Chiyoko Tanaka

 

1941

Born in Tokyo, Japan

 

 

Education and Awards

 

1959-63 

BFA, Kyoto City University of Arts

 

1963-65 

Postgraduate Textiles, Kyoto City University of Arts

 

1988 

6th International Tapestry Triennale, Lodz, Bronze Medal

 

 

Selected Solo Exhibitions

 

1981

Gallery Gallery, Kyoto (also in 1984, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91,92, 93, 95, 98, 2002)

 

1982

Gallery Miharudo, Tokyo

 

1986

Ryo Gallery, Kyoto

 

1987

Gallery Maronie, Kyoto

 

2002

Art Life Mitsuhashi, Kyoto

 

 

Selected Group Exhibitions

 

1987

Expression/Construction of Filament, Spiral, Wacoal Art Center, Tokyo

The Exhibition of Selected Artist ’87, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Kyoto

 

1988

Art Now ’88, The Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Modern Art, Kobe

 6th International Tapestry Triennale Lodz ’88, Central Museum of Textiles, Lodz, Poland

 

1992, 93 

Kohyama and Tanaka Contemporary Ceramics and Textile Art from Japan,

Museum het Princessehof, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands; Museum of Arts and Crafts Hamburg, Hamburg (tour Netherlands, Germany, Japan)

 

1993

Applied Art collected by Benno Premsela, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam

 

1993, 94 

Focus on Fiber Art: Selections from the Growing 20th-Century Collection, The Art Institute of Chicago

1993-95
Waves: Contemporary Japanese Fiberworks, The Library and Gallery, Ontario, Canada

 

1995

Contemporary Fiber Structure, Joanne Rapp Gallery, Arizona, USA West/Line/East/Space, Textile Arts Centre, Chicago

 

1995, 96 

2nd Textile Miniature Works ’95, 18 x 18, Contemporary Art of Japan, Gallery Gallery, Kyoto (tour Canada, Australia)

Sheila Hicks Joined by Seven Friends and Colleagues from Japan, Brown/ Grotta Gallery, Connecticut, USA

 

1996

Cinq Magiciens Textile du Japon, Passage de Retz, Paris

 

1996, 97 

Textile Wizards from Japan, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem

 

1997

The 10th wave: A Celebration of the Brown/ Grotta Gallery’s 10th Anniversary, Brown/ Grotta Gallery, Connecticut, USA

 

1998

Japanese Textile Miniature Exhibition, folding, Canberra Museum and Gallery, Canberra (tour) Imaginations ’98, Japanese Textile Miniature Exhibition, Gasthuiskapel, Poperinge, Belgium

1998-2001
Structure and Surface: Contemporary Japanese Textiles, The Museum of Modern Art, New York (tour USA, Canada, Germany)

 

1999

Seventy Designers in Tribute to Izzika Gaon, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem

 

2000

Kyoto City University of Arts, Exhibition in Commemoration of The 120th Anniversary of Its Founding, Kyoto municipal Museum of Art, Kyoto

Contemporary Japanese Textiles, Steendrukkerij Amsterdam, Amsterdam

 

2001

Textural Space: Contemporary Japanese Textile Art, James Hockey Gallery, Farnham, England (tour)

 

 

Selected Commissions and Design Works

 

1973 

Mountain Villa of Fujita Industry Co., Ltd., Nasu

 

1978 

Senri Chuoh Building, Taisho Fire & Marine Insurance Ltd., Osaka

 

1980 

Keio Plaza Hotel, Tokyo

 

1980-81 

Print works Stripes Series Prints, Art Kawashima Ltd., Tokyo 1993 Stage design for “Percussion Fantasia, Shitennoji Temple”,

Celebrating the 1400th Anniversary of Shitennoji Temple, Osaka

 

 

Work in Public Collections

 

Museum of Arts and Crafts Hamburg, Hamburg

The Art Institute of Chicago

The Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis, USA

Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam

The Pulitzer Collection, Saint Louis, USA

The Israel Museum, Jerusalem

Passage de Retz, Paris

Kyoto City University of Arts, Japan