| ★ SHIGEO KUBOTA BIOGRAPHY | Born in 1947, Kyoto, Japan
1971 BA from Kyoto Municipal Art University (Art and Craft)
1973 MA from Graduate School of Kyoto Municipal Art University (Weaving)
1975-2003 Professor/Department of Creative Art at SEIAN COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN
2003〜 Professor in Textile,Faculty of Art & Design,Osaka Seikei University
Osaka Seikei University http://www.osaka-seikei.ac.jp
★Shigeo kubota Tapestry Work www3.ocn.ne.jp/~s-kubota/ |
| | ★ SELECTION OF GROUP EXHIBITIONS | 1973 "Bird's-Eye View of Contemporary Handicrafts", The National
Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Japan
1975 "The 7th International Tapestry Biennale", Lausanne Museum of Art, Switzerland.
Participated also in the 8th, llth, 13th,14th, Biennale.
1978 "The 3rd International Textile Triennale", Lodz Dyeing and
Weaving Central Museum, Poland.
1983-'84"Contemporary Japanese Fiber Works",
Museum Bellerive, Zurich Switzerland / Nederland Textile
Museum, Tilburg, Nederland / Museum of Decorative Art,Lausanne, Switzerland.
1987 "Expression & Construction of Filamantll, spiral ,Tokyo, Japan
1988 "Contemporary woven Work, America and Abroad" K.S.U.
School of Art Gallery, U.S.A
1989 "Japanese Fiber Work" Gallery of Western Australia, Perth,Australia.
"2nd International Textile Competition Kyoto", The Museum
Kyoto, Japan. Participated also in the 3rd, 4th. 5th.
1990 "Today's Fiber Work in Japan'' Kanagawa Prefectural Hall Gallery, Japan.
1991-'92"Kyoto Fibers" Traveling Seven Galleries in U.S.A
1993 "Modern Japanese Textile Arts, Beauty of Material and Skill",
Fukushima Prefecture Museum of Art Japan
1994 "Kubota Shigeo Tapestry Work 1973-1994", The Museum of Kyoto, Japan
1995 "Contemporary Japanese Craft, Tradition and Avantgardel",
Victoria & Albert Museum, London, U.K.
"Osaka Triennale 1995-Sculpture", Osaka, Japan
1996 "Osaka Triennale 1996-Painting", Osaka, Japan
1998 "Osaka Triennale 1998-Sculpture", Osaka, Japan
1999 "The 20th-Century Textile Artist'1 The Art Institute of Chicago, U.S.A.
"The Genealogy of Craft Objects",The National Museum of Modern Art.Tokyo,Japan
2000 "Asian Art Fair", New York, U.S.A
2001 "SOFA", New York, U.S.A.
"Textural Space : Japanese Textile Art", U.K.
"Contemporary Textileｓ-Weaving and Dyeing ,Ways of Formative Thinking-
The National Museum of Modern Art. Tokyo, Japan
2002 "Contemporary Japanese Crafts−Materials and Way of Formative Thinking-"
Petronas Gallery, Malaysia, Gallery National Indonesia Jakarta, ,
2003 The Tapestry " International dela Tapestry"revisited,
Osaka Seikei University, Faculty of Art & Design spaceB, Kyoto, Japan
2004 "A History of Modern Crafts"
The National Museum of Modern Art. Tokyo, Japan
2005 "New York SOFA", New York, U.S.A.
2006 4th International Fiber Art Biennale (Suzhou：china) |
| | ★GRANT & PRIZES | 1987 1st International Textile Competition Kyoto，Organization Committee Member．
1996 "Osaka Triennale 1996-Painting”,Special Prize．
1997 Study and solo exhibition in Edinburgh，U．K．under the Artist-in-Residence program，
ART−EX",Organized by Osaka Prefectual Government and Osaka Foundation of Cultur
1998 "International Art Exhibition Tenri Biennale"，Grand Prize．
"Osaka Triennale 1998−Sculpture”,Special Prize． |
| | ★PUBLICCOLLECTIONS | | Museum Bellerive，Zurich，Switzerland．1987
The Art Gallery of Western Australia，Perth，Australia．1989
The Art institute of Chicago，U.S.A．1998
The Museum of Kyoto，1981
The National Museum of Modern Art，Tokyo，Japan 1996
Osaka Prefectur（3peices）,Osaka，Japan 1995 '96 '98 |
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| | ★COMMISSIONS | | Sony Technical Center，Kanagawa．
Kyoto Brighton Hotel，6 pieces，Kyoto．
Lala Gotenba Hotel，Shizuoka．
Regar Royal Hotel Narita，Chiba．
Tokyo Welfare Center，Tokyo．
ANA Hotel Chitose，Hokaido．
Societe Generale Bank，Tokyo．
ZEE King Company Ltd，Hong Kong
The Hospital of Jikei Universty，Tokyo．etc |
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(C)Artist: Shigeo Kubota |
