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PERSONAL
1942
Born in Nagoya, Japan
EDUCATION
1971
1966
1964
Claremont Graduate School, Claremont, CA, studied under Paul Soldner
University of California, Berkeley, CA, studied under Peter Voulkos
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
1973-75
1974
1972-73
Cranbrook Academy of Art
Rhode Island School of Design
Scripps College
University of New Hampshire
FOUNDATIONS
2000
1985
Founder, KANEKO: Open Space for Your Mind, Omaha NE
Co-Founder, Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha NE
GRANTS AND HONORS
2008
2006
2005
1996
1994
1994
1985
1979
1967
Honorary Doctorate, Massachusetts College of Art & Design, Boston MA
Honorary Doctorate, University of Nebraska at Omaha
Honorary Doctorate, Royal College of Art, London
Fellow of the American Craft Council
Honorary Member of the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts
Nebraska Arts Council Fellowship
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
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
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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
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
Great Path Academy, Manchester CT
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
Kaneko on Park Avenue (06/08–11/08), New Your City Parks Public Art Program, New York City NY
Temple Har Shalom, Park City UT
Mid-America Center, Iowa West Public Art, Council Bluffs IA
Four Seasons Resort Maui, Wailea HI
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
City of Omaha, Hilton Omaha (Project 2), Omaha NE
Grand Hyatt Hotel, Rippongi Tower (Project 2), Tokyo, Japan
City of Omaha, Hilton Omaha (Project 1), Omaha NE
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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
2009
2008
2007
2006
Madama Butterfly, Vancouver Opera, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Madama Butterfly, Opera Company of Philadelphia, Philadelphia PA
Madama Butterfly, Madison Opera, Madison WI
Madama Butterfly, Atlanta Opera, Atlanta GA
Fidelio, Opera Company of Philadelphia, Philadelphia PA
Madama Butterfly, Hawaii Opera Theater, Maui HI
Madama Butterfly, Hawaii Opera Theater, Honolulu HI
Madama Butterfly, Dayton Opera, Dayton OH
Madama Butterfly, Opera Omaha, Omaha NE
EXHIBITIONS
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010
2009
2008
Jun Kaneko: New Paintings and Sculpture, Gebert Contemporary, Santa Fe NM
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
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
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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
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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
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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
Jun Kaneko, Public Square, Belleville, LA
1983 Jun Kaneko, Gallery Takagi, Nagoya, Japan
Jun Kaneko, Helen Drutt Gallery, Philadelphia PA
Jun Kaneko, Norman Fire House Art Center, Norman OK
Jun Kaneko, Paul Klein Gallery, Chicago, IL
Jun Kaneko, Quay Gallery, San Francisco CA
Jun Kaneko, Ree Schonlau Gallery, Omaha NE
Jun Kaneko, Yaw Gallery, Birmingham MI
1982 Jun Kaneko, Betty Moody Gallery, Houston TX
Jun Kaneko, Morgan Gallery, Shawnee Mission KS
Jun Kaneko, New York State College of Ceramics, Alfred University, Alfred NY
1981 Jun Kaneko, Two shows, Gallery Takagi, Nagoya, Japan
Jun Kaneko Parallel Sounds, Contemporary Art Museum, Houston TX
Jun Kaneko, Banff Centre of Fine Art, Walter Phillips Gallery, Canada
Jun Kaneko, Helen Drutt Gallery, Philadelphia PA
1980 Jun Kaneko, Gallery Toen, Shigaraki, Japan
1979 Jun Kaneko, Clayworks Studio Workshop, New York, NY
Jun Kaneko, Gallery Takagi, Nagoya, Japan
1978 Jun Kaneko, Gallery Takagi, Nagoya, Japan
1977 Jun Kaneko, Coa Gallery, Kyoto, Japan
1975 Jun Kaneko, Woods-Gerry Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence RI
1971 Jun Kaneko, Mori's Form, Osaka, Japan
1969 Jun Kaneko, El Dorado Gallery, Nagoya, Japan
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010
2009
2008
Dallas Art Fair, Gebert Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
Inspiration, William Traver Gallery, Tacoma WA
Clay Canvases: The Fine Art of Painted Ceramics, Gardiner Museum Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Scupture: A Wyoming Invitational, University of Wyoming Art Museum, Laramie WY
Generations: Works by Jun Kaneko & Toshiko Takaezu, Lamont Gallery, Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter NH
2007
Recent work by Gallery Artists, Laura Russo Gallery, Portland OR
Hot Works, Cool Glass, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock AR
On Existence, The Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu, Japan
Uncommon objects, Hawai’i State Art Museum, Honolulu HI
All the Difference: Works in Clay, the University of Akron, Akron OH
Innovation and Change: Great Ceramics from the Ceramic Research Center, Arizona State University
Art Collection, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne IN
Bold Expressions in Modern Art: The Buddy Greenberg Collection, Wichita Art Museum, Wichita KS
Grand Opening 07/07/07, Gebert Contemporary, Santa Fe NM
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GROUP EXHIBITIONS continued
She Boy, She Devil and Isis: Selections from the Wornick Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston MA
Sculptors on Paper, Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, Lincoln NE
Actor! Actor! The Intersection of Art and Theater, Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto CA
2006 Contemporary American Crafts, Art in Embassies Exhibition, American Embassy, Seoul South Korea
A Ceramic Legacy: The S. Janssen and R. M. Johns Collection, Arizona State University Museum, Tempe AZ
Bentley Projects, Phoenix, AZ (3-person)
10th Anniversary Exhibition, The Contemporary Museum at First Hawaiian Center, Honolulu HI
Jun Kaneko and Michael Sarich, Stremmel Gallery, Reno NV (2-person)
Clayarch Int’l Architecture/Ceramic Exhibition, Gimhae Museum, South Korea
ClayFusion: Ceramists work in glass, Jun Kaneko Sushi Plates, Bullseye Connection Gallery, Portland OR
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
Recent Ceramics, Laura Russo Gallery, Portland OR
JunKaneko & Douglass Freed, Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, Kansas City MO (2-person)
25th Anniversary Exhibition, Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta GA
Japan/USA: A Cross Cultural Exchange, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe NM
Laura Russo Gallery, Portland OR (3-person)
Chiaroscuro, Santa Fe, NM (2-person)
Transformations: The language of craft, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia
Inaugural Exhibition, Bentley Projects, Scottsdale AZ
Sculpture Garden, Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum ID
Studio Glass International, Concordia University, Seward NE
Summer Group Show of Gallery Artists, Laura Russo Gallery, Portland OR
The Secret History of Clay, Tate, Liverpool, United Kingdom
All Fired Up: A Contemporary Ceramics Experience, Reed Whipple Cultural Center, Las Vegas NV
The Character of Clay: Jun Kaneko & Bean Finneran, Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum ID (2-person)
100 Treasures of Cranbrook Art Museum, Cranbrook Art Museum, Detroit MI
Clay, The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Atlanta GA
Concentus, National Museum of Decorative Arts, Oslo Norway
Group Exhibition, William Traver Gallery, Seattle WA
Shared Passion: Sara and David Lieberman Collection, ASU Art Museum, Tempe AZ
W. Wegman, J. Bartlett, J. Kaneko, Imago Galleries, Palm Desert CA
25th Anniversary Exhibit, William Traver Gallery, Seattle WA
Accent on Ceramics, Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, Phoenix AZ
Coming of Age, Mint Museum of Craft and Design, Charlotte NC
Contemporary American Ceramics 1950-1990, Aichi Ceramic Museum, Nagoya, National Museum of
Modern Art in Kyoto, Tochigi Ceramic Museum in Tochigi, Japan
Evidence: Invitational, Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, Kansas City MO
J. Kaneko, T. Fawkes, M. Bauer, M. Kosuge, Laura Russo Gallery, Portland OR
Poetics of Clay: An International Perspective, Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia PA touring to the
Museum of Art and Design/Taideteollisuusmuseo, Helsinki, Finland
Sculptural Clay Invitational, Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia MO
Setagaya Museum in Tokyo, Japan
T. Statom, J. Kaneko, L. González Palma, R. Goethals, Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum ID
Untitled, Imago Galleries, Palm Desert CA
Generations in Clay, Center of Earth Gallery, Charlotte NC
Elizabeth Stone Harper Gallery, Clinton SC (2-person)
Museum of Nebraska Art, Kearney NE
Poetics of Clay, Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia PA
Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, Kansas City MO
World Ceramic Exposition 2001 Korea, Seoul, South Korea
Gallery Kasahara, Osaka, Japan (2-person)
Judy Ann Goldman Fine Art, Boston MA (2-person)
Color and Fire, L.A. County Museum, Los Angeles CA
Contemporary Clay: Master Teachers/Master Students, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green OH
1999
Everson Ceramic National, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse NY
LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe NM
Wonder & Discovery, Shigaraki Sculpture Park, Shigaraki, Japan
Biennial Exhibition of Public Art, Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase NY
Contemporary Clay, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green OH
Imago Galleries, Palm Desert CA
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GROUP EXHIBITIONS continued
Rare Earth, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids IA
1998 Klein Art Works, Chicago IL
Le Geste et la Couleur, Musée Magnelli, Vallauris, France
LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe NM
1997 Invitational Ceramic Exhibition, University of Wisconsin, WhiteWater WI
Society of Arts and Crafts Centennial, Clay Exhibition, Boston MA
1996 Voulkos/Kaneko, Kenji Taki Gallery, Nagoya Japan (2-person)
Chico State University, Chico CA
Fine Art of Craft and Sculpture, Horwich LewAllen Gallery, Santa Fe NM
6-person show, Salt Lake Art Center, Salt Lake City UT
5-person show, South Carelian Art Museum, Lappeenranta, Finland
1995 Anne Reed Gallery, Sun Valley ID
3-person show, Maruei, Nagoya, Japan
1994 International Contemporary Ceramic Exhibition, Aichi Prefecture Ceramic Museum, Seto, Japan
KPMG: Peat Marwick Collection, Renwick Gallery, Washington DC
New Craft Forms, Exhibition for Winter Olympics, Lillehammer, Norway
Revolution in Clay: The Marer Collection of Contemporary Ceramics, Scripps College, Claremont CA
1993 Keepers of the Kiln, Dane G. Hansen Memorial Museum, Logan KS
Contemporary Ceramics 1950-1990, Aichi Prefecture Museum of Art, Nagoya, Japan
Keepers of the Kiln, Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau WI
Weaves of the Cloth, Painted Bride Gallery, Philadelphia PA
Keepers of the Kiln, Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa FL
William Traver Gallery, Seattle WA
Keepers of the Kiln, Madison-Morgan Cultural Center, Madison GA
1992 Keepers of the Kiln, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs CO
Keepers of the Kiln, Albany Museum of Art, Albany GA
Keepers of the Kiln, Hunter Museum of Art, Chattanooga TN
1991 International Ceramic Invitational Show, Shigaraki Ceramic Park, Shigaraki, Japan
5-person show, Otsuka Ceramic Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Keepers of the Kiln, University of Nevada, Las Vegas NV
1990 Jun and Fumi Kaneko, Mark Masuoka Gallery, Las Vegas NV (2-person)
Gallery Maronie, Kyoto, Japan
Hovikodden Art Center, Oslo, Norway
Midland Invitational, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha NE
Otsuka Ceramic Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1989 Two Modern Masters Jun Kaneko and William Harper, the Society for the Art in Craft, Pittsburgh PA
Natasha Nicholson Works of Art, Madison WI
1988 A Fine Place to Work: Legacy of the Archie Bray Foundation, AR
East Meets West, International Ceramic Show at the 1988 Olympics, Seoul, Korea
Expression in Color Ceramics, New Jersey Center for Visual Art at Summit, NJ
1987 Clay Revision, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle WA
Contemporary American Ceramic Show, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
4-person show, Contemporary Ceramics, Yamaguchi Museum, Syracuse NY
Japanese/American Craft Invitational, Morikami Museum, Del Lay Beach FL
The Eloquent Object, Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa OK
1986 Contemporary American Ceramic Show, Arabia Museum, Helsinki, Finland
Contemporary Japanese Ceramic Show, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse NY
Contemporary Japanese Ceramics, Seibu Museum, Otsu, Shiga-Ken and Tokyo, Japan
Craft Today, American Craft Museum, New York NY
1985 Claremont Influences, Susan Cumming Gallery, Mill Valley CA
1984 7 Ceramic, Hope College, Hope MI
A Ha Hana Lima '84 Invitational, East West Center, Honolulu HI
Corpus Christi Invitational, Corpus Christi State University, Corpus Christi TX
Directions in Contemporary American Ceramics, Museum of Fine Art, Boston MA
Forms That Function, Katonah Gallery, Katonah NY
Scripps Clay Connection, Scripps College, Claremont CA
Vision of Cranbrook Today, Grand Rapids Museum, Grand Rapids MI
Visiting Artists Exhibition, Meyerhoff Gallery, Maryland Institute, College of Art MD
A Contemporary Cranbrook Vision, CDS Gallery, New York NY
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GROUP EXHIBITIONS continued
Hadler/Rodriguez Gallery, New York NY
Platters and Related Forms, University Gallery, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville IL
1983 American Art, Inc., Atlanta GA
American Clay Artists, Philadelphia PA
Anagama Show, Pewabic Pottery MI
Contemporary Japanese Ceramics, Traveling Show, organized by the Japan Foundation, Canada
Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills MI
Cranbrook Today, Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham MI
Japanese Dynasty ’83, Sande Webster Gallery, Philadelphia PA
Ree Schonlau Gallery, Omaha NE
Rhode Island School of Design, Craftsman's Gallery NY
Student Choice, Yale University, New Haven CT
1982 Artwear Exhibition, Virginia Beach Art Center VA
3-person show, Bennington College, Bennington VT
Michigan Ceramic '82, Eastern Michigan University, Ann Arbor MI
Painted Surface, Ceramic Invitational, Birmingham Art Association, Birmingham MI
3-person show, Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff Centre of Fine Art, Canada
1981 Gallery Shiro, Osaka, Japan
Maronie Gallery, Kyoto, Japan
1980 Art for Use at Winter Olympics, Lake Placid and Contemporary Craft Museum, Lake Placid NY
Homage to Josiah Wedgwood Ceramic Invitational, Hampton NY
Ceramic Invitational, Muskegon Community College, Muskegon MI
Ceramic Invitational, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh PA
Eighth Biennial Craft Invitation, Illinois State University IL
Fabric Invitational, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago IL
1979 A Century of American Ceramics, organized by Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse NY
1978 Art Now '78, Invitational Exhibition, Hyogo Modern Art Museum, Japan
1977 Bird's Eye View of Contemporary Art Invitational, National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Japan
1974 Woods-Gerry Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence RI (2-person)
San Diego Museum Ceramic Invitational, San Diego CA
1973 First Ceramic Invitational, University of Kentucky KY
1972 27th Ceramic National, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse NY
Invitational Exhibition, University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara CA
Pennsylvania State University Ceramic Invitational, University Park PA
1971 Clay Plus: 10 ceramic sculptors, State University of New York NY
College of Arts and Science, Genesee NY
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Contemporary Ceramic Art of America, Canada, Mexico & Japan, National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan
1970
1969
1968
1967
1966
1965
1964
1963
Cerritos College, Cerritos Ceramic Annual, Norwalk CA
Collegiate Show, San Bernardino, California, San Bernardino CA (First Prize)
Invitational Exhibition, Art in Other Media, Burper Museum of Art, Syracuse NY
Invitational Exhibition, Ceramic '70, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse NY
Object U.S.A., Johnson Wax Collection, Contemporary Crafts Museum, New York NY
Selector, six Japanese artists for Scripps College Invitational Ceramic Show, Claremont CA
Peter Voulkos & Jun Kaneko, David Stuart Galleries, Los Angeles CA
Downey Museum Annual Art Exhibition, Downey CA (First prize in Crafts)
National Invitational Crafts Exhibition, University of New Mexico NM
Third Ceramic Invitational, Santa Ana College, Santa Ana CA
California Design X, Collection of Sacramento State College, Pasadena Museum, Pasadena CA
25th Ceramic National Exhibition, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse NY (Arcadian Landscaping Prize)
5th Annual Southern California Exhibition, Long Beach Museum, Long Beach CA
Invitational Exhibition, Media Explored 1967 show, Laguna Beach CA
Kiyo Gallery, Gardena CA
24th Ceramic National Exhibition, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse NY (Arcadian Landscaping Prize)
Annual Scripps College Ceramic Invitational Exhibition, Scripps CA
Craftsman U.S.A. '66, Museum of Contemporary Crafts, National Merit Award New York NY
7th Miami National Ceramic Exhibition, University of Miami FL
23rd Ceramic National Exhibition, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse NY
Zaiya Invitational Painting Show, Japan
16th Chubu Niki Exhibition, Nagoya, Japan (First Prize)
Jun Kaneko Resume – January 2010
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GROUP EXHIBITIONS continued
1962 15th Chubu Niki Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan
16th Niki Exhibition, Nagoya, Japan (Nagoya Times Prize)
1961 14th Chubu Niki Exhibition