Kiyomi Iwata, Kobe, Japan
EDUCATION
| |
New School for Social Research, New York, NY Studied textile arts, knotting. 1971, 1974 and 1975
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME, Studied weaving and textile arts, 1970, 1973 and 1976
Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC, Studied screen printing, drawing & batik, summer 1967 and 1968
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA, Studied drawing, batik and design, 1967 and 1968
|
SOLO EXHIBITION
| 2007 | TWO IDIOMS OF KIYOMI IWATA: SILK AND METAL, Center Gallery at Old Church, Demarest, NJ |
| 2002 | RECENT WORK: KIYOMI IWATA, The Sybaris Gallery, Royal Oak, MI |
| 2000 | SILK AND METAL BY KIYOMI IWATA, Jan Weiner Gallery, Kansas City, MO |
| 1998 | Perimeter Gallery, Chicago |
| 1996 | TRANSFORMATION FROM SILK TO METAL: THE SCULPTURES OF KIYOMI IWATA, Georgia Museum of Art, GA |
| 1996 | KIYOMI IWATA, NEW WORK, The Kiang Gallery, Atlanta, GA |
| 1994 | KIYOMI IWATA, NEW WORK, The Newark Museum, NJ |
| 1994 | KIYOMI IWATA, NEW WORK, Perimeter Gallery, Chicago |
| 1992 | KIYOMI IWATA, NEW WORK, Bellas Artes Gallery, NYC |
| 1992 | KIYOMI IWATA, NEW WORK, Contemporary Crafts Gallery, Portland, OR |
| 1985 | Hopper House, Nyack, NY |
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
| 2006 |
Beyond Weaving: International Art Textiles, Flinn Gallery. Greenwich CT
5th International Fiber Biennial, Snyderman-Works Galleries, Philadelphia, PA |
| 2005 |
High Fiber, Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washinton, DC
SCENTS OF PURPOSE, Artists interpret the Spice Box, The Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco, CA (catalog)
MINIARTEXTIL - FILOPHILO, Como, Italy
|
| 2004 | 4th International Fiber Biennial, Snyderman-Works Galleries, Philadelphia, PA |
| 2003 |
ART TEXTILE CONTEMPORAIN, Musee D'Angers, Angers, France (catalog)
HOME/LAND; ARTISTS, IMMIGRATION, AND IDENTITY, Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA (catalog)
KIYOMI IWATA, JEFF MONGRAIN, Perimeter Gallery, New York, NY
SHARED PASSION, SARA & DAVID LIEBERMAN COLLECTION OF CONTEMPORARY CERAMICS AND CRAFT, Arizona Sate University, Tempe, AZ
|
| 2002 |
THREADS ON THE EDGE-THE DAPHNE FARRAGO FIBER ART COLLECTION, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA (catalog)
SMALL WORKS IN FIBER Longhouse Reserve, NY, SOFA/CHICAGO & MIYAKE DESIGN STUDIO, TOKYO
BASKET NOW: USA, The Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AK (catalog)
THE SURVEY FIBER 2002 Exhibition, The Snyderman-Works Gallery, PA (catalog)
3rd International Fiber Biennial, Snyderman-Works Galleries, Philadelphia, PA
|
| 2001 |
CENTURY OF DESIGN - PART FOUR 1975-2000, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
THE ART OF CONTEMPORARY FIBER: HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE CAROL STRAUS COLLECTION, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
|
| 2000 |
ART TEXTILE CONTEMPORAIN, Espace Arlaud - Lausanne
DEFINING CRAFT 1: COLLECTING FOR THE NEW MILLENNIUM, American Craft Museum, New York, NY
SURFACE, STRENGTH, STRUCTURE EXHIBITION, Snyderman - The Works Galleries, Philadelphia, PA
|
| 1999 |
RECENT ACQUISITIONS; SELECTED ADDITIONS TO THE MODERN DESIGN COLLECTION, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
BASKETS FROM THE AMERICAN CRAFT MUSEUM PERMANENT COLLECTION, American Craft Museum, New York, NY
REVELATION, Permanent collection in public view, Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
THE ART OF CRAFT, CONTEMPORARY WORKS FROM THE SAXE COLLECTION, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, CA (catalog)
|
| 1998 |
MODUS OPERANDI, A Survey of Contemporary Fiber, Snyderman/Works Galleries, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
SCULPTURAL FIBERS; THE NEXT GENERATIONS, Foster Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, WI
4th "IN OUR HANDS' Mixed media, Small Scale and 3 Dimensional Works, Nagoya Trade & Industry Center, Nagoya, Japan (catalog)
CONTEMPORARY ART BASKETS 1997, Ohio Craft Museum, OH
NEW BASKETS: EXPANDING THE CONCEPT, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO
RITUAL VESSELS; MASTERWORKS FROM THE LONGHOUSE COLLECTION, Longhouse Foundation, East Hampton, NY
THREADS, FIBER ART IN THE 90'S, New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, Summit, NJ (catalog)
|
| 1997 |
CELEBRATING AMERICAN CRAFT, Det Danske Kunstindustrimuseum, Coppenhagen, Denmark (catalog)
|
| 1996 |
FOUR DECADES OF DISCOVERY: The 40th Anniversary of the American Craft Museum, American Craft Museum, New York, NY (catalog)
|
| 1995 |
THE NEW BASKET, works from the Arkansas Arts Center Foundation Collection, Decorative Arts Museum, Little Rock, AK (catalog)
THE VALUE AND VOID, The Gallery at Takashimaya, New York, NY (catalog)
ON THE EDGE; CONTEMPORARY FIBER, General Electric Co., Fairfield, CT
THE GOLD SHOW, Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo Alto, CA
SMALL WORKS IN FIBER, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (catalog)
OUT OF THE VAULT, Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, WI
|
| 1991 |
NATIONAL OBJECTS INVITATIONAL, The Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AK
|
| 1990 |
A DECADE OF Craft 10th Annual Auction for the Benefit of the American Craft Museum, Christie's East, New York, NY (catalog)
|
| 1989 |
FIBER EXPLORATIONS, NEW WORK IN FIBER ART, SUNY-Stonybrook, NY
THE TACTILE VESSEL, American Craft Museum, New York, NY
|
| 1988 |
THREADWORKS: MINIATURE TEXTILE ART, Smithsonian Institution traveling exhibition.
THE TACTILE VESSEL, Erie Art Museum, Erie, PA (catalog)
7th INTERNATIONAL BIENIAL OF MINIATURE TEXTILES, Savaria Muzeum, Szombathely, Hungary
FRONTIERS IN FIBER, North Dakota Museum of Art, ND (catalog)
|
| 1987 |
INNERSKINS/OUTERSKINS; GUT AND FISHSKIN, San Francisco Craft & Folk Art Museum, CA (catalog)
ART AND BEAUTY/ARTFUL BASKET, Trimingham Bros, Bermuda
13TH BIENNALE INTERNATIONALE DE LA TAPISSERIE, Musee Cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne, Switzerland (catalog)
|
| 1986 |
FIBER R/EVOLUTION, Milwaukee Art Museum, University of Wisconsin, WI (catalog)
|
AWARDS
| 1993 | New York Foundation for the Arts, Artist Fellowship
|
| 1993 | Yaddo Fellow, Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, New York
|
| 1991 | Yaddo Fellow, Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, New York
|
| 1988 | New York Foundation for the Arts, Artist Fellowship
|
| 1986 | National Endowment for the Arts, Artist Fellowship
|
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
| |
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Museum of Arts & Design, New York, NY
The Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
The Newark Museum, Newark, NJ
Rhode Island School of Design, Museum of Art, Providence, RI
de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA
Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AK
Erie Art Museum, Erie, PA
Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, GA
Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AK
LongHouse Reserve, Bridgehampton, NY
Savaria Museum, Szombathely, Hungary
Fondation Toms Pauli, Lausanne, Switzerland
|
And More
|