Manami Ishimura
Born in Tokyo,Japan
Live and work in Gambier Ohio
Current position: Assistant Professor of Art at Kenyon College
Education
2018 MFA Texas A&M University Corpus Christi
2012 BFA, Tama Art University, Tokyo
Solo exhibition & Two-persons exhibition
2023 (Untitled), Oklahoma State University, Oklahoma
2022 (Untitled), Tennessee Tech University, Tennessee
2022 Scale, University of the Ozarks, Arkansas
2021 Sublimation, Manifest, Cincinnati, Ohio
2019 Tsumiki, Norman Hall Gallery, Russellville, Arkansas
2018 Sublimation, K Space Contemporary, Corpus Christi, Texas
2013 Tsumugitsumugi, Kyudentyutei, Tokyo (with Akiko Inaba)
2012 Manimani, Sculpture gallery TamaUniversity, Tokyo
Group exhibitions
2021-22 Fresh Winds International Art Biennale, Iceland
2021 Ripple, ROY G BIV gallery, Columbus, Ohio
2019 Ceramic Reflections between Japan and the United State, Yumikobo gallery, Okayama, Japan
2018 MSA Members Juried Exhibition, juried by Elizabeth Turk, Knoxville’s Arts& Culture Alliance, Knoxville, Tennessee
2018 Vitreous , the Clay Center of New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana
2018 The 55th Annual Juried Competition juried by Joel Parsons, the Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, Louisiana
2018 2018 CAMEO Emerging Artists Show, University of Houston Clear Lake Art Gallery, Houston Texas
2018 Happy Hour, Gold Fish, Corpus Christi, Texas
2018 Smallworks CAMCC, the K Space Gift Shop, Corpus Christi, Texas
2018 Fake News Real Artist, TAMU-CC Fine Arts Graduate Student Symposium, Corpus Christi, Texas
2018 La Merienda, Islander Art Gallery, Corpus Christi, Texas
2017 SOLO Show [Down] Juried by Jennifer Casler Price, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, Texas
2017 AnthroDecentric, Schaudies Gallery, Corpus Christi, TX
2017 Celebrating EARTH, Urbana, Corpus Christi, TX
2017 Rising Eyes of Texas Exhibition, Rock Port Center for the Arts, TX
2017 La Merienda, Islander Art Gallery, Corpus Christi TX
2016 CROSSCURRENT, Wichita Falls Museum of Art at Midwestern State University TX.
2016 Eternal Dream, Biwako Binnale, Shiga
2016 Root and Route, Art Residence in Yumikobo gallery, Okayama
2016 Jikkei (実景), Akibatamabi21 in 3331, Tokyo
2015 Art Islands in TOKYO 2015 The 5th int’ l Contemporary Exhibition, Oshima, Tokyo
2015 CROSSCURRENT, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo
2014 TAMABI VIVANT ll 2014, TamaUniversity gallery,PartenonTama, Tokyo
2012 Aosando Art Fair, area Aoyama GONZO, Tokyo
2012 Art Kyoto 2012, Hotel Montre Kyoto, Kyoto
2012 Art Osaka 2012, Hotel Gravia Osaka, Osaka
2012 Home revisited, Ginza Seio gallery, Tokyo
2011 Art Program Oume2011-4, Oume city, Tokyo
2010 Tyabiten DOSOKAI, IDD SetagayaMonodukuriSchool, Tokyo
Award/Residency
2021-22 Visiting Artist, Fresh Winds International Art Biennale, Iceland
2021 Technology Teaching Innovation Grant, Arkansas Tech University
2020 Vision 2020, Grant Fellow, Mid-South Sculpture Alliance
2019 Open Studio Fellow, Franconia Sculpture Park, Minnesota
2019 Fellow Artist, Hambidge Center for Creative Arts and Sciences, Georgia
2019 Residency: Arkansas Tech University(ATU), Arkansas
2019 Grant for AIR at Arkansas Tech University from the Windgate Charitable Foundation
2019 Residency: Yumikobo in Kurashiki, Japan
2019 Grant for Residency in Kurashiki from Yumikobo Gallery
2018 Graduate Assistantship, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, Texas
2017 Graduate Assistantship, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, Texas
2016 Graduate Assistantship, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, Texas
2016 Residency: Yumikobo in Kurashiki, Japan
2016 Grant for Residency in Kurashiki from Yumikobo Gallery
2016 Grant for Jikkei from Akibatamabi21
2014 ” SICF15” Spiral, Tokyo
2009 Residency: Wood Voice Kobo in Kanagawa, Japan
2009 Academic Excellence Scholarship, Tama Art University, Tokyo, Japan
Related Experience
2018 Panelist: East, West, South: Histories, Identities, and Art Practices for the program
at the 2018 SECAC Conference, Birmingham, Alabama
2018 Workshop: Rockport Center for the Arts, Texas, demonstration of folding origami cranes
2018 Panelist: Fake News Real Artist, TAMU-CC Fine Arts Graduate Student Symposium, Corpus- Christi, Texas
2018 Art Museum Assistant: Sense of Home: The Arts of Richard Stout, Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, Texas
Assisted in hanging art pieces.
2017 Artist Assistant: Leticia Bajuyo, Franconia Sculpture Park, Shafer, MN
Assisted metal installation.
2017 Wood shop technician at the Center for the Arts: TAMUCC, Corpus Christi TX
Building manager at the Center for the Arts: TAMUCC, Corpus Christi TX
Studio assistance – helped with various metal pours
2016 Wood shop technician at the Center for the Arts: TAMUCC, Corpus Christi TX
Building manager at the Center for the Arts: TAMUCC, Corpus Christi TX
Studio assistance – helped with various metal pours
Assistant for the Day of the Dead Iron Pour at Dia De Los Muertos Festival, Corpus Christi TX
2017 Artist Assistant: Senguaje Dulgar, Weil Gallery, Corpus Christi TX
Assisted gallery staff on hanging art pieces.
2017 Artist Assistant: Emily Howard, Weil Gallery, Corpus Christi TX
Assisted gallery staff on hanging art pieces.
2017 Gallery Assistant: Javier Flores, Islander Art Gallery, Corpus Christi TX
Assisted gallery staff on hanging art pieces.
2016 Artist Assistant: Jason Hackenwerth, TAMUCC, Corpus Christi, TX
Assisted gallery staff on hanging balloons installation.
2014 Meditated and lived in Thai temple for two months.
石 村 ま な み
2012 多摩美術大学美術学部彫刻学科学部卒業
2018 テキサスA&M大学コーパスクリスティ美術学科大学卒業
2020〜2022 アーカンソーテック大学 客員教授
2022〜 ケニヨン大学 助教授
< 個展 >
2021 Sublimation, ギャラリー マニフェスト, Cincinnati, Ohio
2019 ツミキ, Norman Hall ギャラリー, Russellville, Arkansas
2018 MFA Thesis Exhibition, K Space Contemporary ギャラリー, Corpus Christi, Texas
2012 「間に間に」, 多摩美術大学彫刻棟ギャラリー, in 東京
< グループ展 >
2021-22 Fresh Winds International Art Biennale, Iceland (Dec-Jan)
2021 55th Annual National Drawing & Small Sculpture Show, Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, Texas
2021 ROY Presents (*Provisional title), ROY G BIV gallery, Columbus, Ohio
2020 2020 Tech Art Faculty Biennial, Norman Hall Art Gallery, Russellville, Arkansas
2019 Ceramic Reflections between Japan and the United State, Yumikobo gallery, Okayama, Japan
2018 MSA Members Juried Exhibition, juried by Elizabeth Turk, Knoxville’s Arts& Culture Alliance, Knoxville, Tennessee
2018 Vitreous , the Clay Center of New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana
2018 The 55th Annual Juried Competition, the Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, Louisiana
2018 2018 CAMEO Emerging Artists Show, University of Houston Clear Lake Art Gallery, Houston Texas
2018 Happy Hour, Gold Fish, Corpus Christi, Texas
2018 Smallworks CAMCC, the K Space Gift Shop, Corpus Christi, Texas
2018 Fake News Real Artist, TAMU-CC 美術学部院生 シンポジウム, Corpus Christi, Texas
2018 La Merienda, Islander Art Gallery, Corpus Christi, Texas
2017 SOLO Show [Down] フォートワース・アートセンター, Fort Worth, TX
2017 AnthroDecentric, スカウディーズ ギャラリー, Corpus Christi, TX
2017 Celebrating EARTH, Urbana, Corpus Christi, TX
2017 Rising Eyes of Texas Exhibition,ロックポート・アートセンター, Rock Port, TX
2017 La Merienda, Islander Art Gallery, Corpus Christi TX
2016 CROSSCURRENT, Wichita Falls Museum of Art at Midwestern State University TX.
2016 「見果てぬ夢 〜Eternal Dream」琵琶湖ビエンナーレ in 滋賀
2016 「根と路〜root and route」玉島遊美工房アートレジデンス in 岡山
2016 「実景」アキバタマビ２１ ３３３１内 in 東京
2015 アートアイランズ TOKYO2015 国際現代美術展 in 大島
2015 「CROSSCURRENT」 東京都美術館ギャラリー in 東京
2014 「TAMABI VIVANT ll 2014」パルテノン多摩/多摩美大絵画棟ギャラリー in 東京
2013 「つむぎつむぎ」 旧平櫛田中邸 in 東京
2012 「青参道アートフェア」 青山エリア、GONZO in 東京
2012 「アート京都 2012」 ホテルモントレ京都 in 京都
2012 「ART OSAKA 2012」 ホテルフランヴィア大阪 in 大阪
2012 「Home revisited」 銀座西欧ギャラリー in 東京
2011 「アートプログラム青梅 2011-4」 青梅市街 in 東京
2010 「茶美展『同窓会』」 IDD 世田谷ものづくり学校 in 東京
< 受賞暦 >
2014 「SICF15」 スパイラル in 東京 （入選）
<奨学/助成受賞歴>
2020 Vision 2020, Grant Fellow, Mid-South Sculpture Alliance
2019 Franconia fellowship, Franconia Sculpture Park, Minnesota
2019 Hambidge fellowship, Hambidge, Georgia
2019 公益財団法人 ウエスコ学術財団
2019 岡山県文化振興課 岡山県アーティストレジデンス事業助成金
2019 Windgate foundation, Arkansa Tech University
2018 Graduate Teaching Assistantship, Texas A&M University Corpus Christi
2017 Graduate Assistantship, Texas A&M University Corpus Christi
2016 Graduate Assistantship, Texas A&M University Corpus Christi
2009 多摩美術大学 学業成績優秀者奨学金
< レジデンス>
2021-2022 Visiting Artist, Fresh Winds International Art Biennale, Iceland
2019 Franconia Sculpture Park アートレジデンス in Minnesota
2019 Hambidge アートレジデンス in Georgia
2019 玉島遊美工房アートレジデンス in 岡山
2019 Arkansa Tech University アートレジデンス in Russellville
2016 玉島遊美工房アートレジデンス in 岡山
< コレクション（野外彫刻）>
2019 Under the Roof, Franconia Sculpture Park, Minnesota
2019 Tsumiki, Arkansas Tech University, Arkansas