Kazumi Tanaka
She Shall Mandolin, 2016. Seashell, wood, metal string, mother-of-pearl, old piano keys, and brass, 11½ x 4 x 3 inches
Hiroshima Amore, 2015. Wood, hair, fabric, and sewing machine needles, 5 x 3 x 10 inches
BIOGRAPHY
Born: Osaka, Japan, 1962
Resides: Beacon, New York
Education: New York Studio School (1990); Osaka University of Arts (B.A., 1985)
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2016
“Wind & Rain,” Matteawan Gallery, Beacon, New York.
2014
“Mother and Child Reunion,” Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia.
2011
“Bedtime Stories,” Hudson Beach Glass, Beacon, New York.
2003
“Intimacy of Absence,” Beacon Project Space, Beacon, New York.
2001
“Dream,” Kent Gallery, New York.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2017
“Summer Exhibition,” Red House Gallery, Meersburg, Germany.
2015
“Today Is the Day,” Miyauchi Art Foundation, Hiroshima, Japan.
2014
“Spaced Out: Migration to the Interior,” Red Bull Studios, New York.
2012
“Silence,” Masters & Pelavin Gallery, New York.
“Salem2Salem,” Neues Museum, Salem, Germany.
2008
“Women’s Work,” Ann Street Gallery, Newburgh, New York.
2002
“Model World,” Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, Connecticut.
1998
“The Quiet in the Land,” Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston.
Selected Performances
2017
Spring Street Reading Series: “No Home Go Home/Go Home No Home,” Gallery at Atlas, Newburgh, New York (May 6).
2016
“Wind & Rain,” Matteawan Gallery, Beacon, New York (June 11).
Selected Bibliography
2017
Yang, Jeffrey. “Returning Home,” Paris Review (July 24).
2015
Orne, Kate. “Creative Minds,” Upstate Diary (January 8).
2014
Zarro, Jennifer. “Kazumi Tanaka at Fabric Workshop and
Museum,” Artblog (October 31).
Blanes, Syra O. “Mother and Child Reunion, Indigo Revisited,” 34thStreet.com (October 23).
2012
Keltner, Daniel L. “Finely Crafted Memories,” Newfound (December).