tamiko kawata

22tk GROVE
safety pins
21.5" x 27" x 25"
54.5cm x 68.5cm x 63.5cm
2009
$10,000

19tk STILLNESS WITHIN
saftey pins, acrylic on canvas
48" x 42", 2002-2004
$7,000

17tk SILVER SHPERE
saftey pins
14" x 14" x 14", 2004
$6,000

20kt
TWELVE ARMS
treated treated steel saftey pins
22" x 18" x 20", 2005
$4,500

Selected collections and exhibition venues:
Milwaukee Art Museum, Wisconsin (R/Fiber R/Evolution International); New York State Museum, Albany, New York; Crafts Council, London, UK (International Textile Exhibitio); Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester, New York; Stone Quarry Hill Art Park, Cazenovia, New York (Nature of Fiber),; New Jersey Center for the Visual Arts, Summit; Takano Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan; LongHouse Reserve, East Hampton, New York (Transformation); Staller Center for the Arts, SUNY, Stony Brook, New York; Glyndor Gallery/Wave Hill, Bronx, New York;Japan Craft & Design Association Gallery, Tokyo; Islip Art Museum, East Islip, New York; American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, New York (Annual Invitational Exhibition); Museum of Arts and Design, New York, New York (Second Lives: Remixing the Ordinary).

12kt IN & OUT, black safety pins
1.5" x 7.5" x 7.5", 2003, $900

Statement:
Safety pins function variously as thread, yarn, clay or truss in my work process. I found them soon after I arrived from Japan, out of the necessity to shorten all-too-long American clothing. I noticed their smooth texture and their head- and tail-like details. In the beginning, I found ways to interlock them, as if weaving. I found constructing systems as I went along, using only the inherent structural properties of the pins, and now can create anything from "drawings" to three-dimensional, self-standing works.
Tamiko Kawata

1tk PROTRUSION
nickel-plated safety pin
24" x 36" x 36", 1993
$5,000

OFFICE SPACE
January 14 - February 24, 2008

Opening Reception: Friday 18, 2008, 6-8 pm
Gallery Talk: Sunday, February 10, 2008, 2pm

New Art Center
61 Washington Park
Newtonville, MA 02460
617-964-3424
www.newartcenter.org

Artists, including, Tamiko Kawata, will transform ordinary functional objects from material office culture into extraordinary images, assemblages and installations.

NEWTONVILLE, MA

10kt
TRANSPARENT WALL detail

Catalog #31
WIRED: Fiber-Optic Weavings and Wire Sculpture
click for more information

Catalog #34
10TH WAVE III:
Art Textileand Fiber Sculpture
click for more information

To purchase the artwork of Tamiko Kawata
or to obtain information about other available works, contact:
Tom Grotta
browngrotta arts

or telephone
tel: 203-834-0623 or fax: 203-762-5981
www.browngrotta.com

	Catalog #31 WIRED: Fiber-Optic Weavings and Wire Sculpture click for more information
		Catalog #34 10TH WAVE III: Art Textileand Fiber Sculpture click for more information