Yarrow Koontz, Tomoyo Ihaya, Mia Tremblay: YaToMi

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Tomoyo Ihaya, "water ship," 2018

mixed media

New works by Yarrow Koontz, Tomoyo Ihaya, Mia Tremblay 

YaToMi Is a group show of three artists who met over 20 years ago at Emily Carr University of Art and Design. This show is about reconnection, reunion, resonance and art making as a practice of healing and spirituality.

The title of the show Yatomi came out of a word play by using the first two letters of the artists’ names. Yatomi is “a person who has the potential to attain spiritual enlightenment.”

Yarrow Aiko Koontz is an out-of-practice artist living on Gabriola Island. She is interested in working with textiles and found objects.

Tomoyo Ihaya is a Vancouver-based artist who produces prints, drawings and installations inspired by the artist’s experiences of the interconnectedness of the material and spiritual worlds. She has spent many years visiting India specifically Tibetan Refugee camps and has created works based on her responses to the Tibetan people living in exile in India as well as her relationship to the elements of water and fire.

Mia Tremblay is a visual artist in Nanaimo, BC, creating works in in encaustic, acrylic, oils, spray paint, mixed media and found objects. Mia is a meditation instructor in Buddhist tradition and an art therapist. Mia was the recipient of the Juror’s Choice Award at the Sooke Fine Arts Show 2015.

Images top to bottom: Three Hares by Yarrow Aiko Koontz, water ship by Tomoyo Ihaya, seebird sailing by Mia Tremblay

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