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Jun Kaneko
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
2008 Honorary Doctorate, Massachusetts College of Art & Design, Boston MA
2006 Honorary Doctorate, University of Nebraska at Omaha
2005 Honorary Doctorate, Royal College of Art, London
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
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Aichi-Prefecture Museum of Ceramics, Nagoya, Japan
American Crafts Museum, New York NY
Arabia Museum, Helsinki, Finland
Arizona State University Art Museum, Phoenix AZ
Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock AR
Banff Centre of Fine Arts, Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff, Alberta, Canada
Boise Art Museum, Boise ID
California State University, Sacramento CA
CityCenter, Las Vegas NV
Corning Museum of Glass, Corning NY
Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills MI
Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit MI
European Ceramic Work Center, s'Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse NY
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (DeYoung), San Francisco CA
Flint Institute of Arts, Flint MI
Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Arts, Toronto, Canada
Gifu-Ken Museum, Gifu, Japan
Hawaii State Foundation on Culture & the Arts, Honolulu HI
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS continued
Honolulu Academy of Art, Honolulu HI
Ichon World Ceramic Center, Seoul, Korea
Japan Foundation, Tokyo, Japan
Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha NE
Lauritzen Gardens, Omaha NE
Longhouse Reserve, East Hampton NY
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles CA
Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Coral Gables FL
Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery AL
Museum Het Kruithis, s'Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
Museum of Ceramic Art, Hyogo, Japan
Museum of Nebraska Art, Kearney NE
Nagoya City Museum, Nagoya, Japan
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City MO
Nerman Museum of Art, Overland Park KS
Northern Arizona State University, Flagstaff AZ
Oakland Museum of California, Oakland CA
Olympic Museum of Ceramic Sculpture, Athens, Greece
Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs CA
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia PA
Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix AZ
Portland Art Museum, Portland OR
Queensland Art Gallery, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Scripps College, Claremont CA
Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, University of Nebraska, Lincoln NE
Shigaraki Ceramic Museum, Shigaraki, Japan
Smithsonian National Museum of American Art, Washington DC
Takamatsu City of Art, Takamatsu, Japan
The Contemporary Museum at First Hawaiian Center, Honolulu HI
The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu HI
The Marer Collection at Scripps College, Claremont CA
The Museum of Modern Art, Wakayama, Japan
The National Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan
Tweed Museum of Art, University of Minnesota, Duluth
Tyler Museum of Art, Tyler TX
University of Florida, Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, Gainesville FL
University of Iowa Museum of Art, Iowa City IA
University of Wyoming Art Museum, Laramie, WY
Victoria & Albert Museum, London England
Weber State University, Ogden UT
Yamaguchi Museum, Yamaguchi, Japan
PUBLIC COMMISSONS
2010 Great Path Academy, Manchester CT
2009 Philadelphia City Hall, Philadelphia PA
Mammel Hall, College of Business Administration, University of Nebraska at Omaha NE
Twelfth & Washington Apartments, Portland OR
UNMC Michael F. Sorrell Center for Health Science Education, Omaha NE
2008 Kaneko on Park Avenue (06/08–11/08), New Your City Parks Public Art Program, New York City NY
2007 Temple Har Shalom, Park City UT
Mid-America Center, Iowa West Public Art, Council Bluffs IA
Four Seasons Resort Maui, Wailea HI
2006 Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix AZ
University of Nebraska Foundation, Dr. C.C. & Mabel Criss Library, Univ. of Nebraska Omaha NE
Bartle Hall/Convention Center, Kansas City MO
University of Connecticut, Burton Family Complex, Storrs CT
2005 City of Omaha, Hilton Omaha (Project 2), Omaha NE
Grand Hyatt Hotel, Rippongi Tower (Project 2), Tokyo, Japan
2004 City of Omaha, Hilton Omaha (Project 1), Omaha NE
PUBLIC COMMISSIONS continued
2003 San Francisco International Airport, San Francisco CA
San Jose Repertory Theater Plaza, San Jose CA
Western Asset Plaza, Pasadena CA
2002 Grand Hyatt Hotel, Rippongi Tower (Project 1), Tokyo, Japan
2001 University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle WA
2000 Beaverton City Library, Beaverton OR
Manchester Community Technical College, Manchester CT
1999 Mount Mercy College, Busse Center, Cedar Rapids IA
1998 Waikiki Aquarium, Honolulu HI
1997 University of Connecticut, Biology and Physics Building, Storrs CT
New McCormick Center, Chicago IL
1996 Aichi-Prefecture, Sannomaru Multiple Use Building, Nagoya, Japan
1995 North Carolina State University, Graduate Engineering Center, Raleigh NC
Yamashita Hospital (Project 2), Ichinomiya, Japan
The University of Texas at San Antonio, College of Business, San Antonio TX
1994 Maishima Sports Arena, Osaka, Japan
Salt Palace Convention Center, Salt Lake City UT
1993 Yamashita Hospital (Project 1), Ichinomiya, Japan
Aquarium Station, Massachusetts Transportation Bureau, Boston MA
University of Akron, Polsky Building, Akron OH
1991 Doubletree Alana Hotel, Honolulu HI
1990 Arizona State University Plaza-West Campus, Phoenix AZ
Phoenix Airport, Terminal Four, Phoenix AZ
1985 Detroit People Mover, Detroit MI
OPERA PRODUCTION DESIGN
2010 Madama Butterfly, Vancouver Opera, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
2009 Madama Butterfly, Opera Company of Philadelphia, Philadelphia PA
2008 Madama Butterfly, Madison Opera, Madison WI
Madama Butterfly, Atlanta Opera, Atlanta GA
Fidelio, Opera Company of Philadelphia, Philadelphia PA
2007 Madama Butterfly, Hawaii Opera Theater, Maui HI
Madama Butterfly, Hawaii Opera Theater, Honolulu HI
2006 Madama Butterfly, Dayton Opera, Dayton OH
Madama Butterfly, Opera Omaha, Omaha NE
EXHIBITIONS
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010 Jun Kaneko: New Paintings and Sculpture, Gebert Contemporary, Santa Fe NM
2009 Jun Kaneko, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Perelman Building, Philadelphia PA
Jun Kaneko, Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, Commonwealth Plaza, Philadelphia PA
Jun Kaneko Paintings, 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, The Arkansas Art 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
2008 Jun Kaneko, Boise Art Museum, Boise ID
Jun Kaneko, Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery AL
Jun Kaneko-Therman Statom, Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum ID
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
SOLO EXHIBITIONS continued
Jun Kaneko, Imago Galleries, Palm Desert CA
Jun Kaneko, Gerald Peters Gallery, Dallas TX
2007 Jun Kaneko, Museum of Texas Tech University, Lubbock TX
Jun Kaneko, Elaine Baker Gallery, Boca Raton FL
Jun Kaneko: New Dangos, 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 Art Center, Dayton OH
Jun Kaneko: Beyond Butterfly, Dayton Arts 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
Kaneko Jun Exhibition, Gallery Kasahara/Chuden Build, Nagoya Japan
Jun Kaneko, Stremmel Gallery, Reno NV
Jun Kaneko: Beyond Butterfly, Bemis Art Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha NE
Jun Kaneko: Madama Butterfly, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha NE
Jun Kaneko, Bentley Projects, Phoenix AZ
Tropical Reflection: Drawings Paintings and Sculpture by Jun Kaneko, The Contemporary Museum at First Hawaiian Center, Honolulu HI
Jun Kaneko, Elaine Baker Gallery, Palm Beach FL
2005 Jun Kaneko, Gerald Peters Gallery, Dallas TX
Jun Kaneko, Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
Grand Opening, Bentley Projects, Phoenix AZ
Jun Kaneko, Millenia Gallery, Orlando FL
The issue of scale is one thing you cannot avoid . . . Salt Lake Art Center, Salt Lake City, UT
Jun Kaneko Sculpture, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
2004 Heads, Imago Galleries, Palm Desert CA
Jun Kaneko, Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco CA
Jun Kaneko, Chiaroscuro Gallery, Santa Fe NM
Jun Kaneko, Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta GA
Jun Kaneko, Rochester Art Center, Rochester MN
Jun Kaneko, William Traver Gallery, Seattle WA
2003 Jun Kaneko, Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia MO
Jun Kaneko, Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta GA
Jun Kaneko, Gallery Bandstrup, Oslo, Norway
Jun Kaneko, Oslo Museum of Applied Art, Oslo, Norway
Jun Kaneko, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha NE
Jun Kaneko, Klein Artworks, Chicago IL
Jun Kaneko, Maureen Littleton Gallery, Washington DC
Jun Kaneko, Pewabic Pottery, Detroit MI
2002 Ceramic Sculpture and Paintings, Carson-Masuoka Gallery, Denver CO
Glass, Bullseye Connection, Portland OR
Jun Kaneko Solo, Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, Kansas City MO
Jun Kaneko, Holter Museum, Helena MT
Jun Kaneko, Kalamazoo Institute of Art, Kalamazoo MI
Jun Kaneko, LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe NM
Jun Kaneko, Nicolaysen Art Museum, Casper WY
Jun Kaneko, San Francisco State University, San Francisco CA
Jun Kaneko, Laura Russo Gallery, Portland OR
Jun Kaneko, William Traver Gallery, Seattle WA
On the Edge and In the Round, Montalvo Gallery, Saratoga CA
SOLO EXHIITIONS continued
2001 Jun Kaneko, Bullseye Connection, Portland OR
Dangos and Slabs, Klein Artworks, Chicago IL
Jun Kaneko, Bentley Gallery, Scottsdale AZ
Jun Kaneko, Frank Lloyd Gallery, Los Angeles CA
Jun Kaneko, Klein Artworks, Chicago IL
Jun Kaneko, Laura Russo Gallery, Portland OR
Jun Kaneko, Tyler Museum of Art, Tyler TX
Tropical Energy, Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu HI
Jun Kaneko, University of Wyoming Art Museum, Laramie WY
Jun Kaneko: Dangos in the Garden, Longhouse Reserve, East Hampton NY
2000 Jun Kaneko, Durango Arts Center, Durango CO
Jun Kaneko, Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta GA
Jun Kaneko, Imago Galleries, Palm Desert CA
Jun Kaneko, Klein Artworks, Chicago IL
Jun Kaneko, Monumental New Works, William Traver Gallery, Seattle WA
1999 Jun Kaneko, Lew Allen Contemporary, Santa Fe NM
Jun Kaneko, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis MN
Jun Kaneko, The Art Center in Hargate, St. Paul’s School, Concord NH
1998 Jun Kaneko, Bentley Gallery, Scottsdale AZ
Jun Kaneko, Center of the Earth Gallery, Charlotte NC
Jun Kaneko, Dorothy Weiss Gallery, San Francisco CA
Jun Kaneko, Klein Art Works, Chicago IL (paintings)
Jun Kaneko, Klein Art Works, Chicago IL (sculpture)
Jun Kaneko, Lewis and Clark College, Gallery of Contemporary Art, Portland OR
Jun Kaneko, Stroke Gallery, Osaka, Japan
Jun Kaneko, William Campbell Contemporary Art, Inc., Fort Worth TX
1997 Jun Kaneko, Academy of Art, Leuren, Belgium
Sculptors Drawing, Dorothy Weiss Gallery, San Francisco CA
Jun Kaneko, Susanne Hilberry Gallery, Birmingham MI
1996 Jun Kaneko, Dorothy Weiss Gallery, San Francisco CA
Jun Kaneko, Frans Halsmuseum, Haarlem, The Netherlands
Jun Kaneko, Horwich LewAllen Gallery, Santa Fe NM
Jun Kaneko, Klein Artworks, Chicago IL
1995 Jun Kaneko, Gallery Takagi, Nagoya, Japan
Jun Kaneko, Kasahara Gallery, Osaka, Japan
Jun Kaneko, Klein Art Works, Chicago IL
1994 Jun Kaneko, Bentley Gallery, Scottsdale AZ
Jun Kaneko, Dorothy Weiss Gallery, San Francisco CA
Jun Kaneko, Horwich LewAllen Gallery, Santa Fe NM
Jun Kaneko, Indigo Gallery, Boca Raton FL
1993 Jun Kaneko, Gallery Takagi, Nagoya, Japan
Jun Kaneko, Leedy Voulkos Gallery, Kansas City MO
Jun Kaneko, Susanne Hilberry Gallery, Birmingham MI
1992 Jun Kaneko, Jun Kaneko, Dorothy Weiss Gallery, San Francisco CA
Jun Kaneko, Helen Drutt Gallery, New York NY
Jun Kaneko, Klein Art Works, Chicago IL
Jun Kaneko, Mark Masouka Gallery, Las Vegas NV
Yokohama International Art Fair, Kasahara Gallery, Yokohama, Japan
1991 Jun Kaneko, Brendan Walter Gallery, Santa Monica CA
Jun Kaneko, Gallery Kasahara, Osaka, Japan
Jun Kaneko, Gallery Takagi, Nagoya, Japan
1990 Jun Kaneko, Blue Star Space, San Antonio TX
Jun Kaneko, Dorothy Weiss Gallery, San Francisco CA
Jun Kaneko, Klein Art Works, Chicago IL
Jun Kaneko, Leedy Voulkos Gallery, Kansas City MO
Jun Kaneko, Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild, Pittsburgh PA
Jun Kaneko, Southwest Craft Center, San Antonio TX
Jun Kaneko, Susanne Hilberry Gallery, Birmingham MI
1989 Jun Kaneko, Brendan Walter Gallery, Santa Monica CA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS continued
Jun Kaneko, Galerie Barbara Silverberg, Toronto, Canada
Jun Kaneko, Gallery Takagi, Nagoya, Japan
Jun Kaneko, New Gallery, Omaha NE
Jun Kaneko, Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City IA
1988 Jun Kaneko, Paul Klein Gallery, Chicago, IL
1987 Jun Kaneko, Arabia Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
Jun Kaneko, Dorothy Weiss Gallery, San Francisco CA
Jun Kaneko, Gallery Kasahara, Osaka, Japan
Jun Kaneko, Gallery Takagi, Nagoya, Japan
Jun Kaneko, Heath Gallery, Atlanta GA
Jun Kaneko, Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, Lincoln NE
Jun Kaneko, Susanne Hilberry Gallery, Birmingham MI
1986 Jun Kaneko, Klein Gallery, Chicago IL
Jun Kaneko, Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi TX
Jun Kaneko, Painting Project, Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi TX
1985 Jun Kaneko, Laumeier Sculpture Garden, St. Louis MO
Jun Kaneko, Tweed Museum, Duluth MN
1984 Jun Kaneko, Fabric Workshop Gallery, New York NY
Jun Kaneko, Helen Drutt Gallery, Philadelphia PA
Jun Kaneko, Morgan Gallery, Kansas City MI