Kanako Namura
Born in Osaka, Japan.
Education
2012 MFA, San Francisco State University, USA
1991 BFA, Fiber Arts, Kansas City Art Institute, USA
1985 BFA, Graphic Design, Osaka University of Art, Japan
Solo Exhibitions
2020 “How to Play in the Park”, Gallery1616, Osaka, Japan
2017 “Like watching ice melt”, Galería Karen Huber, Project room, Mexico City
2015 “Acumulación”, Galería Karen Huber, Mexico City
2015 “Festive”, Yebisu Art Labo Gallery, Nagoya, Japan
2008 “Edging away”, Yebisu Art Labo Gallery, Nagoya, Japan
2007 “Strokes–weaving the body in and out of water”, Yebisu Art Labo Gallery, Nagoya, Japan
2006 “Gathering Momentum”, Yebisu Art Labo Gallery, Nagoya, Japan
2005 “Records and Recollection”, Yebisu Art Labo Gallery, Nagoya, Japan
Two-Person and Group Exhibitions
2021 "50th Anniversary Survey Exhibition", Don Soker Contemporary Art
2020 Intersect Aspen Art Fair, virtual viewing room Galería Karen Huber, On-line
2020 “Works on Paper”, catalog organized by Galería Karen Huber, On-line
2019 “Watercolors”, Don Soker Contemporary Art, San Francisco, USA
2017 “SAMPLE 2017”, Zona Maco Contemporary Art Fair, Mexico City
2016 Odeón Contemporary Art Fair, Bogota, Colombia
2016 Project Room, Galería Karen Huber, Mexico City
2016 “Straight from Mexico City”, Ruiz–Healy Art, San Antonio, TX, USA
2015 Odeón Contemporary Art Fair, Bogota, Colombia
2014 “Extrapolación del Lenguaje”, Galería Karen Huber, Mexico City
2013 “New Acquisitions”, Don Soker Contemporary Art, San Francisco, USA
2012 “Gallery Selections”, Don Soker Contemporary Art, San Francisco, USA
2011 “Shattered” –Juried Exhibition, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, USA
Reviews and Publication of work
2016 “The 10 most outstanding works during art week (Bogota, Columbia)”, Exclama edición 33
2015 “Inspiración", La Cool Mexico, interview by Ángel.Inzunza O, Sept. 2015 issue
2010 “Student Showcase”, Fiber Arts Magazine, Nov/Dec 2010 issue
2006 “Exhibition Review”,Bijutsutechou (Japanese art magazine), by Tadashi Kanai, April issue
2005 “Exhibition Review”, Bijutsutechou (Japanese art magazine), by Fuminori Akiba, April issue
Auctions
2019 “ARTEVIVO”, Museum of Modern Art Mexico City
2018 “ARTEVIVO", Olimpo Cultural Center Mérida , Merida, Yucatan