Education

1966Graduated from Tokyo National University of Fine Arts, Japan

Selected exhibitions

1983~2022Solo Exhibitions 67 times in Japan and abroad
198713th Lausanne International Tapestry Biennial, Switzerland
1987~1st ,2nd,3rd,5th International Textile Competition Kyoto, Japan ,6th juror
1988Solo Exhibition at Gallery Gallery Kyoto
1991One Person Exhibition at Museum of Modern Art New York
1994~1997"Textiles and New Technology 2010",UK and Holand
1995"Japanese Fiber Arts", Victoria and Albert Museum, London UK
1997~2005"Challenge of Materials" Science Museum London,UK
19989th International Tapestry Triennial Lodz, Poland ,10th 13th Juror
1999Contemporary Art of Linear Construction" Yokohama Museum of Art, Japan
2000"1st Echigo Tsumari Art Triennial", Niigata Japan
2001TEXTURAL SPACE" 3Venues, UK
2004“European Textile and Fiber Art Triennial “ Latvia
2005“5th, 2011 7thInternational Tapestry Triennial “ Tournai Belgium “ Common Garden” Krakow & Lodz Poland
2006“Jun-ichi Arai, Kyoko Kumai, Takehiko Sanada” Yurinkan Kiryu Gunma Japan
2007,2015,2017Cheongju Craft Biennial Cheongju Korea
20095th TWA Textile Art Biennial Buenos Aires Algentina
2009〜2023Textile Art Miniature “Hyakka”
2010“New Material World” Sheldon Museum of Art Lincoln Nebraska USA
2010〜2019Solo Exhibition at Plutus Art Space Chiyoda-ku Tokyo
2011~2016”Fiber Futures” New York,San Francisco,Finland,Denmark,Spain,Portugal,Sweden,Paris,Holand
2017〜201811th Mini Textile Triennial” Anger France
2017〜2018”Binding Threads/Expanding Threads” Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art
2018Solo Exhibition at Gallery Gallery Kyoto
20186th Riga International Textile and Fiber Art Triennial Riga Latvia
2018Solo Exhibition at Japanese Art and Technology Museum MANGGHA Krakow Poland
20199tth Sebastopol International Fiber Art Biennial USA
201911~12 11th International Mini Textile Biennial Arka Art Gallery Vilnius Lithuania tour to Kedainiai
202110th Sebastopol International Fiber Arts Biennial Califormia USA
2022Solo Exhibition “Contemorary Weaving Artist Series VI Kyoko Kumai” Nakahechi Museum of Art
Tanabe-shi Wakayama-ken Japan
2023COLLECTION EXHIBITION
TANABE CITY MUSEUM OF ART
2023SEBASTOPOL INTERNATIONAL FIBER ARTS XI
2023Japanese Contemporary Craft at Victoria and Albert Museum London
2023Awarded the Medal with Dark Blue Ribbon from Emperor of japan

 

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Kumai Kyoko (Portfolio Collection)

  • Series: Portfolio Collection
  • Paperback: 48 pages
  • Publisher: Telos Art Publishing (August 2003)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1902015657
  • ISBN-13: 978-1902015651
  • Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 8.4 x 0.2 inches