Yukari Kashihara
Education
2000 – 2003 MFA – University of Missouri-Columbia
Major in Ceramics, Minor in Printmaking
1997 - 2000 BFA - University of Missouri-Columbia
Major in Ceramics and Printmaking, Minor in Art History
Awards and Scholarships
2024 - Award of Excellence, Art in the Park, Columbia, Missouri
2023 - Award of Excellence, Art in the Park, Columbia, Missouri
2019 - Award of Excellence, Art in the Park, Columbia, Missouri
2018 - Mayor's Choice Award, Art in the Park, Columbia, Missouri
2017 - Best in Ceramics, Art in the Park, Columbia, Missouri
2016 - 2nd Best of Show, Art in the Park, Columbia, Missouri
2015 - 3rd Best of Show, Art in the Park, Columbia, Missouri
2013 - Award of Excellence, Art in the Park, Columbia, Missouri
2012 - Award of Excellence, Art in the Park, Columbia, Missouri
2011 - Best of Show 1st Place, Art in the Park, Columbia, Missouri
2011 - 2nd Best of Show, Longview Art & World Music Festival, Lee’s Summit, Missouri
2010 - Fine Craft Award, Art in the Park, Columbia, Missouri
2010 - 3rd Best of Show, Art in the Park, Columbia, Missouri
2009 - Second Place, Boone County Art Show, Boone County National Bank, Columbia, Missouri
2007 - Best of Show Award in Ceramics, Missouri 50, Missouri State Fair, Fine Arts Department, Sedalia, Missouri
2003 - Honorable Mention, The Second World Ceramic Biennale 2003 Korea (CEBIKO) International Competition, Gyeonggi Province, Korea
2002 - Oscar K. Fine Memorial Purchase Award, 51st Mid-States Art Exhibition, Evansville, Indiana
2002 - Ann Hoffman Memorial Scholarship, Department of Art, University of Missouri-Columbia, Missouri
2002 - Award of Excellence, Women in the Arts Exhibition, Brady Commons Gallery, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri
2001 - Ann Hoffman Memorial Scholarship, Department of Art, University of Missouri-Columbia Missouri
2001 - Award of Excellence, Women in the Arts Exhibition, Brady Commons Gallery, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri
2000 - Second Place, 5th Annual Homecoming Art Show, University of Missouri-Columbia, Missouri
2000 - Graduate Grant in Aid, International Center, Memorial Union, University of Missouri-Columbia, Missouri
1998 - The Matthew Fahey Cox Memorial Scholarship for Outstanding Advanced Students in Ceramics, Department of Art, University of Missouri-Columbia, Missouri
Exhibitions
2023 - Invitational Exhibits, Hannibal Arts Council, Hannibal, Missouri
2020 - 17th Biennial Teapot Exhibition, “Tea & Cookies”, Craft Alliance, Delmar Loop Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri
2016- "The Clay Cup: Vessel, Icon, Canvas" National Juried Exhibition, Juror: Daniel Anderson, University of Missouri-Columbia
2016 - 15th Biennial Teapot Exhibition, “Hot Tea”, Craft Alliance, Delmar Loop Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri
2014 - 14th Biennial Teapot Exhibition, “Hot Tea”, Craft Alliance, Delmar Loop Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri
2012 - 13th Biennial Teapot Exhibition, “Hot Tea”, Craft Alliance, Delmar Loop Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri
2012 - Sky High Tea: A Teapot Exhibition, Lambert-St. Louis International Airport, Saint Louis, Missouri
2012 - Solo Exhibition, “Harmony & Tranquility”, Missouri Valley College, Morris Gallery of Contemporary Art, Marshall, Missouri
2010 - 12th Biennial Teapot Exhibition, “Hot Tea”, Craft Alliance, Delmar Loop Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri
2007 - “Missouri 50”, Missouri State Fair, Fine Arts Department, Sedalia, Missouri, Missouri 50 Award
2003 - 38th Mid-States Craft Exhibition, Evansville Museum of Arts, History and Science, Evansville, Indiana, Juror: Susan Duval, Aspen, Colorado
2003 - Combined Talents: The Florida International Competition, Museum of Fine Arts, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida
2003 - Ceramics 2003, The Fourth Biennial Exhibit of North American Clay, Guilford Handcraft Center, Guilford, Connecticut. Juror: Susan Peterson
2003 - The Second World Ceramic Biennale 2003 Korea (CEBIKO) International Competition, Gyeonggi Province, Korea, Honorable Mention
2003 - The Eighteenth Annual Greater Midwest International Exhibition, Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg, MO, Juror: Leesa Fanning, PhD., Assistant Curator, Modern and Contemporary Art, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri
2002 - National Juried Exhibition of Fine Contemporary Crafts, CRAFT FORMS 2002, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA. Juror: Lloyd F. Herman, the Founding Director of the national craft museum of the United States.
2002 - 51st Mid-States Art Exhibition, Evansville Museum of Arts, History and Science, Evansville,Indiana. Juror: Klaudia Marr, owner of van de Griff/Marr Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Oscar K. Fine Memorial Purchase Award
2002 - National Exhibit Recent Ceramic Graduate Students, Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, MI
1998 - WATERMARK Works on Paper National Juried Exhibition, Studio 107, Whiteville, North Carolina. Juror: Glenn Eure, The owner of The Ghost Fleet Gallery, Nags Head, North Carolina
