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Jun Kaneko - Resumé

BORN:

1942
  • Nagoya, Japan

EDUCATION:

1970
  • Claremont Graduate School, Claremont, California, studied under Paul Soldner
1966
  • University of California, Berkeley, studied under Peter Voulkos
1964
  • Chouinard Art Institute, Los Angeles
  • California Institute of Art, Los Angeles
  • Studied ceramics at Jerry Rothman's studio, Paramount, California

ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS:

2003
  • Bronze Heads & Ceramic Sculpture, Klein Art Works, Chicago
2002
  • Jun Kaneko, Nicolaysen Art Museum, Casper, Wyoming
2001
  • Jun Kaneko, Bentley Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
  • Klein Art Works, Chicago, Illinois
  • Tropical Energy, Honululu Academy of Arts, Honolulu, Hawaii
  • Bullseye Glass, Portland Oregon
  • Frank Lloyd Gallery, Los Angeles, California
  • Jun Kaneko: Dangos in the Garden, Longhouse Reserve, East Hampton, New York
  • Tyler Museum of Art, Tyler, Texas
  • University of Wyoming Art Museum, Laramie, Wyoming
2000
  • William Traver Gallery, Seattle, Washington
  • Klein Art Works, Chicago
  • Durango Arts Center, Durango, Colorado
  • Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
  • Imago Galley, Palm Desert, California
1999
  • Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis
1998
  • Dorothy Weiss Gallery, San Francisco
  • New Paintings, and Works on Paper 1979 – 1997,
    Klein Art Works, Chicago
  • Large-scale Ceramic Heads, Klein Art Works, Chicago
  • Jun Kaneko: Ceramic Sculpture, William Campbell Contemporary Art,Fort Worth, Texas
1997
  • Susanne Hilberry Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan
  • Academy of Art, Leuren, Belgium
1996
  • Jun Kaneko: Ceramic Sculpture, Klein Art Works, Chicago
  • Jun Kaneko - Between Light and Shadow: the Dutch Series, Frans Halsmuseum, Haarlem, Netherlands
  • Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, Oregon
  • Dorothy Weiss Gallery, San Francisco, California
  • Horwitch LewAllen Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
1995
  • Klein Art Works, Chicago
  • Gallery Kasahara, Osaka, Japan
  • Gallery Takagi, Nagoya, Japan
1994
  • Horwitch LewAllen Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
  • Dorothy Weiss Gallery, San Francisco, California
  • Bentley Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
  • Indigo Galleries, Boca Raton, Florida
1993
  • Leedy-Voulkos Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri
  • Klein Art Works, Chicago
  • Suzanne Hilberry Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan
  • Kansas City Art Center, Kansas City, Missouri
  • Gallery Takagi, Nagoya, Japan
1992
  • Evanston Art Center, Evanston, Illinois
  • Klein Art Works, Chicago
  • Mark Masuoka Gallery, Las Vegas
  • Dorothy Weiss Gallery, San Francisco
  • Helen Drutt Gallery, New York
1991
  • Brendan Walter Gallery, Santa Monica
  • Gallery Tagaki, Nagoya, Japan
  • Gallery Kasahara, Osaka, Japan
1990
  • Dorothy Weiss Gallery, San Francisco
  • Leedy-Voulkos Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri
  • Suzanne Hilberry Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan
  • Blue Star Gallery, San Antonio, Texas
  • Klein Art Works, Chicago
  • Manchester Craftsman Guild, Pittsburgh
  • Southwest Craft Center, San Antonio, Texas
1989
  • Brendan Walter Gallery, Santa Monica
  • Gallery Takagi, Nagoya, Japan
  • Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, Iowa
  • New Gallery, Omaha, Nebraska
  • Galerie Barbara Silverberg, Toronto
1988
  • Klein Gallery, Chicago
  • Kansas City Contemporary Art Center, Kansas City, Missouri
  • Suzanne Hilberry Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan
  • Dorothy Weiss Gallery, San Francisco
1987
  • Gallery Kasahara, Osaka, Japan
  • Gallery Takagi, Nagoya, Japan
  • Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, Lincoln, Nebraska
  • Arabia Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
  • Heath Gallery, Atlanta
1986
  • The Painting Project, Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi
  • Klein Gallery, Chicago
  • 1985Laumeier Sculpture Garden, St. Louis, Missouri
  • Tweed Museum of Art, Duluth, Minnesota
1984
  • Public Square, Belleville, Illinois
  • Helen Drutt Gallery, Philadelphia
  • Fabric Workshop Gallery, New York
  • Morgan Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri
1983
  • Norman Fire House Art Center, Norman, Oklahoma
  • Klein Gallery, Chicago
  • Quay Gallery, San Francisco
  • Gallery Takagi, Nagoya, Japan
1983
  • Yaw Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan
  • Ree Schonlau Gallery, Omaha, Nebraska
  • Helen Drutt Gallery, Philadelphia1982
  • Morgan Gallery, Shawnee Mission, Kansas
  • New York State College of Ceramics, Alfred University, Alfred, New York
  • Betty Moody Gallery, Houston
1981
  • Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff Centre of Fine Art, Banff, Canada
  • Jun Kaneko: Parallel Sounds, Contemporary Art Museum, Houston
  • Helen Drutt Gallery, Philadelphia
  • Gallery Takagi, Nagoya, Japan
1980
  • Gallery Toen, Shigaraki, Japan
1979
  • Clayworks Studio Workshop, New York
  • Gallery Takagi, Nagoya, Japan
1978
  • Gallery Takagi, Nagoya Japan
1977
  • Coa Gallery, Kyoto, Japan
1975
  • Woods-Gerry Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence
1971
  • Mori's Form, Osaka, Japan

COMMISSIONS:

1997
  • University of Connecticut, Biology and Physics Building, Storrs, Connecticut
  • Honolulu Aquarium, Honolulu Hawaii
  • McCormick Exhibition Facility and Grand Concourse (South Hall), Chicago
1996
  • Aichi-Prefecture, Samomaru Multiple Use Building, Nagoya, Japan
1995
  • Yamashita Hospital 2nd Project, Ichinomiya, Japan
  • The University of Texas, San Antonio, The College of Business
1994
  • Salt Palace, Salt Lake City, Utah
1993
  • Aquarium Station, Massachusetts Transportation Bureau, Boston
  • Research Engineering Center, North Carolina State University, Raleigh
  • Polsky Building, University of Akron, Akron, Ohio
  • Yamashita Hospital, Ichinomiya, Japan
1990
  • Arizona State University, Plaza - W. Campus, Tempe
  • Barry Goldwater Terminal Four, Sky Harbor Airport, Phoenix, Arizona
1985
  • Detroit People Mover Station, Detroit, Michigan

COLLECTIONS:

  • American Crafts Museum, New York
  • Arabia Museum, Helsinki, Finland
  • Banff Centre of Fine Arts, Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff, Canada
  • California State University, Sacramento
  • Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
  • Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit
  • Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York
  • Gifu Prefecture Museum, Gifu City, Japan
  • Honolulu Academy of Art, Honolulu
  • Japan Foundation, Tokyo, Japan
  • Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska
  • McKinsey & Co., Chicago
  • Museum of Contemporary Art, Honolulu
  • Museum of Modern Art, Wakayama, Japan
  • Nagoya City Museum, Nagoya, Japan
  • Northern Arizona State University, Flagstaff
  • Ohara Museum, Kurashiki, Japan
  • Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia
  • Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, Illinois (promised gift)
  • Scripps College, Claremont, California
  • Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, Lincoln, Nebraska
  • Shigaraki Ceramic Museum, Shigaraki, Japan
  • Smithsonian National Museum of American Art, Renwick Gallery, Washington, DC
  • University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio
  • Wakayama Perfectural Museum of Modern Art, Wakayama, Japan
  • Webber State University, Ogden, Utah
  • Yamaguchi Prefectural Museum of Art, Yamaguchi, Japan

 

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