Born in Tokyo, Japan, Resides in Seattle,WA

etsuko ichikawa

3844 South Lucile StreetSeattleWA98118 206 799 1520

Born in Tokyo, Japan, Resides in Seattle,WA

EDUCATION

1993-2000Pilchuck Glass School summer sessions, Stanwood, WA

1991-1992Tokyo Glass Art Institute, Kanagawa

1984-1987BFA in Painting, TokyoZokeiUniversity, Tokyo

SOLOEXHIBITIONS

2006breath-memory, SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA

2004Funiki: Floating Feelings, Viveza Gallery, Seattle, WA

2003Kokoro-In-Between, Amada Luna, Seattle, WA (collaboration with performance and DJ)

Shadow Installation, Kirkland Arts Center Gallery, Kirkland, WA

Kokoro, In-Between, Gallery Mohri, Tokyo

Kokoro In-Between, ArtStage,KirklandPerformanceCenter, Kirkland, WA

2002Kokoro Drawings, KAVU, Ballard Art Walk, Seattle, WA

1985Two Persons Show, Kuryua Art Spot, Tokyo

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2006Aqua Art Miami,curated by Jess Van Nostrand, SOIL Gallery, Miami Beach, FL

Structure, SAMGallery, Seattle, WA

Hardline Organics, SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA

nooksandcrannies, SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA (curatorial)

Contemporary Sculpture,Catherine Person Gallery, Seattle, WA

Impressed, Arts Council of SnohomishCounty, Everett, WA

2005Aqua Art Miami,SOIL Gallery, Miami Beach, FL

Found in Translation, TORA Gallery, Mount Vernon, WA

SOIL 1995-2005: A Retrospective, SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA

Raw & Refined, Curated by Jess Van Nostrand, Bumbershoot, SeattleCenter, Seattle, WA

Unearthing,SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA

Tacoma Contemporary: Urban Art Installations, WoolworthBuilding, Tacoma, WA

2004Members Exhibition, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA (also in 2003, 2002)

Art & Craft Expo IV, SeattleAsianArt Museum, Seattle, WA

Sumi Show, NorthSeattleCommunityCollageArtGallery, Seattle, WA

She Stole the Show, Curated by Jess Van Nostrand, CapitolHillArtsCenter, Seattle, WA

PilchuckGlassSchool Staff Exhibition, History of the World Fine Art, Camano Island, WA

Artist in Residence and Assistant Show, PilchuckGlassSchool, Stanwood, WA

2003 Bemis Fall Art Show, Juried by Robert Brunz, BemisBuilding, Seattle,WA

Art Detour, Seattle, WA (Collaboration with Michael Barrette)

LELA, The ModernArtGallery, Los Angels, CA

Scholarship Exhibit 2003, PrattFineArtsCenter, Seattle, WA

Friends of Tino, Galerie Moto, Hachioji, Japan

2002APEX in L.A., 10th International Art Festival,Angels Gate Culture Center Gallery, San Pedro, CA

2000Chromosome, ColdRainierBuilding, Seattle, WA

Concerning the Angels, ColdRainierBuilding, Seattle, WA

1996Three Person Show, Olive Studio, Seattle, WA

1995Clouds, Galerie Vromans, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

1987Senior Exhibition, TokyoMetropolitanArt Museum, Tokyo

Senior Exhibition, TokyoCentralMuseum of Arts, Tokyo

1984Subaru Mandoki Soba Hachigo, Gallery Parerugon, Tokyo

UPCOMINGEXHIBITIONS

2007Two Person Show, RandallScottGallery, WashingtonD.C.

SOIL, SAMGallery, Seattle, WA

CapturedMoments (working title), Gallery 4Culture, Seattle, WA (solo)

SCENIC DESIGN

2006Cuckoo Crow, for Degenerate Art Ensemble, The Moore Theatre and Bagley Wright Theatre, Seattle, WA

1985Golden Soybeans, Theater Alice, Tokyo

RECOGNITION

2006Finalist for The Washington State Arts Commission for Fort Warden State Park, Port Townsend, WA

Selected for Top 100 Artists for publication One Shot 2006, Visual Codec, Seattle, WA

Jon and Mary Shirley Glass Scholarship,PrattFineArtsCenter, Seattle, WA

CityArtist Projects Grant, City of Seattle, Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs, Seattle, WA

2006, 2005Arts Special Projects Grant, 4Culture, Seattle, WA

2005EDGE Professional Development Program for Visual Artistsscholarship, Artist Trust, Seattle, WA

2003, 2002PONCHO Artist-in-Residence Program Award, PrattFineArtsCenter, Seattle, WA

2002George Tsutakawa Memorial Scholarship in Sculpture, PrattFineArtsCenter, Seattle, WA

COLLECTIONS

2005Consulate General of Japan, Seattle, WA

2004King County Superior Courthouse, King County Public Art Collection, Seattle, WA

COMMISSIONS

2006Inagiku Restaurant, Four Seasons Hotel, Hong Kong

Marco Polo Hotel Parkside, Beijing

Furusato Restaurant, Hotel Lisboa,Macau

2005Miwa residence, Hokkaido, Japan

2004Hinode Industrial Arts, Hokkaido, Japan

CRAVE Restaurant, Seattle, WA

2003Trinidad Residence, Bellevue, WA

1994Ishiyama Residence, Saitama, Japan

RELATED EXPERIENCE

2005-presentMember at SOIL Artist-Run Gallery, Seattle, WA

2005Visiting Lecturer atTacomaArt Museum, Tacoma, WA

Juror for scholarship submissions for Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA

2005, 2004Visiting Artist at Hot Shop, Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA

2004-presentArtist Resource Bank, Commissions of New Work, Washington State Arts Commission, Olympia, WA

2002Visiting Artist at SeattleAsianArt Museum, Seattle, WA

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Rosemary Ponnekanti, Hardline Organics, Part 2, The News Tribune, June 26, 2006

Jen Graves, Pleasant Little Lives, A Communal Fantasia of Technicolored Life, The Stranger, June 22, 2006, page 61

Jen Graves, Hardline Organics (A Tale of Absurd Optimism), The Stranger, June 2, 2006

Jen Graves, nooksandcrannies, The Stranger, May 5, 2006

Yaeko Inaba, Contemporary Art Exhibit - Artists Gather at the Reception, North American Post, April 26, 2006, Vol.61 Issue 034, page 4

Claire Emiko Fant, Artists bloom for Cherry Blossom Festival, International Examiner, April 19, 2006, Vol.33 No 8, page 13

Judith van Praag, Degenerate Art Ensemble: Imagination and Collaboration, International Examiner, March 1, 2005, Vol.33 No.5, page 11

Matthew Kangas, A delightful show of team spirit at SOIL, Catherine Person galleries, The Seattle Times, January 20, 2006

Regina Hackett, For Vaughn Bell, the art of nature is a portable experience, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, January 13, 2006

Judith van Praag,Arts, Etc. Artist Profile: Etsuko Ichikawa, International Examiner, November 2, 2005, page 7

Raw & Refined, Exhibition Catalogue, 2005, Page 14-15

Maiko Uchida / Kasumi Iida, The Place Where You Can be Yourself, Kobunsha, March 2005, chapter 2, page 89-91

Wakaba Kato, Focus: person of the month, JEN Inc., October 2004, page 33

Hana Alishio, Installation Artist: Etsuko Ichikawa, Northwest Who’s Who, Japan Pacific Publications, July 10, 2004, page 11

Rachelle Robinett, Viveza featured ‘floating feelings’, The Daily, University of Washington, April 8, 2004

Maiko Uchida, Etsuko Ichikawa, Active Seattle Artist, JINA Organization Inc., February 23, 2004

Takumi Ono, Bravo! interview, Junglecity Network, Inc., December 2003

Regina Hackett, A moment with…Etsuko Ichikawa, artist, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Saturday October 4, 2003, Section A1& A11

LELA, Exhibition Catalogue, 2003, Page 15

Itsuro Yoneyama, Etsuko Ichikawa holds solo show Kokoro, In-Between at Gallery Mohri, Topics, TokyoZokeiUniversity, April 2003

Tomoko O'Brien, Solo Show: Kokoro, In-Between by Etsuko Ichikawa, YouMaga, JEN Inc., April 2003

Yaeko Inaba, Japanese artist Etsuko Ichikawa holds exhibition, North American Post, April 12, 2003, Page 2

Akiko Yoshimoto, Theme is Kokoro, The Yomiuri America, April 5, 2003, Section 2, Page 12

Yaeko Inaba, Theme is Kokoro, the feeling, North American Post, April 5, 2003, Page 3

Akiko Yoshimoto, Beauty of Eastern Culture to the World, The Yomiuri America, September 21, 2002, Section 2, Page 7

Lantern of the East, Exhibition Catalogue, 2002, Page 130

Akemi Iwamoto, Studying abroad which has changed my life 180 degree, Keiko & Manabu, Recruit, June 1999, Page 27

Maya Wilhoit, Meet the Artist, North American Post, January 15, 1999, Page 3

Michi Konoshita, Daily life which has work, Vingtaine, Fujingahosha, July 1998, Page 161-164

Maki Akuta, My work place is a world, Oggi, Shogakukan, November 1998, Page 261-264

Dream Challenger, 27 hours television, TV Asahi, aired October 1997

New Glass Review 17, The CorningMuseum of Glass, February 1996, Page 86

Machiko Nagai, The portrait of Japanese women living abroad Part 2, Futabasha, 1996, Page 119-128

SELECTED PUBLICATION

SOIL 2006, with essay by Greg Bell, 2005

SOIL Artist-Run Gallery 1995-2005, with essay by Jess Van Nostrand,2005

breath-memory, DVD, video & editing by Ian Lucero, music by Golden Climax Twins, 2006

DEAI, DVD,video & editing by Joe Randazzo, footage from residency at Museum of Glass, August 2005

GLASS, DVD,video & editing by Joe Randazzo, footage from residency at Museum of Glass, December 2004