Kazumi Tanaka

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She Shall Mandolin, 2016. Seashell, wood, metal string, mother-of-pearl, old piano keys, and brass, 11½ x 4 x 3 inches

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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).


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