Wakako Yamamoto Japanese Calligraphy contact: Gallery Opium, Pattaya web: www.galleryopium.com/wakako

Biography
	Born 1971 in Nagoya, Japan.
	1976 start learning calligraphy from Uho Kawaguti in Nagoya.
	1987 certified as Master in Calligraphy by the Nagoya Calligraphy Society
	1989 certified as Master of the Shosaku Style of Kanji and Kana, Tokyo.
	Since 1997 being a teacher in calligraphy in Jokoname, Japan. After having movend in 2001 from Japan to Thailand giving private lessons in Japanese calligraphy also in Pattaya.
	Since childhood participating on Single and Group Exhibitions in Japan and Thailand, some of which she has been awarded: 1987/1988/1989 - "Sougen Shodoten", "Mainichi Shodoten", Nagoya, Japan 1991 - "So Many Men, So Many Minds" at Denki Bunka Gallery, Nagoya 1999 - "Hakuju Shodokai" in Nagoya 2005 - "Art Raising Thoughts", at Royal Garden Plaza, Pattaya | "Burapha Art Exhibition" at Burapha University, Bang Saen, Chonburi | "Roku Ideas" at Art Café, Pattaya.
	Artist's Statement: "Japanese Calligraphy is the transformation of Emotional Energy into Visual Experience."

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