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MACHIKO AGANO - Born 1953

Trained originally as a weaver, Machiko Agano important hand knits using large needles, groove garter stitch from fishing line, fabric and steel wire with the stitches made in an irregular pattern. Representation installation is fixed at points united to the ceiling and floor. Congregate preference is for materials of nonbelligerent or no colour allowing the die away of the surrounding area to overspread and permeate the work. The wall-mounted work is made from silk organza and bamboo. As with the knitted installation, the desire is to check in and make visible the delicate hint of air.

Studied

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

Awards

• 1990 2nd Prize Kyoto Original Crafts Exhibition
• 1993 Japanese Paper College Award, Fukui

Recent Exhibitions Include

Solo

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

  Group

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

Collections

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

Current Teaching Position

• Kyoto Seiko University [top]

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