Jun Kaneko JUN KANEKO STUDIO 1120 JONES STREET Resume OMAHA NE 68102-3205 June 2016 PHONE 402 341 4523 FAX 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 2011 Master of the Media, James Renwick Alliance, Washington, DC 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 2016 Jun Kaneko, Cedarhurst Center for the Arts, Mount Vernon, IL 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 1 Jun Kaneko Resume - November 2013
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, The 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 Jun Kaneko: Selected Work, Ohr-O'Keefe Museum of Art, Biloxi, MS Jun Kaneko, Bentley Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ Jun Kaneko – New Work, Imago Galleries, Palm Desert, CA Jun Kaneko, Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum and Sun Valley, ID Jun Kaneko, Bronze Heads, Elaine Baker Gallery, Boca Raton, FL Jun Kaneko - Large Clay Works, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA 2009 Jun Kaneko, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Perelman Building, Philadelphia, PA Jun Kaneko, Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, Commonwealth Plaza, Philadelphia, PA 2 Jun Kaneko Resume - November 2013
Jun Kaneko, New Paintings and Dangos, Gebert Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM Jun Kaneko Intimate Relationships, Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA Jun Kaneko, Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL Kaneko in Tokyo, Gallery Kasahara, Middle Town Garden, Tokyo, Japan Kaneko in Tokyo, Gallery Kasahara, Shinwa Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan . Play's the Thing: The Paintings and Objects of Jun Kaneko, Sheldon Art Museum, Lincoln, NE Jun Kaneko, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR Jun Kaneko, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA Crosscurrents: Jun Kaneko & David Kuraoka, Maui Arts and Culture Center, Kahului, HI Jun Kaneko, Elaine Baker Gallery, Boca Raton, FL Jun Kaneko, Drawings, Gallery Ham, Nagoya, Japan 2008 Jun Kaneko, Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID Jun Kaneko, Hill Gallery, Birmingham MI Jun Kaneko, Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery, AL Jun Kaneko, Alden B. Dow Museum of Science & Art at the Midland Center for the Arts, Midland, MI Jun Kaneko: Sculpture and Painting, Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA Jun Kaneko, The Art Center, St. Petersburg, FL Jun Kaneko, Imago Galleries, Palm Desert, CA Jun Kaneko, Gerald Peters Gallery, Dallas, TX Jun Kaneko, Elaine Baker Gallery, Boca Raton, FL Madama Butterfly, Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), Atlanta, GA 2007 Jun Kaneko, Museum of Texas Tech University, Lubbock TX Jun Kaneko, Elaine Baker Gallery, Boca Raton, FL Jun Kaneko: Memorable Selections, Bentley Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ Jun Kaneko: Bronze, Canvas, Ceramic, Paper, Gebert Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM Jun Kaneko, Sherry Leedy Gallery, Kansas City, MO Jun Kaneko, Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN Jun Kaneko: New Glass, Bullseye Gallery, Portland, OR 2006 Jun Kaneko, Schuster Center for the Performing Arts, Dayton, OH Jun Kaneko: Madame Butterfly, Dayton Visual Arts Center, Dayton, OH Jun Kaneko: Beyond Butterfly, The Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, OH Jun Kaneko: Drawings And Prints, Museum of Nebraska Art, Kearney, NE Jun Kaneko: Dangos and Glass, Chiaroscuro Gallery, Santa Fe, NM Jun Kaneko, National Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan Jun Kaneko, Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu, Japan Jun Kaneko: Platters, Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT Jun Kaneko, Maureen Littleton Gallery, Washington, DC Jun Kaneko Exhibition, Gallery Kasahara, Chuden Chioyoda Building, Nagoya, Japan Jun Kaneko, Stremmel Gallery, Reno, NV Jun Kaneko: Beyond Butterfly, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE Jun Kaneko: Madama Butterfly, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE Jun Kaneko, Bentley Projects, Phoenix, AZ