Isabelle Kawai Vincent

Artist statement

I was born an artist and art is my first language.

I am inspired by the human figure as means to express all facets of human emotions. I utilise my Japanese heritage and influences infused with western techniques and styles in a variety of mediums; drawing, painting and printmaking. My photography is predominately inspired by nature.

Each medium has unique qualities, therefore, I choose the mediums that aesthetically expresses my themes. 

Aesthetically, my artwork also explores the understated minimalism and pictorial space contrasting with intimate and fine details.  

My artistic influences are Michelangelo, Hidekichi Shigemoto and les Fauves sense of colour.

Education

2010 Graduate Diploma of Education; Art Methods (Secondary) La Trobe University Bendigo 

2001 Graduate Diploma of Arts (Politics) La Trobe University Bendigo

1995 Bachelor of Arts (Fine Art) La Trobe University Bendigo 

Solo exhibitions

2014 Alton Gallery, Echuca

2013 River Inn Gallery, Echuca

2012 Brunswick Street Gallery, Fitzroy 

2012 Blue Dog Gallery, Beaumaris 

2011 Togs Place and Gallery, Castlemaine 

1997 Convent Gallery Daylesford, 

Selected group exhibitions

2014 Rochester Hospital Art Exhibition

2013 Fifty Shades of Blue, Echuca

2013 Number 4 Art Show, Echuca

2013 Rochester Art Show, Rochester

2013 Figurative Exhibition. Customs Wharf Galleria, Williamstown. 

2013 Dirty Dishes Evolving installation, ‘Sold’ Exhibition by Candy Stevens at Phyllis Palmer Gallery, La Trobe University

2013 Rochester Art Exhibition, Rochester

2013 Castlemaine Festival, Gathering Gallery, Newstead and Artist Market

2013 Forget Me Not Exhibition, View Point Gallery, Bendigo 

2013 Bend Arts Group Exhibition, Dudley House, Bendigo

2012 Life Drawing Group Show, Dudley House, Bendigo

2012 Printmaking, Group Show, Brunswick Street Gallery Fitzroy

2012 Painting, Group Show 12A, Brunswick Street Gallery, Fitzroy

2012 Artist in the Street, Bendigo

2008 Art in the Street, Bendigo

1998 Geoff Sayer Framing & Gallery, Bendigo ‘A Contemporary View’

1998 Bendigo Festival 1997 Colonial Bank Gallery, ‘Juxta Festive Exhibition’ 

1997 Bendigo Regional Art Gallery, Works on Paper Exhibition

1997 Café Torso, Bendigo, ‘Size is Not Everything’

1996 Colonial Bank Gallery & Mully’s Café, Bendigo ‘A Collective Collusion’

1996 Bendigo Regional Art Gallery, ‘Bendigo Works on Paper’ Exhibition

1994 Torii Gallery, Strathfieldsaye, ‘Group Exhibition’

1995 Phillis Palmer Gallery, La Trobe University Bendigo ‘Bachelor of Arts (Fine Art) Final Exhibition'

Work on consignment

PG Printmaker Gallery, Fitzroy

Awards, competition finalist, prizes and acquisitions

2011 Finalist; Silk Cut Awards 

1997 Bendigo Festival Acquisition Award

1981 Dandenong Youth Portrait Awards

Commissions, grants and residencies

1998-2000 Artist in Residence, Greater City of Bendigo, Bendigo

1997 Artist in Residence, Girton Grammar, Big Hill Primary School, Bendigo 

Community contributions 

2013 Echuca Moama Artist Inc. Committee member

2013 Tuesday Junction Art Group

2011 - 13 Co-facilitate self directed life drawing classes; Bendigo  

1996-2002 Central Arts Collective Inc, Co-founder & Committee Member

1997-2002 Japanese Association, Founder and Chairperson


See Isabelle's work at Isabelle Kawai Vincent Artist Page