Kuniko S.Ruch
Art Achievements
September 2011 Women Painters West
Schomburg Gallery
Susan Schomburg
Wisteria
Rickshaw Puller #2
August 2011 2011 International Exhibition
By: Art Kudos, Curated by: Holly Koons
Finalist
Stand on Broadway
August 2011 Accepted as a member @ Los Angeles Art Association
July 2011 Sakuraba Gallery
Recieved Honorable mention award
Stand on Broadway
March-April 2011 Kuniko raised money for Japanese Red Cross Tsunami Relief Efffort
10 of her small paintings were auctioned and 100% of sales were donated
December 2010 Women painters West, Chaos and Order , Arena 1 Gallery
Received Pearl Guenther Award
Stand on Broardway
October 2010 Infinity Art Figurative Expo Juried in as an exhibit finalists by Infinity Art Gallery
Curated by Kim Mosley, Kaleeka Bond, Debbie Chapman - Rickshaw Puller series #2
September 2010 Spotlight group show at VIVASeptember
Curse’d Love
Doing God’s Work
Take Fountain
Rickshaw Puller series #2
August 2010 Voca Juried show women painters west
Untitled
June –August 2010 Transitions : Virtual Art Event by Pen and Brush, N.Y
Curated by Bina Sakar Ellias , International Gallaery Magazine - Curse’d Love
Juried in as a member of Women Painters West
Selected as a Salon artist for 2010 at VIVA
Gallery, Sherman Oaks ,CA
January 2010 Southern California Open Regional Exhibition
Summer Maiko
May 2009 79th Annual Statewide Exhibit
Irreplaceable places by Santa Cruz Art league
Curated by Kevin MacPherson – Take Fountain
May 2009 Pierce painting Student Invitational - The Great smoky Mountain
May 2009 Pierce College Student Show- Petal Mettle
Selected as a Salon artist for 2009 at VIVA Gallery, Sherman Oaks ,CA
March - Take Fountain
Peonies
April - Curse’d Love
Dance of Butterflies
May - Fall Maiko
Summer Jazz / Agapanthus
December 2008 Sylvia White Gallery, Ventura , CA
Juried show “ More than Toys “ – Himeji Tops
November 2008 Pen and Brush, N.Y Media Exhibition “ In the News”
Curated by Morley Safer. – Bush’s War
May 2008 Pierce College , CA Invitational art
Received Best of the show - Paper Ball and the Mouse figurine on Obi sash
June 2007 “Yesterday today and…Today” Invitational group show
Canoga Park Youth Art Center , CA
- Early Spring
- Orange Buoy
- Blue Gate
- Papyrus
- Bush's War
- Himeji Tops Diptych
Education
Kyoritsu Girls High School, Japan
Hawaii Pacific College . Hawaii