MACHIKO AGANO - Born 1953

Trained initially as a weaver, Machiko Agano now hand knits using large needles, in garter stitch from fishing line, silk and steel wire with the stitches made in an irregular pattern. The installation is fixed at points attached to the ceiling and floor. Her preference is for materials of neutral or no colour allowing the colour of the surrounding area to suffuse and permeate the work. The wall-mounted work is made from silk organza and bamboo. As with the knitted installation, the desire is to convey and make visible the delicate feeling of air.

Studied

  • 1974-77 Kyoto City University of Arts (BA)
  • 1977- 79 Kyoto City University of Arts (Post Grad.)

Awards

  • 1990 2nd Prize Kyoto Contemporary Crafts Exhibition
  • 1993 Japanese Paper Academy Award, Fukui

Recent Exhibitions Include

Solo

  • 1997 Gallery Maronie, Kyoto
  • 1996, 99 Gallery Gallery, Kyoto

    Group

  • 1996 Container ’96 – Art Across Oceans, Copenhagen, Denmark
  • 1998 4th International Crafts Triennial, Art Gallery of Western Australia
  • Asian Heart and Form, Contemporary Arts Centre, Hiroshima
  • Imaginations ’98, Gastuiskapel, Poperingse, Belgium
  • 1999 6th International Textile Competition, Museum of Kyoto
  • 2000 The Memories of Algae, Rias Ark Museum, Miyagi Prefecture
  • 10th Seiryuten Dye works exhibition, Kyoto Museum of Art Meguro Museum of Art Tokyo
  • Also 1983, 87, 92 Biennale Internationale de la Tapisserie, Lausanne, Switzerland

Collections

  • Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
  • Association Pierre Pauli, Switzerland
  • The National Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan
  • Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
  • The Museum of Modern Art, Gunma, Japan
  • Rias Ark Museum of Art, Miyagi, Japan

Current Teaching Position

  • Kyoto Seiko University [top]

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