Morigami Jin (Japanese, Born 1955) Freeform Organic Figural Rattan Sculpture

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Freeform organic bamboo sculpture by Morigami Jin, unsigned.

Morigami Jin
BIO/CV
b. 1955, Beppu City, Oita Prefecture, Japan

Education
1978
… Read more Freeform organic bamboo sculpture by Morigami Jin, unsigned.

Morigami Jin
BIO/CV
b. 1955, Beppu City, Oita Prefecture, Japan

Education
1978
Graduated from Tsurumi High School in Oita Prefecture
1978
Entered Oita Prefecture Beppu Industrial and Craft Institute as a long-term intern

Exhibitions & Accolades
1979
Winner of the Oita Prefecture Assembly Chairman’s Award, Oita Prefecture Industrial Crafts Exhibition
1982
Winner of the Fukuoka Industrial Commerce Director’s Award, Beppu City New Bamboo Craft Art Exhibition
1983
Winner of the Nitta Industry Craft Test Center Chief’s Award, Oita Prefecture Living Design Exhibition
Three Artists, La Poll
Winner of the Fukuo Industrial Commerce Chief’s Award, Beppu City New Bamboo Craft Art Exhibition
1984
Exhibited in Living Design Exhibition
1985
First Solo Exhibition, Gifu Takashimaya
1988
Admitted to Nitten (Japan Fine Arts Exhibition)
1994
Winner of the Kyoto Craft Art Award
2001
Bamboo Fantasies, TAI Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2002
The Next Generation, University of Arkansas, Little Rock
2003
Exhibited at Tigerman Himmel Gallery, Chicago, IL
2006
Power & Delicacy: Master Works of Japanese Bamboo Art, TAI Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Hin: The Quiet Beauty of Japanese Art, Grinnell College, IA and Chicago Cultural Center, IL
Exhibited at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
2007
The Next Generation, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, CA
2008
New Bamboo: Contemporary Japanese Masters, Japan Society, New York, NY
2009
Many Shapes of Bamboo III, Oita Prefectural Art Museum
2010
Many Shapes of Bamboo IV, Oita Prefectural Art Museum
2011
Many Shapes of Bamboo V, Oita Prefectural Art Museum
Beauty in All Things: Japanese Art and Design, Museum of Art & Design, New York, NY
2013
Birds in the Art of Japan, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Oita’s Art Movement, in partnership with the Oita Prefectural Government, a museum-quality show, TAI Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Fired Earth, Woven Bamboo, The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
2014
Bamboo weaving demonstration, The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Group show, Japanese American Cultural Community Center, Los Angeles, CA
2017
Masterpieces of Japanese Bamboo Art, TAI Modern at Joan B Mirviss LTD, New York, NY
2018
Solo show, TAI Modern, Santa Fe, NM
2018
Fendre L’ Air, Musee du Quai Branly Jacques Chirac, Paris
2020
Masterpieces of Bamboo Art: Katsushiro Soho and Fujinuma Noboru, Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts, Utsunomiya, Japan
Winter Shadows, TAI Modern, Santa Fe, NM

Museum Collections
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY
Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, CA
Denver Art Museum, CO
Mint Museum of Craft and Design, Charlotte, NC
Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA
Beppu City Traditional Bamboo Craft Art Museum
Oita Prefecture Art Hall
Eskenazi Museum of Art at Indiana University, Bloomington, IN See less