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Education1990Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
1987-1990New York Studio School
1981-1985Osaka University of Arts
Awards 2023 New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) Fellowship for Craft/ Sculpture 2022 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant 2020Anonymous was a Woman Emergency Relief Fund, administered by the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA)
2017The Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award
2015MacDowell Colony Fellowship/Stipend granted by Leon Levy Foundation
2014Civitella Ranieri Visual Arts FellowshipFabric Workshop and Museum Artist-in-residence/Project funded by The Andy Warhol Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts and Carpenter Foundation
1994Penny McCall Foundation Grant
1990Fellowship, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
1989-1990Jeff Gallagher Memorial Scholarship, New York Studio School
Residencies2021L wie Materie, Salem, Germany
2018Manitoga, the Russel Wright Design Center, Garrison, NY
2015The MacDowell, Peterborough, NH
2014Civitella Ranieri Center, Umbria, ItalyFabric Workshop and Museum, Artist-in-Residence for 2014 Exhibition
2013Art Omi International Artists’ Residency"Salem2Salem" SAW, Salem, NY
2012"Salem2Salem" Salem, Germany
2010“Salem2Salem” Salem, Germany
1996“The Quiet in the Land” The United Society of Shakers Sabbathday Lake, ME
1990Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture Skowhegan, ME
Bibliography 2022 The Brooklyn Rail, Jeffrey Yang and Kazumi Tanaka, "Family Alter" Tha Highland Current, "Playin the Bones" 2021Sudkurier, Salem/Owingen/Frickingen/Heiligenberg, Germany(English Translation Not available)
2018WAMC Round Table, Interview by Sara Laduke, "Kazumi Tanaka's INK: The Color Of Manitoga"
2017Paris Review, "No Home Go Home, Go Home No Home"Corroborative project, Poems by JeffreyYang, Drawing by Kazumi TanakaReturning Home by Jeffrey Yang
2015Upstate Diary/Creative Minds
2014Art Diary.Org, “Mother and Child Reunion”34th Street Magazin, “Mother and Child Reunion” Indigo revisitedTheartblog.org, “Kazumi Tanaka at Fabric Workshop and Museum"Rikumo JournalNikkei Oct. 9 issue, P37 Art Topics
2012Newfound Jurnal, Volume no.4 Winter issue
2010Daniel Drescher. SZON, Uberlingen/Meersburg/Salem, Germany (English Translation Not available)
2003Lonbardi, D. Dominick. Art Review “Kazumi Tanaka:Intimacy of Absence,” The New York Times/West Chester, January 5, Sec. WE 9Lavan, Maeleeke J. “Beacon arts enclave blossoms,” Poughkeepsie Journal January 11, 1A-2A
2001Eleey, Peter. The Brooklyn Rail "Kazumi Tanaka" Aug. 1Johnson, Ken. Art Guide “Vox 2001,” The New York Times, Feb. 23
1998Kaplan, A. Janet. Conversation, “The Quiet in the Land” p. 5 - 27, Art Journal, Summer, 1998 Vol. 57, No.2
1997Freedman, Matt. ”Kazumi Tanaka,” REVIEW,February 1, p.10-11Larson, Kay. “A Month in Shaker Country,” The New York Times,August 10Camhi, Leslie. “Seeing and Believing,” Village Voice,September 2Cotter, Holland. ‘Site of Asia/Site of Body:Contemporary Asian Women Artists,’ The New York Times, April 24O’Neil, L. Peat. ARTS ELSEWHERE, The Washington Post, July 5Silver, Joanne. “The ICA funds its soul,” Boston Herald, June 12, Sec. S13,16Wolcott, Jennifer. “Artist And Shakers” The Christian Science Monitor, ARTS & LEISURE, July 10, B7
1996Cotter, Holland. “Sculpture That Basks in Summer Sunlight and Air,” The New York Times, August 9, Sec. C, p. 24Koplos, Janet. “Labor of love: at The New Museum,” Art in America, Vol. 84 No. 10 (October), p. 119 - 120
1995Cotter, Holland. “Kazumi Tanaka: ‘An Intimate Room’,” The New York Times, March 10.Koplos, Janet. “Kazumi Tanaka at Kent,” Art in America, Vol. 83, No. 9 (September)Ziolkowski, Thad. “Kazumi Tanaka: Kent Gallery,” Art Forum, Vol. 34, No. 2 (October)
1994Gamerman, Amy. “The Gallery: Is it Art, or Just a Bad Hair Day?” Wall Street Journal, April 5
1993Brodsky, Sasha. “Kazumi Tanaka’s Sculpture Reflects Two Cultures.” The Villager, V. 63 No. 7, June 30Morin, France. “Kazumi Tanaka.” The New Museum of Contemporary Art Bulletin, May 7 - August 15Smith, Roberta. “Art in Review: The Final Frontier.” The New York Times, July 30, p.134
1987-1990New York Studio School
1981-1985Osaka University of Arts
Awards 2023 New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) Fellowship for Craft/ Sculpture 2022 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant 2020Anonymous was a Woman Emergency Relief Fund, administered by the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA)
2017The Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award
2015MacDowell Colony Fellowship/Stipend granted by Leon Levy Foundation
2014Civitella Ranieri Visual Arts FellowshipFabric Workshop and Museum Artist-in-residence/Project funded by The Andy Warhol Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts and Carpenter Foundation
1994Penny McCall Foundation Grant
1990Fellowship, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
1989-1990Jeff Gallagher Memorial Scholarship, New York Studio School
Residencies2021L wie Materie, Salem, Germany
2018Manitoga, the Russel Wright Design Center, Garrison, NY
2015The MacDowell, Peterborough, NH
2014Civitella Ranieri Center, Umbria, ItalyFabric Workshop and Museum, Artist-in-Residence for 2014 Exhibition
2013Art Omi International Artists’ Residency"Salem2Salem" SAW, Salem, NY
2012"Salem2Salem" Salem, Germany
2010“Salem2Salem” Salem, Germany
1996“The Quiet in the Land” The United Society of Shakers Sabbathday Lake, ME
1990Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture Skowhegan, ME
Bibliography 2022 The Brooklyn Rail, Jeffrey Yang and Kazumi Tanaka, "Family Alter" Tha Highland Current, "Playin the Bones" 2021Sudkurier, Salem/Owingen/Frickingen/Heiligenberg, Germany(English Translation Not available)
2018WAMC Round Table, Interview by Sara Laduke, "Kazumi Tanaka's INK: The Color Of Manitoga"
2017Paris Review, "No Home Go Home, Go Home No Home"Corroborative project, Poems by JeffreyYang, Drawing by Kazumi TanakaReturning Home by Jeffrey Yang
2015Upstate Diary/Creative Minds
2014Art Diary.Org, “Mother and Child Reunion”34th Street Magazin, “Mother and Child Reunion” Indigo revisitedTheartblog.org, “Kazumi Tanaka at Fabric Workshop and Museum"Rikumo JournalNikkei Oct. 9 issue, P37 Art Topics
2012Newfound Jurnal, Volume no.4 Winter issue
2010Daniel Drescher. SZON, Uberlingen/Meersburg/Salem, Germany (English Translation Not available)
2003Lonbardi, D. Dominick. Art Review “Kazumi Tanaka:Intimacy of Absence,” The New York Times/West Chester, January 5, Sec. WE 9Lavan, Maeleeke J. “Beacon arts enclave blossoms,” Poughkeepsie Journal January 11, 1A-2A
2001Eleey, Peter. The Brooklyn Rail "Kazumi Tanaka" Aug. 1Johnson, Ken. Art Guide “Vox 2001,” The New York Times, Feb. 23
1998Kaplan, A. Janet. Conversation, “The Quiet in the Land” p. 5 - 27, Art Journal, Summer, 1998 Vol. 57, No.2
1997Freedman, Matt. ”Kazumi Tanaka,” REVIEW,February 1, p.10-11Larson, Kay. “A Month in Shaker Country,” The New York Times,August 10Camhi, Leslie. “Seeing and Believing,” Village Voice,September 2Cotter, Holland. ‘Site of Asia/Site of Body:Contemporary Asian Women Artists,’ The New York Times, April 24O’Neil, L. Peat. ARTS ELSEWHERE, The Washington Post, July 5Silver, Joanne. “The ICA funds its soul,” Boston Herald, June 12, Sec. S13,16Wolcott, Jennifer. “Artist And Shakers” The Christian Science Monitor, ARTS & LEISURE, July 10, B7
1996Cotter, Holland. “Sculpture That Basks in Summer Sunlight and Air,” The New York Times, August 9, Sec. C, p. 24Koplos, Janet. “Labor of love: at The New Museum,” Art in America, Vol. 84 No. 10 (October), p. 119 - 120
1995Cotter, Holland. “Kazumi Tanaka: ‘An Intimate Room’,” The New York Times, March 10.Koplos, Janet. “Kazumi Tanaka at Kent,” Art in America, Vol. 83, No. 9 (September)Ziolkowski, Thad. “Kazumi Tanaka: Kent Gallery,” Art Forum, Vol. 34, No. 2 (October)
1994Gamerman, Amy. “The Gallery: Is it Art, or Just a Bad Hair Day?” Wall Street Journal, April 5
1993Brodsky, Sasha. “Kazumi Tanaka’s Sculpture Reflects Two Cultures.” The Villager, V. 63 No. 7, June 30Morin, France. “Kazumi Tanaka.” The New Museum of Contemporary Art Bulletin, May 7 - August 15Smith, Roberta. “Art in Review: The Final Frontier.” The New York Times, July 30, p.134