BRITISH COLUMBIA ARTISTS  

Thomas Takamitsu Kakinuma

October 4 1908 - September 9 1982

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Thomas Kakinuma was born in Tochigi-Ken, Japan. He arrived in Canada in 1937, later studying in the United States and in Japan before settling in BC.

He exhibited artwork in the B.C. Artists exhibitions at the Vancouver Art Gallery in 1950, from 1952 to 1958, 1962, and 1968. He artist was living in Vancouver in 1950.

He exhibited work with the B.C. Society of Fine Arts from 1955 to 1959, and in 1963.

He died in Burnaby in 1982.


GROUP EXHIBITIONS
DATE EXHIBITION ARTWORK
1950 Nov. 28 - Dec. 17 VAG   B.C. Artists 19th Annual By the Water
In the Backyard
1955 April 26 - May 15 VAG    BCSA 45th Annual Untitled
1956 Feb. 28 - March 18 VAG    BCSA 46th Annual Dawn
Trusting
1957 March 5 - 24 VAG    BCSA 47th Annual Two Figures
Study (Girl)
Animal Form
1958 Feb. 4 - 22 VAG    BCSA 48th Annual Sculpture
Cityscape

References - MONOGRAPHS

Refer to BIBLIO.

References - GROUP EXHIBITIONS

100 YEARS OF B.C. ART (refer to VAG58)

BC SCULPTURE 60 (refer to UBC60)

CANADIAN CERAMICS '63 (refer to CGP63)

CENTENNIAL SCULPTURE '67 (refer to FCA67)

RETROSPECT - CERAMICS 80 (refer to PGBC80)

A MODERN LIFE: Art and Design in British Columbia 1945-1960 (refer to VAG04)

MODERN IN THE MAKING - POST-WAR CRAFT AND DESIGN IN BRITISH COLUMBIA (refer to VAG20)

References - GENERAL

A DICTIONARY OF CANADIAN ARTISTS (refer to M)
     Half a page of information on Kakinuma, and references

ROYAL CANADIAN ACADEMY OF ARTS - EXHIBITIONS & MEMBERS 1880 - 1979 (refer to RCA81)

ARTISTS IN CANADA 1982 - UNION LIST OF ARTISTS' FILES (refer to AIC82)

MONTREAL MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS - SPRING EXHIBITIONS 1880 - 1970 (refer to MM88)

A CENTURY OF SCULPTURE (refer to SSBC98)

DESIGNING A MODERN IDENTITY (refer to KAG01)

BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX OF ARTISTS IN CANADA (refer to BIAC03)
     3 references to Kakinuma

GREATER VANCOUVER ART GALLERIES 1954-2020 (refer to GVAG20)
     1 reference to Kakinuma

B.C. VITAL STATISTICS ON-LINE death (refer to BCVS)

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