Approved: 16.08.2006

Keiko Mukaide

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Approved: 16.08.2006

Concepts
The inspiration for my glass making has evolved from the nature of the material itself and its qualities which are unlike any other material.Influences
Spirituality/Religion, Nature, Ancient cultures/Myths; own cultural identity (Asian); own gender (Female)Career path
Qualifications:
1991 MA Ceramic and Glass, Royal College of Art, London
1987 Pilchuck Glass School, USA
1983 Penland

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Artist Statement

Concepts The inspiration for my glass making has evolved from the nature of the material itself and its qualities which are unlike any other material.Influences Spirituality/Religion, Nature, Ancient cultures/Myths; own cultural identity (Asian); own gender (Female)Career path Qualifications: 1991 MA Ceramic and Glass, Royal College of Art, London 1987 Pilchuck Glass School, USA 1983 Penland Arts and Crafts, USA 1982 Pilchuck Glass School, USA 1977 BA Visual Communication Design, Musashino Art University, Japan Teaching Experience: 1993-present Part-time Tutor, Glass Department, Edinburgh College of Art 1998 Kiln-form glass workshop, Glas and Keramikskolen På Bornholm, Denmark 1997 TA, Delegates to inspirational glass workshop by Diana Hobson, Northalnds Creative Glass, Scotland 1996 Kiln-Forming, Workshop, Gray's School of Art, Aberdeen 1996 Kiln-Forming, Workshop, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow Collections: Victoria and Albert Museum, London The Corning Museum of Glass, New York, USA Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany Kunstgewerbemuseum, Dresden, Germany Musée du Verrer de Sars-Poteries, France The Crafts Council, London Aberdeen Art Gallery and Museum Shipley Art Gallery and Museum The Museum of Decorative Arts, Montreal, Canada

CV & Education

Solo exhibitions 2009 - Light of the North, Innovative Craft, Edinburgh, Scotland 2007 - Memory of Place, York St Mary's Church, York 2006 - Light of the North, Site-specific installation, commissioned for 15m lenght of showcase, Tate St Ives, St Ives, Cornwall, UK 2003 - Spirit of Place, Talbot Rice Gallery, Toured to Ebeltoft Glasmuseum Denmark, Edinburgh, UK 2001 - Miegakari-between seen and unseen, Site-specific installation with Japanese landscape architect Tokiko Furuuchi, the Hill House, Helensburgh, Scotland 2000 - Hydrosphere 1, 1800 lamp work, glass plants, Aberdeen Art Gallery, Aberdeen, UK 1997 - Braggiotti Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 1997 - Manchester City Arts Galleries, Manchester 1996 - "Glass-Dry Landscape Garden", The Scottish Gallery 1996 - Galerie L, Hamburg, Germany 1996 - Solo Exhibition, Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh 1996 - Solo Exhibition, Sunderland City Arts Centre, Sunderland 1996 - Sunderland City Library and Arts Centre 1995 - Keiko Mukaide Solo Exhibition, Museé du Verre de Sars-Poteries, France 1991 - Glass Swords, Museum of Mankind, London Group exhibitions 2007 - Master of Modern, Internationale Handwerksmesse und Garten Munchen, Germany 2007 - Side by Side, The Devon Guild of Craftsman, Devon 2007 - V&A 150 Years Anniversary Album exhibition, V&A museum, London 2006 - Coburg Glass Prize for Contemporary Glass in Europe 2006, Kunst Sammlungen der Veate, Coburg, Germany 2006 - COLLECT, 2004 -2006 with the Scottish Gallery, V&A Museum, London, UK 2005 - Sense and Sensitivity, with Chiho Hitomi, The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh 2005 - Wearing Glass 2, collaborated with Sue Cross, Oxo Tower and National Glass Centre, London and Sunderland 2004 - Beeldend Glas, 6 International glass artists, Cultuurcentrum Knnoke-Heist, Knnoke-Heist, Belgium 2004 - Midsummer night's Dream, Galerie Handwerk, Munchen, Germany 2003 - Density and Light, Hannah Peschar Sculpture Garden, Surrey, UK 2003 - Sotherby's Contemporary Decorative Arts, Sotherby's, London, UK 2003 - Special Jewellery Show 'Schmuck2003', Series of Glass jewellery collaborated with Sue Cross, Munchen Trade Centre, Munchen, Germany 2002 - Cocoons of Light, Site-specific installtion, group exhibition organised by Goed Werk Belgium, the Glass House, Leerdam, the Netherlands 2001 - Gifted, Reciplicants of the Inches Carr Bursaries, Royal Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh 2001 - SOFA Chicago, Chicago, the Scottish Gallery 2001 - The Unexpected-Contemporary Applied Arts from the UK, the Sotherby's, NY UAS 2000 - Elemental Traces, Site-specific installations in the glass house with Diana Hobson and Craig Mackay, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland 1999 - Domain, Fabrica, Brighton, UK 1998 - Beyond Material, Oriel Mostyn, Llandudno, Wales, touring to England 1998 - Glass UK, National Glass Centre, Sunderland, UK touring to Edinburgh 1998 - Spirit of the time, Bowes Museum, Durham 1998 - The Jerwood Prize for Applied Arts 1998: Glass, UK touring to National Glass Centre 1997 - Contemporary Decorative Art, Sotherby's, UK 1997 - Made in Japan, Glasmuseum Ebeitoft, Denmark 1997 - RCA School of Applied Arts Exhibition, Museum für Kunst und Gewerb, Germany 1997 - Verre, Clara Scremini Gallery, Paris, France 1996 - Contemporary British Studio Glass, Gallery Medium Bratislava, Slovakia 1996 - Objects of Out Time, Crafts Council, touring to the American Craft Museum, New York 1996 - Venezia Aperto Vettro, Museo Vetrario di Murano, Museo Correr, Palazzo Ducule, Venezia, Italy 1995 - British Glass, Art Glass Centre International, Netherland 1995 - Hot Glass - Cold Glass, Contemporary Applied Arts, London 1995 - Jahresmesse Kunsthandwerk, Museum for Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany 1994 - Sculpture Objects and Functional, Navy Pier, Chicago, USA 1993 - Glass Show, Crafts Council, London 1993 - New Glass in Japan, Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf, Germany Workshops 2004 - Inspirational workshop, To make site-specific installation with inspiration from earth energy, Atelier and Museum of Sars-Poteries, France Residencies 2006 - International residency, An Tuireann, Isle of Skye 2001 - Research residency, Department of Engineering Materials, University of Sheffield, UK Public commissions 2008 - Lucid Clouds, The Multifaith Centre, St James's University Hospital, Leeds 2007 - 3 Windows, The Bishop Palace, Eden Court, Inverness 2006 - Cutting Edge and Barker Pool, Sheffield, Sheffield 2006 - Lucid light, Cove Library, Aberdeen 2005 - Security gates and windows, Collaborated with John Creed, The Museum of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK 2002 - Glass tiles for pavement, Kiln formed glass tiles, The Queen's Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland 2002 - Niche Lights, The Queen's Gallery, Ediburgh, Scotland 2001 - Glass installation, Nature Water, The Ruskin Gallery, The Millennium Galleries, Sheffield, UK 2001 - Glass Plants commission for the Turner Museum of Glass, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK 1999 - Glass tiles, 50m length kiln formed glass tiles, The Hub, Edinburgh, Scotland Competitions, prizes and awards 2006 - Award for Individual Development, The Scottish Srta Council, Scoland 2002 - New Work Fund (National Lottery), Talbot Rice Gallery/ The Scottish Arts Council, Edinburgh, Scotland 2000 - Creative Scotland Awards, Toward to Site-specific Installation at the Hill House, The Hill House/The Scottish Arts Council, Herensburgh, Scotland 1998 - Gold medal, Gestallendes Handwerk, International Trade Fair, Munchen, Germany 1998 - Inches Carr Trust Buersaries, Edinburgh, Edinburgh 1998 - Short Listed for the Jerwood Prize for Applied Arts:Glass, Crafts Council, London, UK 1994 - The Worshipful Company of Glass Sellers Awards 1994, London, London, UK Publications 2007 - That Spirtual Dimention