JUN KANEKO STUDIO JUN KANEKO 1120 JONES STREET OMAHA, NE 68102 Resume P: 402 341-4523 May 2018 F: 402 341-0309 [email protected]
PERSONAL 1942 Born in Nagoya, Japan
EDUCATION 1971 Claremont Graduate School, Claremont, CA, studied under Paul Soldner 1966 University of California, Berkeley, CA, studied under Peter Voulkos 1964 Chouinard Art Institute, Los Angeles, CA, & California Institute of Art, Los Angeles, CA Studied ceramics at Jerry Rothman's studio, Paramount, CA
TEACHING EXPERIENCE 1979-86 Cranbrook Academy of Art 1973-75 Rhode Island School of Design 1974 Scripps College 1972-73 University of New Hampshire
FOUNDATIONS 2000 Founder, KANEKO: Open Space for Your Mind, Omaha, NE 1985 Co-Founder, Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, NE
GRANTS AND HONORS 2018 Gold Medal for Consummate Craftsmanship, American Craft Council 2011 Master of the Media, James Renwick Alliance, Washington, D.C. 2010 Artist Advisory Board, The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, PA 2008 Honorary Doctorate, Massachusetts College of Art & Design, Boston, MA 2006 Honorary Doctorate, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NR 2005 Honorary Doctorate, Royal College of Art, London, England 1996 Fellow of the American Craft Council 1994 Honorary Member of the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts 1994 Nebraska Arts Council Fellowship 1985 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship 1979 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship 1967 Archie Bray Foundation Fellowship
EXHIBITIONS SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2018 Jun Kaneko: Blurred Lines, Akron Art Museum, Akron, OH 2017 Capturing the Scent of Rain, David and Gladys Wright House, Phoenix, AZ Jun Kaneko at Desert Botanical Gardens, Desert Botanical Gardens, Phoenix, AZ Ceramic Works of Jun Kaneko, Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka, Japan Butterfly’s Friends, Hall of Nations, Kennedy Center, Washington D.C. Jun Kaneko, Sherry Leedy Gallery, Kansas City, MO
1 Jun Kaneko Resume - May 2018
Jun Kaneko: Wall Works, Sherry Leedy Gallery, Kansas City, MO Jun Kaneko, Austin Art Projects, Palm Desert, CA 2016 Jun Kaneko, Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA Passion & Obsession: From the Collection, KANEKO, Omaha, NE Jun Kaneko, Cedarhurst Center for the Arts, Mount Vernon, IL Jun Kaneko, Duane Reed Gallery, St. Louis, MO Jun Kaneko: Mirage, Edward Cella Art and Architecture, Los Angeles, CA Jun Kaneko: Scaled, Gerald Peters Gallery, St. Louis, MO Jun Kaneko, LongHouse Reserve, East Hampton, NY Jun Kaneko, Sokyo Gallery, Kyoto, Japan Jun Kaneko, Austin Art Projects, Palm Desert, CA Jun Kaneko, Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 2015 Jun Kaneko, Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA Jun Kaneko, Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis TN 2014 Jun Kaneko: Kyoto 2014, Sokyo Gallery, Kyoto, Japan Jun Kaneko, Hall of Nations, Kennedy Center, Washington D.C. Jun Kaneko, Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, NM Jun Kaneko: A Stage for a Shared Dream, Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA Jun Kaneko: Black and White, Bentley Projects, Phoenix, AZ 2013 Jun Kaneko, Sherry Leedy Gallery, Kansas City, MO Special Project: Fremont Dangos 1992-1995, KANEKO, Omaha, NE Stacked: An Exploration in Density and Line, KANEKO, Omaha, NE Legends, Myths and Truths: Jun Kaneko, Millennium Park, Boeing Galleries, Chicago, IL Jun Kaneko, Elaine Baker Gallery, Boca Raton, FL 2012 Art Palm Beach, Jun Kaneko, Elaine Baker Gallery, Boca Raton, FL Jun Kaneko, Imago Galleries, Palm Desert, CA Jun Kaneko, Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA Jun Kaneko, Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA Jun Kaneko, Regis Master, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN Jun Kaneko: Dangos, Heads, Paintings, Bentley Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ 2011 Kaneko On Stage: An Exhibition of Jun Kaneko’s Opera Designs for Madame Butterfly, KANEKO, Omaha, NE Jun Kaneko Altered and Transposed: Drawings for Madame Butterfly, Sheldon Art Museum, Lincoln, NE Outside Kaneko, Lauritzen Gardens Botanical Center, Omaha, NE Jun Kaneko, Gardiner Museum, Toronto, ON, Canada Jun Kaneko: In the Round, The Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC Jun Kaneko Ceramics, Sonoma County Museum, Santa Rosa, CA Jun Kaneko: An Exhibition of Sculptures, Paintings and Drawings, Carl Solway Gallery, Cincinnati, OH Jun Kaneko, Duane Reed Gallery, St. Louis, MO Jun Kaneko, Sherry Leedy, Kansas City, MO 2010 Jun Kaneko, Reading Public Museum, Reading, PA Jun Kaneko, Museum of Arts and Sciences, Macon, GA Ceramic Sculptures of Jun Kaneko, Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens, Delray Beach, FL Jun Kaneko Bronze Heads, Elaine Baker Gallery, Boca Raton, FL Jun Kaneko, Rosemary Berkel and Harry L. Crisp II Museum, Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, MO