Mariko Kusumoto Explained

Mariko Kusumoto
Birth Place:	Kumamoto, Japan
Field:	textile art, metal art

Mariko Kusumoto (b. 1967, Kumamoto, Japan)^[1] is an artist known for textile art and metal art.^[2] She studied at the Musashino Art University in Tokyo. She relocated to the United States where she studied at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco.^[3] She is based in Massachusetts. In 2010 her work was the subject of a solo exhibition entitled Mariko Kusumoto: Unfolding Stories which toured the United States at the Fuller Craft Museum,^[4] the Racine Art Museum,^[5] the Society for Contemporary Craft,^[6] and the Morikami Museum.^[7] In 2019 she exhibited at the Museum of Arts and Design.^[8]

Kusumoto's work is in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum,^[9] and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.^[10]

Her work, Seascape 1, was acquired by the Smithsonian American Art Museum as part of the Renwick Gallery's 50th Anniversary Campaign.^[11]

External links

• Micheko Collect2021 Artist Talk with Mariko Kusumoto video

Notes and References

1. Web site: Mariko Kusumoto . Smithsonian American Art Museum . 8 December 2022.
2. Web site: Objects of Wonder . American Craft Council . 8 December 2022 . en.
3. Web site: The fabric artworks of Mariko Kusumoto, expert in the fiber art field . Cercle . 8 December 2022.
4. Web site: Mariko Kusumoto Artist . ArtFacts . 8 December 2022 . en.
5. Web site: Mariko Kusumoto: Unfolding Stories . Racine Art Museum . 8 December 2022.
6. Web site: Worlds of Delight . Contemporary Craft . 8 December 2022 . 7 July 2011.
7. Web site: Mariko Kusumoto: Unfolding Stories . Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens . 8 December 2022.
8. Web site: Mariko Kusumoto . Museum of Arts and Design . 8 December 2022 . en.
9. Web site: Seascape Mariko Kusumoto V&A Explore The Collections . Victoria and Albert Museum: Explore the Collections . 8 December 2022 . en.
10. Web site: 'Kaiten Zushi' . Los Angeles County Museum of Art . 8 December 2022.
11. Book: Savig . Mary . Atkinson . Nora . Montiel . Anya . This Present Moment: Crafting a Better World . 2022 . Smithsonian American Art Museum . Washington, DC . 9781913875268 . 228-238.