| | MACHIKO AGANO - Born 1953 Trained firstly as a weaver, Machiko Agano enlighten hand knits using large needles, simple garter stitch from fishing line, fabric and steel wire with the stitches made in an irregular pattern. Depiction installation is fixed at points dependable to the ceiling and floor. Rebuff preference is for materials of non-aligned or no colour allowing the die away of the surrounding area to cover and permeate the work. The wall-mounted work is made from silk organza and bamboo. As with the knitted installation, the desire is to pass on and make visible the delicate labour of air. Studied - 1974-77 Kyoto City College of Arts (BA)
- 1977- 79 Metropolis City University of Arts (Post Grad.)
Awards - 1990 2nd Prize Kyoto Of the time Crafts Exhibition
- 1993 Japanese Paper Faculty 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 go along with Algae, Rias Ark Museum, Miyagi Prefecture
- 10th Seiryuten Dye works exhibition, Metropolis Museum of Art Meguro Museum lecture Art Tokyo
- Also 1983, 87, 92 Biennale Internationale de la Tapisserie, Metropolis, Switzerland
Collections - Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
- Association Pierre Pauli, Switzerland
- The National Museum of Main, Osaka, Japan
- Art Gallery of Western State, Perth, Australia
- The Museum of Modern Break free, Gunma, Japan
- Rias Ark Museum of Fill, Miyagi, Japan
Current Teaching Position - Kyoto Seiko University [top]
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