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Eugene Ouchi was born in Vernon British Columbia. He received a Diploma in Commercial Art from the Alberta College of Art in 1967. Ouchi continued his studies with a Post Graduate Study in Printmaking and Painting at the Alberta College of Art. Ouchi was a graphic designer, a Creative Director, and an Art Director as well as the owner of his own design company, Stepstone Design, before becoming a member of the Visual Communications Faculty, at the Alberta College of Art & Design, in 1985. In 2001, Ouchi became the Design Chair at the Alberta College of Art & Design. Ouchi worked primarily as a mixed media artist, utilizing a plethora of materials in his work, ranging from sheet metal, to cloth, and stones. Ouchi’s work has been shown at group and solo exhibitions across Canada since the early 1970’s. In 1972, the National Gallery selected Ouchi’s prints to represent Canada at the 36th Venice Biennale, in Venice Italy, and his prints were also showcased at the Third International Print Biennale, in Bradford England. His series of mixed media work entitled, Hiroshima Rain, was shown at the group exhibition, That Still Place…That Place Still, at The Nickel Arts Museum in 2003. This powerful series depicts the bombing of Hiroshima Japan near the end of World War II, and was created as a response to hearing the stories of the survivors of the bombings. Ouchi passed away at the age of 66 after a battle with cancer.
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