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Throughout my career as an artist I have been more interested in exploring the inherent qualities of raw materials found in everyday life and developing systems that transform these materials into new forms naturally rather than self-consciously creating beautiful “art” objects.
In my works in glass, I wanted to unleash the inherent characteristics and enable forms to take shape freely without any preconceived notions of art.
Public Collections
Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City
Rijksmuseum Kroller Muller, Otterlo, The Netherlands
University of California Santa Barbara Art Museum, California
International Paper Company, New York
Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu
Hawaii State Foundation, Honolulu
The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu
Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi
California State University, Luckman Gallery, Los Angeles
Toyama Prefecture Museum of Modern Art, Japan
21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan
Toyama City, Japan
The Museum of Glass, Tacoma, Washington
The Albuquerque Museum, New Mexico
Awards and Grants
2004 Artist-in-Residence, Museum of Glass, Tacoma. Washington
2004 Artist-in-Residence,Pilchuck Glass School, Seattle. Washington
2002 Contemporary Glass Triennial 2002 Award
2003 ”Jurors’ Choice,” New Glass Review 24, The Corning Museum of Glass
1983 Artist-in-Residence, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
1975 The Minister of Education and Culture Award, the 10th Japan Art Festival, Tokyo
1975 The 11th Contemporary Art Exhibition of Japan Award, Tokyo
Solo Exhibitions (Click on the year to see installation photos of exhibition.)
2011 Walker Contemporary , Boston, Massachusetts, Glass
2008 Stewart Gallery , Boise, Idaho, Wood
2008 Samuel Freeman, Sculpture Carden Installation, Glass
2006 Nizayama Forest Art Museum , Toyama, Japan, Silk
2006 Torrance, California,Wood Bamboo Paper Glass
2005 Solomon Fine Art , Seattle, Washington, Paper
2005 Chaffey College Wignall Museum / Gallery , Rancho Cucamonga,California,Wood Bamboo Paper Glass
2005 Mingei International Museum, San Diego, Wood Bamboo Paper Glass
2003 Zeniya Gohei Memorial Museum of Ishikawa Prefecture, Kanazawa, Japan, Kazuo Kadonaga
2003 Suyama Space, Seattle, Washington, Pure Form: an Installation by Kazuo Kadonaga
2003 Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, Washington, Kazuo Kadonaga: Glass Sculpture
2002 Southern Oregon University, Schneider Museum of Art, Ashland, Oregon, Wood Bamboo Paper Glass
2002 LIMN Gallery, San Francisco, Glass and Paper
2002 San Diego State University, University Art Gallery, Glass
2001 Salt Lake Art Center, Salt Lake City, Utah, Wood Bamboo Paper Glass
2001 Japanese American Cultural and Community Center, Los Angeles,Wood Bamboo Paper Glass
2000 Space Kaleid, Tokyo, Glass
1990 Alexandria Museum of Art, Louisiana, Wood Bamboo Paper
1988-99 Blue Star Art Space, San Antonio, Texas, Wood Bamboo Paper Silk
1988 Southwest Craft Center, San Antonio, Wood Bamboo Paper Silk
1988 Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi,Texas, Wood Bamboo Paper Silk
1987-88 Grand Rapids Art Museum, Michigan, Silk
1987 Space Gallery, Los Angeles, Silk
1986 Grand Rapids Art Museum, Michigan, FOCUS : JAPAN
1985 Garden Gallery, Kyoto, Japan, Conversation between Bamboo and Wood
1985 Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Wood Bamboo
1984-85 Contemporary Arts Center, Honolulu, Wood
1984 Space Gallery, Los Angeles, Sculpture in Paper
1983-84 Galerie Nouvelles Images, Den Haag, The Netherlands, Paper
1982 Sakura Gallery, Nagoya, Japan, Paper
1982 University of California Santa Barbara Art Museum, California, Wood
1982 Boehm Gallery, Palomar College, San Marcos, California, Kazuo Kadonaga : A Tree / A Sculpture
1981 Space Gallery, Los Angeles, Wood
1981 Galerie Nouvelles Images, Den Haag, The Netherlands, Wood
1981 Muramatsu Gallery, Tokyo, Wood No.10
1980 Galerie Aronowitsch, Stockholm, Wood
1979 Galleri Wallner, Malmo, Sweden, Wood
1979 Sakura Gallery, Nagoya, Japan, Wood No.5 & No.9
1977 Gallery 16, Kyoto, Japan, Wood No.8
1977 Muramatsu Gallery, Tokyo, Wood No.8
1976 Muramatsu Gallery, Tokyo, Wood No.7 Bamboo No.1
1975 Muramatsu Gallery, Tokyo, Wood No.6
1974 Gallery 16, Kyoto, Wood No.5
1974 Muramatsu Gallery, Tokyo, Wood No.4
1973 Muramatsu Gallery, Tokyo, Wood No.2 & No.3
1971 Tsubaki Kindai Gallery, Tokyo, Wood No.1
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