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NITTA KYOKO
Education
1993
Kyoto city University of Arts (M.A.), Japan
1991~1992
Study at Guizhou Institute of Nationalities, Guizhou Province, China
1990
Kyoto city University of Arts (B.A.), Japan
Exhibitions
Solo Exhibitions
2019
Orinasukan Handmade Fabrics Museum Kyoto, Japan
2013,2011,2005,2002
GalleryGallery, Kyoto
GalleryGallery Ex, Kyoto
2006
Wacoal Ginza Art space, Tokyo
Group Exhibitions
2024
"Contemporary Textile Art MINIATURE WORKS "THE KYOTO" part 3" NEUTRAL, Kyoto
2019
"Contemporary Textile Art MINIATURE WORKS "THE KYOTO" " GalleryGallery, Kyoto
2015
“Piece-full” the old house of Okakomachi, Matsushima-cho, Miyagi
“Netting-needles and other folk tools in Iwaki ＋ Nitta Kyoko’s art works”
Iwaki City Museum of Folklore and Traditional Housing, Fukushima And Toba Sea-Folk Museum, Mie
“Hitsuji Palette 2015” the Museum of Kyoto, Kyoto
2009
“Memory of Cloth / Time of Thread“ Japan-China Textile Art Exchange Exhibition” Kyoto Art Center, Kyoto
2008
“Memory of Cloth / Time of Thread” China-Japan Textile Art Exchange Exhibition” Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts, Tianjin, China
Selected Exhibitions
2017
“The Box Projedct: Uncommon Threads”
The George Washington University Museum The Textile Museum, Washington DC USA
Racine Art Museum, Racine, Wisconsin USA
2016
“The Box Project: Uncommon Threads” Fowler Museum of UCLA, Los Angels, California USA
2012
“BITE-SIZE” Miniature textiles from Japan and The UK, the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation, London UK, GalleryGallery Kyoto Japan, Naogoya University of Arts, Nagoya Japan
2010
The 6th International Fiber art Biennale Exhibition, Henan Art Museum, Zhengzhou, Henan Province, China
2009
“Fabric Forms ✻ Cloth Colors”, Gallery Serendip, Kobe Japan
2008
The 5th International Fiber art Biennale Exhibition, Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University, Beijing China
2006
“INSTALLATION/INNOVATION” San Francisco Museum of Craft＋Design, California USA
The 4th International Fiber art Biennale Exhibition, Suzhou Art & Design Technology Institute, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China
2005
“Through the surface” The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto Japan
The 5th Triennial International Tapestry and Textile Exhibition,Tournai Belgium
“Tracings” Artspace, Raleigh, North Carolina USA
2004
“Through the surface: collaborating textile artists from Britain and Japan” Hove Museum and Art Gallery,Hove UK, Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, UEA Norwich UK, Bankfield Museum, Halifax UK, Castle Museum and Art Gallery, Nottingham UK
2003
“Threads and Fabrics”, the Museum of Modern Art, Gunma Japan
2002
“CRIA“, Kyoto Art Center, Kyoto Japan
2000
The 5th “IN OUR HANDS” An International Competition, Nagoya Japan
1992
The 16th Zen Nihon Sinjin Sensyoku-ten, Kyoto Japan
Collections
2005 Textile Traces, Cotsen Collection, California USA
2004 The Contemporary Art Society Special Collection Scheme on behalf of Nottingham Castle UK
I spent my childhood in a house facing the ocean, which comes to my mind whenever I look back on things from that time. I became immersed in knitting at an early age in the haberdashery store my mother’s family ran, while my eyes opened to joy of painting at Saturday’s painting school. Later, I studied textiles at Kyoto City University of Arts, and came to appreciate the depth of weaving techniques. While in its graduate course, I spent my semesters at China’s Guizhou Minzu University, researching ethnic minorities’ textiles. Since then, I have visited several places in China and Southeast Asia to conduct textile-related researches. Now I produce and exhibit artworks, and give workshops as a fiber artist, while teaching classes on weaving, ethnic costumes, art education and other art-related subjects at several universities.