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