Yoshiko Iwamoto Wada, Berkeley, exhibits at the Museum Sursilvan, Trun

For the exposition "Shades of Memory", taking place from July 28 to September 9, 2018, at the Museum Sursilvan, Trun, Yoshiko Iwamoto Wada's installations were inspired by cocoons of silk-worms.

She is an artist, curator, and author and co-author of several books of reference on Shibori. Yoshiko was titled as a “Distinguished Craft Educator-Master of Medium” by the Smithsonian Institution and in 2016 she was honored with an award for her lifetime achievement in the field of textile art from the George Washington University Museum.

She has a B.F.A. in textile from Kyoto and a M.F.A. in conceptual art from USA.
She has translated three books on textile from Japanese to English and co-produced several DVDs on Shibori and Natural Dyeing.
She is President of World Shibori Network, Founder of Slow Fiber Studios, and Adjunct Professor of the Institute of Textile & Clothing at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China. She has co-chaired all ten International Shibori Symposia in India, Chile, Australia, U.K., France, Hong Kong, China, including the 11th ISS 2018 now taking place in Japan.
She has been promoting sustainable practices in traditional textile craft, natural dyeing, and organic cotton, and empowering regional communities in Japan, China, India, and the USA.