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