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Etsuko Ichikawa
Japanese (1963)
Etsuko Ichikawa is a Tokyo-born, Seattle-based visual artist who works in various mediums including glass, fiber, video, and most recently sound. The scale of her work varies from palm-size to architectural scale. Ichikawa’s “Glass Pyrographs” are made by drawing hot molten glass, which is one way to capture and eternalize the immediacy of a moment, while her hanging installations and time-based work are about ever-changing states of mind. Her work has been exhibited internationally, including The Ueno Royal Museum in Tokyo, Seattle Art Museum, and University of Wyoming Art Museum. She is a recipient of numerous awards including the Pollock Krasner Foundation Grant.
EDUCATION
1993, 1995, 2000 Pilchuck Glass School summer sessions, Stanwood, WA
1991-1992 Tokyo Glass Institute, Kanagawa, Japan
1984-1987 BFA, Tokyo Zokei University, Tokyo, Japan
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011 Pyrograph & Aquagraph, Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA
NACHI - between the eternal and the ephemeral, University of Wyoming Art Museum, curated by Susan Moldenhauer, Laramie, WY
2009 Glass Pyrographs, Randall Scott Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Moment/Memory, Function+Art, Chicago, IL
Pyrograph, Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA
Trace, Randall Scott Gallery, Washington D.C.
2008 Traces of the Molten State, Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, WA, curated by Stefano Catalani
Ephemeral Eternal, Davidson Contemporary, Seattle, WA
2007 Fluid Moment, Gallery 4Culture, Seattle, WA
2006 breath-memory, SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA
2004 Funiki: Floating Feelings, Viveza Gallery, Seattle, WA
2003 Shadow Installation, Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, WA
Kokoro, In-Between, Gallery Mohri, Tokyo , Japan
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011 Seattle as Collector, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
Bloom & Collapse, SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA
2010 Winter Haiku, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2009 Elusive Elements, Museum of Northwest Art, La Conner, WA, curated by Kathleen Moles
Visions of Eternity, PressItOn Art Gallery, Miami, FL
Abstracted Remains, Tarryn Teresa Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
West Coast Drawings, Koplin Del Rio Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2008 The East and The East, The Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo, Japan
2007 Postcards From the Edge, James Cohan Gallery, New York, NY
Mark, Randall Scott Gallery, Washington D.C.
START, PRISM Contemporary Glass, Chicago, IL
2006 Contemporary Sculpture, Catherine Person Gallery, Seattle, WA
Hardline Organics, SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA
2005 Raw & Refined, Seattle Center, Seattle, WA, curated by Jess Van Nostrand
Urban Art Installations, Woolworth Building, Tacoma, WA
2004 She Stole the Show, Capitol Hill Arts Center, Seattle, WA
Artist in Residence Exhibition, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
2003 Bemis Fall Art, Bemis Building, Seattle, WA
LELA, The Modern Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2002 APEX in L.A.,Angels Gate Culture Center Gallery, San Pedro, CA
2000 Chromosome and Concerning the Angels, Cold Rainier Building, Seattle, WA
1995 Clouds, Galerie Vromans, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
SELECTED PERFORMANCE AND THEATRE PROJECTS
2010 FIREBIRD, Glass and Dance Performance, Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA
2007, 2006 Cuckoo Crow, Scenic Design for Degenerate Art Ensemble, The Moore Theatre and Bagley Wright Theatre, Seattle, WA, and REDCAT, CalArts Theater, Los Angeles, CA
SELECTED AWARDS
2011 Nomineefor The Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Grant, New York, NY
Nomineefor Freedom to Create Prize, Singapore
Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, New York, NY
(for a solo exhibit NACHI at University of Wyoming Art Museum)
National Endowment for the Arts, Washington DC
(for a solo exhibit NACHI at University of Wyoming Art Museum)
2010 Individual Projects Grant, 4Culture, Seattle, WA
CityArtist Projects Grant, City of Seattle, Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs, Seattle, WA
New Glass Review, Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY
2009 Pollock Krasner Foundation Grant, New York, NY
Americans for the Arts Funding, Washington State Arts Commission, Olympia, WA
2008 Grants for Artist Projects, Artist Trust, Seattle, WA
Individual Projects Grant, 4Culture, Seattle, WA
Media Literacy Scholarships, 911 Media Arts Center, Seattle, WA
Special Projects Grant, Bellevue Arts Commission, Bellevue, WA
Visiting Artist, Hot Shop at Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA (also in 2005, 2004)
2006 Individual Projects Grant, 4Culture, Seattle, WA
CityArtist Projects Grant, City of Seattle, Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs, Seattle, WA
Jon and Mary Shirley Glass Scholarship, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA
2005 Individual Projects Grant, 4Culture, Seattle, WA
EDGE Professional Development Program Scholarship, Artist Trust, Seattle, WA
2002 George Tsutakawa Memorial Scholarship in Sculpture, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA
RESIDENCIES
2011 John H. Hauberg Fellowship Residency, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
Visiting Artist Program, University of Wyoming, Art, Dance, and Theatre Departments, Laramie, WY
2009 Jentel Artist Residency, Banner, WY
2003 PONCHO Artist-in-Residence Program, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA
2002 PONCHO Artist-in-Residence Program, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA
SELECTED PUBLIC AND CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington
King County Portable Art Collection
Seattle City Light
Seattle Children’s Hospital
Microsoft
Sumitomo Corporation of America
Four Seasons Hotel, Hong Kong
Shangri-La Hotel, Tokyo
PUBLIC ART COMMISSIONS
Covington Middle School, Vancouver, WA
Frederickson Elementary School, Puyallup, WA (to be installed in spring 2012)
BIBLIOGRAPHY
SELECTED BROADCAST
ETSUKO ICHIKAWA: 2100° / 451°, a short film produced by the Anthropologist, directed by Alistair Banks Griffin, July 2011
Art Zone in Studio with Nancy Guppy, Seattle Channel (ch.21), aired on October 9, 2008
Taking Root in America: The Art of Etsuko Ichikawa, Bellevue Television (ch.28), aired in October 2008
Dream Challenger, 27 hours television, TV Asahi, aired in October 1997
DVDs
FIREBIRD, video & editing by Ian Lucero, 2010
Traces of the Molten State, video & editing by Etsuko Ichikawa, music by Tobin Buttram, 2008
breath-memory, video & editing by Ian Lucero, music by Golden Climax Twins, 2006
etsuko ichikawa DEAI, video & editing by Joe Randazzo, footage from residency at Museum of Glass, August 2005
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
New Glass Review 31, Corning Museum of Glass, 2010, Page 22
Studio Visit volume 2, published by The Open Studios Press, 2008
One Shot 2006, published by Visual Codec, April 2007
SOIL 2006, essay by Greg Bell, published by SOIL, 2006, Page 18-19
Raw & Refined, Exhibition Catalogue, 2005, Page 14-15
Maiko Uchida / Kasumi Iida, The Place Where You Can be Yourself, Kobunsha, March 2005, chapter 2, page 89-91
LELA, Exhibition Catalogue, 2003, Page 15
APEX in L.A., Exhibition Catalogue, 2002, Page 130
Michi Konoshita, Daily life which has work, Vingtaine, Fujingahosha, July 1998, Page 161-164
Maki Akuta, My work place is a world, Oggi, Shogakukan, November 1998, Page 261-264
Machiko Nagai, The portrait of Japanese women living abroad Part 2, Futabasha, 1996, Page 119-128
New Glass Review 17, Corning Museum of Glass, February 1996, Page 86
SELECTED REVIEWS
Jen Graves, Seattle's Jackson Pollock Is A She, She's From Japan, and She Works in Glass, The Stranger, August 18, 2011
Aaron Leclair, UW Art Museum opens new exhibition, Boomerang, February 25, 2011
Allison Gibson, “West Coast Drawings, art ltd., September 2009
Victoria Josslin, Afterburn, GLASS Quarterly, Spring 2009 Issue #114, Cover & Page 48-55
Rachel Chambers, Etsuko Ichikawa at BAM, ArtCulture, March 2, 2009
Kelly Rand, Etsuko Ichikawa @ Randall Scott Gallery, DCist, January 26, 2009
Judith Van Praag, Hot Molten Glass ‘Brushwork’ Amazes Bellevue Art Goers, International Examiner, December 2008
Adriana Grant, Cornish and SAM team up, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, November 13, 2008
Regina Hackett, At BAM, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, October 24, 2008
Lee Fehrenbacher, Playing with Fire, Seattle Metropolitan Magazine, October 2008 issue
Rachel Shimp, Artist Etsuko Ichikawa: Inviting contemplation with "pyrographs", The Seattle Times, October 3, 2008
Plumbing the Subconscious, NY Arts Magazine, September-October 2008 issue
Kristen Peterson, Marking moments in time in two styles, Las Vegas Sun, July 24, 2008
F. Lennox Campello, ArtDC delivers more than expected, Mid Atlantic Art News, April 30, 2007
Adriana Grant, Not Pyromaniacal Art, Seattle Weekly, April 4, 2007, page 29
Sarah Dahnke, Eye Exam, Newcity Chicago, February 14, 2007
Margery Gordon, Art Basel Miami: Offbeat Highlights from the Fair Trail, ArtInfo, January 8, 2007
Rosemary Ponnekanti, Hardline Organics, Part 2, The News Tribune, June 26, 2006
Jen Graves, nooksandcrannies, The Stranger, May 5, 2006
Matthew Kangas, A delightful show of team spirit at SOIL, Catherine Person galleries, The Seattle Times, January 20, 2006
Regina Hackett, A moment with…Etsuko Ichikawa, artist, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Saturday October 4, 2003, Sec A1& A11
Akiko Yoshimoto, Theme is Kokoro, The Yomiuri America, April 5, 2003, Section 2, Page 12
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