Yuri Grier

I graduated from Bunka Fashion College and worked as a fashion designer in Tokyo, Japan. I designed women's clothing for several fashion brands for over a decade in Tokyo until I immigrated to Canada. I lived in Saskatchewan for the first three years of my life in Canada and I live and work in the Lower Mainland, British Columbia.

I started painting in oil in 2011 and I was a member of the Open Studio Artists Group at the time. 

In many of my paintings, I capture on the canvas in oil the surprises of an ordinary day that I find a few steps from my home. I paint in outdoor settings when it is possible besides regular studio painting. The contrasts of my life experiences, growing up in the concrete jungle that is Tokyo, and my current life in British Colombia with its beautiful nature influences my work.

グリア　ユリ

東京生まれ、東京育ちの江戸っ子。

ファションデザイナーとして務めた後、　１９９４年 にカナダ に 移民。

Saskatchewan に三年住み、１９９７年に British Coluｍbiaに移住。

地元の芸術家達との交流を深 め、その友人達 の支えと共に２００９年 に自学 で油絵 を始 めた。

Langley Art Studio Tour と　Fort Gallery　そして　Art in Found Places　に　出品。 

自分の身近にある物や風景に 特別 な輝きを見つけだし、思いを込めてイメージ を描き 続けている。　

Yuri Grierのアトリエ訪問を含めた旅程企画がJP Volunteer & Community Services との協力で日本の方々に向けて提供されている。