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Ueda Kyoko

1954 : Born in Osaka
1976 : Graduated from Osaka University of Arts, Department of Crafts, majoring in dyeing and weaving
-83 : Kyoto Nishijin Hon Tsuzure Obi Weaving, 85-Iseki Kazuyo Studio Tsuzure Weaving Ryokai Mandala Weaving (Osaka Seifu Gakuen)
1993-2011 : Part-time lecturer at Kyoto Maizuru Polytechnic College, Department of Dyeing and Weaving Technology
Major solo exhibitions
1990,'92 : Gallery Muyu (Kyoto)
1992,2012,'14,'16,'18,'22,'24 : Artefact (Tokyo)
1995,2000.'03,'08,'11 : Gallery Gallery (Kyoto)
2001,'07 : Gion Konishi (Kyoto)
2002,'04,'07 : Wacoal Ginza Art Space (Tokyo)
2004,'08,'12,'15'18 : Gallery Nishikawa (Kyoto)
2005,'19,'23 : Notion (Tokyo)
2006 : Gallery Maronie (Kyoto)
2008,'10'13 : Gallery Kaede (Osaka)
2010 : AC Gallery (Tokyo) , KEIKO Gallery (Boston)
2015,'21 : Kitanozaka Gallery (Kobe)
Main group exhibitions
1996 : Kyoto International Textile Competition
1997 : Contemporary Japanease craft and jewely Design Losangels (USA)
2003 : Cheongju International Craft Biennale Invited Artist Exhibition (Cheongju, Korea)*
2007 : 12th Tapestry Triennale in Lodz (Poland)
2008,'09 : SOFA New York, SOFA Chicago (2007) (KEIKO Gallery)
Scythia7 International Contemporary Textile Biennale III. Award Winner (Ukraine)

2008 : 9th, 17th and 11th Angers International Mini Textile Triennials (France)
Fiber work exchange exhibition (Balta Gallery Lithuania)

2010,'21 : and Wind Two-person Exhibition Keiko Yamamoto (Glass) (Miyama Thatched House Museum, Kyoto Light
2011,'14,'17 : Asia-Europe Fiberwork International Exchange Exhibition(Kulifeld, Germany / Textile Museum, Angers, France)
2014 : Maiwa Textile symposium 2014 Lecture and Workshop "Sound of nature" Textile two-person exhibition / Nobuko Narahira (Maiwa studio, Silk Weaving studio Vancouver, Canada
2014,'15 : Dialogue with Materials Contemporary Japanese Arts and Crafts (Keiko Art International Izmir AASSM Eskişhir Anadolu University Türkiye)
2023 : Kyoko Ueda and Yoko Okuno Two-person Exhibition Gion Konishi (Kyoto)
2024-'25 : Fabric Osaka Museum of Living Now and Then
2025-'26 : upcycled art caravan
Mokichi Okada Institute Museum (Shiga)
Osaka University of Economics Student Hall
Tokyo Shimbun Headquarters Lobby, Kyushu Sangyo University Museum of Art (Fukuoka),
Rie Art Gallery (Tokyo)
Awards:
Japan Craft Exhibition '93 Excellence Award, '03 Grand Prize
JScythia7 International Contemporary Textile Biennale, 3rd Place (Ukraine)
collection
Museum of fine Arts, Boston MA
Szombathely textile collection gallery Hungary Janina Monkute-Marks Museum Gallery Lithuania
Special paper and cloth cover weaving: Nagayoshi Kurumatani "Nukigami" and Kiyomitsu Kato "Yutai Yuwa" by the Fujiori Preservation Society member

Ueda Kyoko

1954 : Born in Osaka
1976 : Graduated from Osaka University of Arts, Department of Crafts, majoring in dyeing and weaving
-83 : Kyoto Nishijin Hon Tsuzure Obi Weaving, 85-Iseki Kazuyo Studio Tsuzure Weaving Ryokai Mandala Weaving (Osaka Seifu Gakuen)
1993-2011 : Part-time lecturer at Kyoto Maizuru Polytechnic College, Department of Dyeing and Weaving Technology
Major solo exhibitions
1990,'92 : Gallery Muyu (Kyoto)
1992,2012,'14,'16,'18,'22,'24 : Artefact (Tokyo)
1995,2000.'03,'08,'11 : Gallery Gallery (Kyoto)
2001,'07 : Gion Konishi (Kyoto)
2002,'04,'07 : Wacoal Ginza Art Space (Tokyo)
2004,'08,'12,'15'18 : Gallery Nishikawa (Kyoto)
2005,'19,'23 : Notion (Tokyo)
2006 : Gallery Maronie (Kyoto)
2008,'10'13 : Gallery Kaede (Osaka)
2010 : AC Gallery (Tokyo) , KEIKO Gallery (Boston)
2015,'21 : Kitanozaka Gallery (Kobe)
Main group exhibitions
1996 : Kyoto International Textile Competition
1997 : Contemporary Japanease craft and jewely Design Losangels (USA)
2003 : Cheongju International Craft Biennale Invited Artist Exhibition (Cheongju, Korea)*
2007 : 12th Tapestry Triennale in Lodz (Poland)
2008,'09 : SOFA New York, SOFA Chicago (2007) (KEIKO Gallery)
Scythia7 International Contemporary Textile Biennale III. Award Winner (Ukraine)

2008 : 9th, 17th and 11th Angers International Mini Textile Triennials (France)
Fiber work exchange exhibition (Balta Gallery Lithuania)

2010,'21 : and Wind Two-person Exhibition Keiko Yamamoto (Glass) (Miyama Thatched House Museum, Kyoto Light
2011,'14,'17 : Asia-Europe Fiberwork International Exchange Exhibition(Kulifeld, Germany / Textile Museum, Angers, France)
2014 : Maiwa Textile symposium 2014 Lecture and Workshop "Sound of nature" Textile two-person exhibition / Nobuko Narahira (Maiwa studio, Silk Weaving studio Vancouver, Canada
2014,'15 : Dialogue with Materials Contemporary Japanese Arts and Crafts (Keiko Art International Izmir AASSM Eskişhir Anadolu University Türkiye)
2023 : Kyoko Ueda and Yoko Okuno Two-person Exhibition Gion Konishi (Kyoto)
2024-'25 : Fabric Osaka Museum of Living Now and Then
2025-'26 : upcycled art caravan
Mokichi Okada Institute Museum (Shiga)
Osaka University of Economics Student Hall
Tokyo Shimbun Headquarters Lobby, Kyushu Sangyo University Museum of Art (Fukuoka),
Rie Art Gallery (Tokyo)
Awards:
Japan Craft Exhibition '93 Excellence Award, '03 Grand Prize
JScythia7 International Contemporary Textile Biennale, 3rd Place (Ukraine)
collection
Museum of fine Arts, Boston MA
Szombathely textile collection gallery Hungary Janina Monkute-Marks Museum Gallery Lithuania
Special paper and cloth cover weaving: Nagayoshi Kurumatani "Nukigami" and Kiyomitsu Kato "Yutai Yuwa" by the Fujiori Preservation Society member