This is an ARCHIVE of Botanical Art Exhibitions in Asia by Country
( China, Japan, Jordan, South Korea, Taiwan and Thailand )

Countries are listed alphabetically. Exhibitions are listed chronologically within country.​

Archive: Botanical Art Exhibitions in China
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China (2017)
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19th IBC Botanical Art Exhibition in Shenzhen China
Botanical art exhibition organised by the 19th International Botanical Congress Organizing Committee, Shenzhen Fairy Lake Botanical Garden and the International Association of Botanic Gardens 
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These were the Guidelines for Exhibiting Botanical Art at the 19th International Botanical Congress.
The Korea Botanical Artists Cooperative are exhibiting in China in September

Title: Botanical Art Exhibition - by Korea Botanical Artists Cooperative
Venue: Beijing Botanical Garden
Dates: 2nd - 18th September 2017

The participating artists are: ​Soyoung Sin, Hwayun Lee, Myeonghee Seong, Jungah Seo, Yeonhee Choo, Miyeon Ji, Jinhee Yun, Byungsook Ko, Hyewon Lee, Minjung Oh, Sukgyeong Bak, Sooyoun Kim, Jeongsoon Yang, Sanghui Yu, Sora Han

China (2016)
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蘭之魅 Lán Zhī Mèi - The Beauty of Orchids
Dates and Venues: 
This exhibition is part of a collaborative project focusing on orchid conservation by using art to communicate science. Many orchid species are now endangered or even extinct, which means there's an urgent need for conservation. The exhibit focuses on those orchids in threat of extinction. Participating artists are:
  •  Ms. Isik Guner, a botanical artist from Turkey,
  • Ms. Yan Lan of China and Mr. He Ruihua of Xishaungbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG)

Archive: Botanical Art Exhibitions in India
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India (2019)
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Forests and Gardens of Southern India: The Cleghorn Collection of Botanical Drawings" - an exhibition curated by Henry Noltie
These exhibitions display high quality reproductions of 54 watercolour drawings commissioned by Cleghorn in the 1840’s and 1850’s showing a variety of Indian plant species

Venues in India: At the last venue there are also botanical art workshops between 11-15 March.
The Cleghorn Collection: South Indian Botanical Drawings 1845 to 1860
by Henry Noltie 
Dr Henry Noltie is a historical researcher employed by the Royal; Botanic Garden Edinburgh

He's particularly interested in the history of collections and the history of botany in India.

His work has concentrated on the RBGE collections, especially the botanical drawings made by Indian artists for Scottish East India Company surgeons.
More than 200 of the drawings from the Cleghorn Collection are reproduced in this book, in colour, for the first time. These include drawings from nature, copies based on European prints, and Nature Prints made from herbarium specimens.

They are the work of several South Indian artists and of pupils of the pioneering Madras School of Art.

Cleghorn is one of the major benefactors of the Royal Botanic Garden in Edinburgh. His bequeathed his substantial Indian herbarium to RBGE. His outstanding collection of books relating to forestry and botany (dating back to 1582) and drawings of plants and trees were divided between the University of Edinburgh and what became the National Museum of Scotland. The latter share was transferred to the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) in 1940.
Hardcover: 172 pages
Publisher: Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Date: 5 Aug. 2016
ISBN-10: 1910877115
ISBN-13: 978-1910877111
Dimensions: 32.8 x 23.2 x 2.4 cm

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India (2017)
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Hooker Botanical Trailblazer and the Botanical Heritage of India
Venue: Botanical Survey of India gallery of the Indian Museum in Kolkata 
Dates: 1 October 2016  -  1 October 2017
This included facsimiles of some of the studies and correspondence by English botanist and the first director of Kew, Joseph Hooker.
Curated by Kew.

JD Hooker's second major expedition was to the Himalayas of India, Nepal and Tibet. Here he collected some 7,000 plant specimens over three years, and was imprisoned by the Rajah of Sikkim. 
Dr Damodaran, director of the Centre for World Environmental History at Sussex, said: “The exhibitions represent for the first time a repatriation of botanical knowledge. There has not been a flora survey of India since Hooker wrote his botany of India in 1871 because they have not had the herbarium specimens he collected. To do the next survey, they need to see what has changed.
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Illustrations of Himalayan Plants - Description and Analysis by JD Hooker; Plates by Walter Hood Fitch
"I have been here three days & again I am out of food... I had not the day a morsel of bread or meat only Tea & a case carrots... We went 2 miles through the densest scrub... rounded another cliff in the bed of the river which was up to our middle & the current very strong... A mile further we could stand out no longer... The rocks & cliffs were impracticable, the snow beds too slippery, & the icy torrents we crossed every few yards bitterly cold... The ground covered with beautiful spring flowers... These explorations are very hard work, but I get such lots of plants that they are always abundantly profitable & I am in rare health."  [JDH/1/10/175-179]  Joseph Hooker's Indian Christmas
Joseph Hooker: Botanical Trailblazer
by Pat Griggs and Jim Endersby
​Extensively and beautifully illustrated from the archives of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Joseph Hooker Botanical Trailblazer takes the reader on an extraordinary voyage with one of the world's greatest botanists, highlighting his relationships with family, travelling companions, friends and colleagues who influenced his life and botanical ideas.
READ a review of this book in the Botanical Journey of the Linnean Society
Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817–1911) was appointed Assistant Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens in 1855, after he had travelled around the world, discovering, describing, naming and/or introducing over 12,000 plants to the UK that have since changed the face of both gardens and landscape
Paperback: 64 pages
Publisher: Kew Publishing
Publication date: 14 Nov. 2011
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1842464698 | ISBN-13: 978-1842464694
Product Dimensions: 24.1 x 1.3 x 19 cm

Archive: Botanical Art Exhibitions in Japan
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Japan 2018
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Title: Botanical Worldwide Art - Native Plants of Japan
Venue: Makino Memorial Garden Gallery 
​6-34-4 Higashiizumi Nerima-ku, Tokyo, 178-0063
Dates: to be announced
​Organisers: ASBA members in Japan
URL: https://www.botanicalartworldwide.info/japan/
This was the Japanese contribution to the Worldwide Exhibition of Botanical Art in 2018.
Title: The Golden Age of Botanical Art
Venue: Tokyo University Museum Intermedi Tech　​
Address: 2-7-2 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo KITTE 2 / 3F 
Dates: September 16, 2017 to 12 March 2018
Hours: 11:00-18:00 (Fri · Sat is until 20:00) Closed: Monday (the following day if Monday is a national holiday closed), 
​Organisers: Kew’s Library, Art and Archives and Tpkyo University Museum
URL: http://www.intermediatheque.jp/en/schedule/view/id/IMT0147

A selection of pieces of historical botanical art from the Art and Archive Collections of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew explores the beauty of natural history through the eyes of botanical artists and provides a glimpse into Kew’s extraordinary collections. The exhibition will include works by internationally renowned botanical artists
  • internationally renowned botanical artists Franz Bauer (1758-1840) and George Ehret (1708-1770)
  • a group of works by a number of Indian artists from the ‘Company School’ based at Calcutta’s Botanic Garden, as well as
  • works by father and son William Jackson Hooker and Joseph Dalton Hooker – the latter being one of the most respected scientists of his day and Kew Gardens’ most illustrious Director.​

Japan 2017
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Title: Flora Japonica
Venue: National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo
Dates: 12 September – 3 December 2017
First displayed at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (from 17 September 2016 to 5 March 2017), Flora Japonica focused on the unique and special nature of Japanese plants in their natural environment. Exquisite paintings by some of Japan’s leading contemporary artists will be on display, showcasing the natural beauty of plants such as Camellias, Wisteria and the Japanese maple.

Also on display will be a series of beautiful illustrations of Japanese plants from Curtis’s Botanical Magazine from Kew’s extensive Library, Art & Archive collections.
Kew’s resident botanical artist, Masumi Yamanaka’s astoundingly detailed painting – Miracle Pine – will also be on display. A particularly poignant work, this painting depicts the lone miracle pine which became a symbol of hope in Japan as the only surviving tree out of 70,000 in the town of Rikuzentakata after the devastating tsunami hit Japan on 11th March 2011. First presented to the then Japanese Ambassador, Mr Keiichi Hayashi, at the Japanese Embassy in London (8 March 2016), this gesture marked the five year anniversary of the Tohoku earthquake and the lasting relationship between Kew Gardens and Japan.

Japan 2016
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The website for the exhibition
The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew - English Garden: Showcase for Flowers and Plants of the World
​Venue: Panasonic Shiodome Museum
Dates: January 16, 2016 (Saturday) - March 21, 2016 (Sunday)

The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew is over 250 years old and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It now has the world’s largest collection of plants This exhibition showcases the centuries-long English passion for plants and flowers. It focuses on:
  • Explorers, botanists, and designers who had a profound influence on the English garden. This includes key people involved in the development of Kew such as Joseph Banks, Charles Darwin, and other scientists, major botanical artists from the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, and designers such as William Morris.
  • selected works - including some famous pieces - from the Kew Gardens collection of over 220,000 pieces of botanical art, selected from history of botanical art—from its beginnings to the present day—as well as designs and creations inspired by plants.focusing on the 17th century onwards. 

Exhibitions of the Japanese Association of Botanical Artists (JABI) 

Exhibition of the Japanese Association of Botanical Artists (JABI) 2016
Venue: Jindai Botanical Gardens, Tokyo
​Date: January 2016
The 17th Exhibition of JABI
Venue: Gallery Kubota, Tokyo
Dates: January-February 2015.
This exhibition included 14 artworks by the members of the Botanical Artists Society of Korea were on display.
The 18th Exhibition of JABI
Venue: Nishinomiya Kitaguchi Gallery, Hyogo
Dates: December. 2015

Archive: Botanical Art Exhibitions in Jordan
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Botanicals by Heidi Venamore,
​Venue: Jacaranda Images · Amman, Jordan
Dates: March 9 to 31 2016

Under the patronage of HRH Prince El Hassan Bin Talal, Jacaranda Images is proud to host an exhibition of exquisitely detailed botanical paintings and prints by Heidi Venamore. 

It was opened by HRH Prince Hassan bin Talal, who is the King's uncle, who allowed Heidi access to his garden to paint a series of paintings of his plants.
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Heidi Venamore with HRH Prince Hassan bin Talal at the opening of the exhibition of her paintings of his plants

Archive: Botanical Art Exhibitions in Korea
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Korea 2019
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Exhibition by Korea Botanical Arts Co-operative
Venue: International Horticulture Goyang - 2019​
Dates: April 26, 2019 / May 12, 2019
Hours: 
  • Weekdays 9am ~ 9pm
  • Holidays 9am ~ 10pm

Korea 2018
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Title: Korea Native Plants
Venue: Korea National Arboretum
415, Gwangneungsumogwon-ro, Sohol-eup, Pocheon-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
Dates: May 18, 2018 - end of June, 2018 - followed by a tour of a number of botanic gardens in Korea
Organisers: Korean Society of Botanical Illustrators and the Korea National Arboretum
URL: https://www.botanicalartworldwide.info/south-korea/
This is the Korean contribution to the Worldwide Exhibition of Botanical Art in 2018. Several awards were given, including 
  • MAFRA Minister’s Award, 
  • KFS Minister’s Award, and 
  • KNA Director General’s Award. ​

Korea 2017
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Title: Bloom with Painting
Venue: Insa Art Space 
90, Wonseo-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul 110-280 Korea
Dates: 25th - 31st October 2017
Hours: 11:00 to 19:00 
​Organisers: Korea Botanical Arts Cooperative
URL: ​http://kbacoop.com
"An Illustrated Book of Plants: The Flora and its Poetic Evidences"
Venue: National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea (Education copper layer 3 Digital Archives)
Dates: 31 October 2016 - until 19th March 2017
An exhibition of material from the archives different ways people record scientific information about plants
Participating artists: Kim Ji-won, sinhyewoo, iso-yo, johyejin

Korea 2016
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10th Anniversary Exhibition | Korea Society of Botanical Illustrators
Venue: Dongduk Art Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
Dates:September 28th to October 4th in 2016
The Korean Society of Botanical Illustrators has been painting endangered Korean plants and main afforestation species since 2004. This exhibition was held to celebrate artists who have committed and dedicated works for Korea National Arboretum.

Botanical Art Exhibitions in Taiwan
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Taiwan 2019
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A Journey of Plants
Venue: Taipei Botanical Garden, Taiwan - Guest House of Imperial Envoys, 53 Nanhai Rd., Taipei, Taiwan
Dates: 18th May - 16th June 2019
​Days: Wednesday to Sunday
Hours: 9.30 to 16.30

Botanical Exhibitions in Thailand
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Thailand 2018
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Botanical Art Worldwide Exhibition 2018 - Thai Native Plants
Venue: Bangkok Art and Culture Center, 939 Rama 1 Rd, Pathum Wan, Khet Pathum Wan, Krung Thep Maha Nakhon 10330, Thailand
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Dates:  15th - 27th May 2018
Organisers: Department of Plant Science, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok and Sci-Art Network
URL: https://www.botanicalartworldwide.info/thailand/​
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SciArtNetwork/
FB Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/171155573396157/

This is the Thai contribution to the Worldwide Exhibition of Botanical Art in 2018.
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