Exhibits, workshops & to contact
Naomi Kubota Lee: An Abstract Retrospective January - February 2024 Corte Madera Library |
Mill Valley Community Center
May 2024 Team Works OHCA Board & Facilitators July to August 2024 
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Annual Exhibit 2024 O'Hanlon Center for the Arts |
Juror - The 18th OHCA Wabi Sabi Exhibit - 2022
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Support for "Maui Strong"
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Tsuru for Solidarity - 2021
Humankind in Crisis
Artists Respond to the COVID Pandemic
Online Gallery Exhibit 2020
O'Hanlon Center for the Arts
"First there is a mountain"
The World Of Interiors - March 2020 issue
Los Angeles, New York, London
Los Angeles, New York, London
2020 Annual Members' Show
O'Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley
O'Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley
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El Paso 22 (23) Wabi Sabi Exhibition - August 2019 O'Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley To honor those lives that were taken those harmed and in sorrow and all the connections with family, friends, community and reaching beyond. In our grief outrage we find strength |
El Paso 22 (23) was created while listening to a radio segment announcing twenty-two names, followed by a brief story about their lives before they were killed; especially what they did for others. More than a few sacrificed their own lives at the last moment to shield another. Most were valued caregivers; bright, thoughtful and generous people. Our lives circle and connect with others. Some connections exist across the air, without seeing their smiles, meeting their eyes or hearing their voices. But how they touch us in ways beyond measure. |
Workshops
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The Way of Wabi Sabi a wabi sabi art workshop 2023 and previous years More info: ohanloncenter.org Create insightful art pieces in the wabi sabi tradition of seeing the Perfection in the Imperfection, using gifts from the natural world. |
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Wabi Sabi Hari Booklet
Japanese needle booklet class In Japan, everything has a soul. Even needles. Join me in making felt and fabric booklets to rest and honor our pins & needles for their lifetime of service... stitches that make things complete and whole again. Japanese boro and wabi sabi style. |
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Shows and Commissions
The Word Project. San Pablo Community Center. 2019
" Apricity -- Be kind. Be generous. Be grateful -- Aotearoa -- May I be filled with loving kindness -- May I be well, May I be happy, May I be peaceful and at ease -- The majesty of nature -- Peace -- Spirit -- Tundra (single word haiku) -- To have friends, first you must be a friend -- People do not grow old, when they stop growing they become old -- Tikkun Olam -- Carpe Diem -- Imagine -- Happiness -- Patience -- It's not about waiting for the storm to pass, it's about learning to dance in the rain -- Lone, Lose, Love -- People who talk to themselves have a captive audience -- Life is a beautiful journey -- Each day is a gift -- Think positive -- If you don't like the news, go out and make your own -- Gaman -- Gratitude -- Ichi-go Ichi-e. The deepest friendships often comes through a chance meeting (The Seven Samurai) -- Mono no aware -- Ties that bind -- Run your own race --"The torment of a flower" - Taiwanese song -- Life is a mirror which magnifies. What you see out there is only a duplication of what you are inside. The vibrations you send forth are magnified by life and returned to you -- it is unethical to take something's life for food, when there is an abundance of much healthier food available -- How to live healthy is so simple that it is complex -- If ignorance is bliss why aren't more people blissful -- Love unites us, fear divides us -- Gambatte ... " - Thank you for all who submitted words for the project
The Community Teen Program - "The teens talked about it during their Teen Talk. Used the words that were [submitted]; some they had to look-up. They talked about them and started to think about various aspects that could affect them. They came up with some of their own sayings...Be yourself, Everyone is already taken. Be You. Always be Loyal... Overall, they had a very positive conversation and talked about uplifting, not only their friends, but others who need it as well."
- Community Services Coordinator
"One cannot effect change unless it is addressed in an ongoing manner. It is interesting to see the word/phrases that were important to the youth - such as "be yourself." This is the time when they are trying to find an identity and when friends are so very important."
- Art Gallery Curator, Community Services
- Community Services Coordinator
"One cannot effect change unless it is addressed in an ongoing manner. It is interesting to see the word/phrases that were important to the youth - such as "be yourself." This is the time when they are trying to find an identity and when friends are so very important."
- Art Gallery Curator, Community Services
Wabi sabi piece. Wire, pine needles, seeds and other natural materials.
San Pablo Community Center 2019
Wabi Sabi Exhibit at OHCA 2022
San Pablo Community Center 2019
Wabi Sabi Exhibit at OHCA 2022
Endless Vision - a part of the Honor the Earth (Tokyo) series. 2019
Some thoughts on the Circle, Triangle, Square...
In the Circle we find infinity…
In zen, the circle - enso - is both the beginning and the end.
And walking through the center of the circle is to enter emptiness;
a void of thoughts or emotions, yet being fully present in the moment.
Circles are everywhere…from our galaxy of Earth, sun, moon, planets
and beyond, the countless galaxies and orbits ever expanding…
to our humble cups and bowls that help nourish us daily.
Even the small circular waves from a single water drop falling on a still pond.
The Triangle …
Balanced and stable like a pyramid.
A monk sitting in meditation.
The peak of a mountain or spiraling fire.
All grounded and yet ascending skyward.
The Square …
A sense of contentment.
Four solid walls for places where we live, work and rest.
A frame of a passage way to another thought, another way.
Like a threshold we cross upon entering a doorway
Into another space.
All things in the universe are represented in these forms.
Where do you see them in your daily life?
Are there other symbols, shapes and patterns that attract you?
In the Circle we find infinity…
In zen, the circle - enso - is both the beginning and the end.
And walking through the center of the circle is to enter emptiness;
a void of thoughts or emotions, yet being fully present in the moment.
Circles are everywhere…from our galaxy of Earth, sun, moon, planets
and beyond, the countless galaxies and orbits ever expanding…
to our humble cups and bowls that help nourish us daily.
Even the small circular waves from a single water drop falling on a still pond.
The Triangle …
Balanced and stable like a pyramid.
A monk sitting in meditation.
The peak of a mountain or spiraling fire.
All grounded and yet ascending skyward.
The Square …
A sense of contentment.
Four solid walls for places where we live, work and rest.
A frame of a passage way to another thought, another way.
Like a threshold we cross upon entering a doorway
Into another space.
All things in the universe are represented in these forms.
Where do you see them in your daily life?
Are there other symbols, shapes and patterns that attract you?
"Salon des Refuses" Exhibit 2019
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"Beyond the Time" Commissioned for Japan CD jacket Mami, solo artist -- CD produced in Tokyo itunes.apple.com/us/album/beyond-the-time-single/id1155732399?ls=1&app=itunes |
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"Orange Orbits 2" selected for a Brazilian classical jazz group. ALGARAVIA - Musica Brasileira de Concerto "Gushing congratulations to all members of the group, and have a brilliant future - more than deserved." - Marlos Nobre |
Tokyo: Commissioned collection 2017-2018
Honor the Earth series
Honor the Earth series
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My Studio...
I love seeing where other artists create their work.
where they...
imagine explore connect to purpose meditate
connect to their spirit do science experiments
get that timeless flow have time & energy for inner life
have vision see the humor make magic happen
deepen their soul see other possibilities
do engineering get inspiration from poetry and nature
feel the music learn the lyrics collaborate and share
feel delighted get excited feel humbled
feel the awe feel uplifted and joyful
transformed by their unique creative process
About My Life
"Naomi Kubota Lee: A Sansei Artist's Journey for Redress"
Oral History Center of The Bancroft Library
University of California, Berkeley
Interview conducted 2022 - Published 2023
About my workI work in a variety of media, making abstract pieces that make visible the invisible world of imagination and creativity, my inner world. My work reflects the mood, atmosphere and sense of mystery of this unseen space. I do workshops and juried wabi sabi. Exhibited in college, civic, public venues; non-profit, university research center as well as in private collections. My art work is featured on international CD jackets and also commissioned work.
UC Berkeley: BA Fine Arts (Honors Program) Social Science Field Major (Highest Honors) 
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All works are available for purchase unless otherwise noted.
Paintings are created in acrylic paints, unless otherwise noted.
Paintings are created in acrylic paints, unless otherwise noted.