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Hoshino was born and raised in Nagoya, Japan. She studied oil painting and sculpture privately before attending Tohoku University of Art and Design, where she graduated with a sculpture degree. Her work was exhibited widely in Japan and featured in a solo show. Hoshino has participated in several international sculpture symposia. In 2004, she met her husband, sculptor Jesse Salisbury, at the Nasunogahara International Sculpture Symposium. Both artists participated in the symposium. They married in 2006, and moved to his hometown in Steuben, Maine.

In Maine, Hoshino appreciates living close to nature. Her sculptures are carved form local granite and basalt with a focus on intimate shapes. She emphasizes the natural beauty and character of the stone.

1973 Born in Nagoya, Japan

2000 BFA: Tohoku University Of Art and Design (Japan)

2001 Trainee: Aichi Prefectural University Of Fine Arts and Music (Japan)

GROUP SHOW

1995 Student Art Gallery Yamagata, Japan

1995 Central Community Center Gallery Yamagata, Japan

1996 Student Art Gallery Yamagata, Japan

1997 Central Community Center Gallery Yamagata, Japan

1999 ÅuSpring FormÅvYusokan Yamagata, Japan

1999 Zao-Boudaira Sculpture Exhibition Yamagata, Japan

2000 ÅuSculpture Communication 1999Åv Kyoto Hightouch Reserch Park, Japan

2001 Zipang Girls Vol.3 Nagoya Citizen Gallery Yada, Japan

2002 Tohoku University Of Art and Design Gallery Yamagata, Japan

2002 Gallery SOAN Opening Exhibition Nagoya, Japan

2003 The Honda HouseÅuIEMATSURIÅv Toyota Aichi, Japan

2004 Art Promenade In Utsunomiya University Tochigi, Japan

2005 EXPO 2005 AICHI JAPAN(World's Fair)/Forest Experience Zone Aichi, Japan

2005 THE IMAGE WITHIN/gleason Fine Art Maine, USA

2007 Nasunogahara International Sculpture Symposium Exhibition Tochigi, Japan

2009 June Lacomb Sculpture Exhibition Maine, USA

2009 Marble Art Festa In Akiyoshido Yamaguchi, Japan

SOLO SHOW

2004 Galleria Finarte Nagoya, Japan

SYMPOSIUM

2001 Rapolano Terme Stone Sculpture Symposium Siena, Italy

2004 Nasunogahara International Sculpture Symposium In Ohtawara Tochigi, Japan

PUBLIC COLLECTION

*Rapolano Terme, Itary

*Utsunomiya University Tochigi, Japan

*Ohtawara-city Tochigi, Japan

Karin Wilkes, director and owner of Courthouse Gallery Fine Art, is pleased to announce that Maine sculptor Kazumi Hoshino has joined the gallery. Hoshino’s work is currently on view at the gallery in Ellsworth through June 20, and at the Farnsworth Art Museum through the end of December. Hoshino’s work was selected by Michael Komanecky, chief curator of the Farnsworth Art Museum, for their 2010 exhibition “Four in Maine: Site Specific.” Komanecky invited Hoshino and three other Maine sculptors, Jesse Salisbury who also shows at Courthouse Gallery, Warren Seelig, and Aaron T. Stephan to select a site, inside or outside the museum, that best fits their work. The exhibit examines how each sculptor integrates their work into the place they have chosen.

Regarding the Farnsworth exhibit, Hoshino describes her concept for “Composition” (Kosei) as such: “The series “Composition” comes from combining simple forms. The circle we can see by observing nature and life. It evokes motherhood with its encircling shape. Its form is soft, enfolding and unending. There is no beginning or end. There is harmony. It is a peaceful image. With “Kosei,” by combining this simple form I hope to enhance the perception of these pleasing qualities. To me these “compositions” seem to hint of some potential memory or whisper an un-remembered experience. I want my sculptures to be a medium to stimulate the image of a warm and pleasing experience.”

Hoshino was born and raised in Nagoya, Japan. She studied oil painting and sculpture privately before attending Tohoku University of Art and Design, where she graduated with a sculpture degree. Her work was exhibited widely in Japan and featured in a solo show. Hoshino has participated in several international sculpture symposia. In 2004, she met her husband, sculptor Jesse Salisbury, at the Nasunogahara International Sculpture Symposium. Both artists participated in the symposium. They married in 2006, and moved to his hometown in Steuben, Maine. In Maine, Hoshino appreciates living close to nature. Her sculptures are carved form local granite and basalt with a focus on intimate shapes. She emphasizes the natural beauty and character of the stone.