
Whenever I
met a stranger it excited me because the stranger meant that there was
an opportunity
for new knowledge about a different world.
In the city, we come across strangers all the time. It's a chance
for
something new and exciting.I love to
watch the people on the street.
