Emiko Nakano | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 4, 1925 Sacramento, California, U.S. |
| Died | March 7, 1990 (aged 64) Richmond, California, U.S. |
| Education | San Francisco Art Institute, University of California, Berkeley, Mills College |
| Occupation(s) | painter, printmaker, fiber artist, fashion Illustrator |
| Years active | 1947 to 1960 |
| Movement | Abstract expressionism |
Emiko Nakano (1925–1990) was an American abstract expressionist painter,[1] printmaker, fiber artist,[2] and fashion Illustrator.
Biography
Emiko Nakano was born on July 4, 1925, in Sacramento, California; her parents were immigrants from Japan.[3][4] She was raised in Chico, California.[3] When Nakano was in high school in 1939, the United States entered World War II.[3] Following the signing of Executive Order 9066, her family was placed internment camp for three years because they were of Japanese ancestry; first at the Merced Assembly Center, followed by Camp Amache.[5][6] When they were released from the camps, the family moved to Richmond, California.[3]
From fall 1947 until the summer of 1951, Nakano attended the California School of Fine Arts (now known as San Francisco Art Institute).[5][7] She studied with Clyfford Still, James Budd Dixon, Edward Corbett, Richard Diebenkorn, Hassel Smith, and Elmer Bischoff.[5] In summer 1949, she attended the University of California, Berkeley; and in the summer 1952, she attended Mills College.[3]
In the 1950s, Nakano worked as a freelance fashion illustrator.[3] She died on March 7, 1990, at the age of 64, in Richmond, California.[3] Her work is in the public museum collection at the Monterey Museum of Art.[8] In 2016 her biography was included in the exhibition catalogue Women of Abstract Expressionism organized by the Denver Art Museum.[9] In 2023 her work was included in the exhibition Action, Gesture, Paint: Women Artists and Global Abstraction 1940-1970 at the Whitechapel Gallery in London.[10]
Exhibitions
A select list of exhibitions, by Nakano:
Solo exhibitions
- 2014–2015: Cross the Bridge: Emiko Nakano – Abstract Landscapes, Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey, California[5]
Group exhibitions
- 1952: San Francisco Women Artists Annual Exhibition, San Francisco Museum of Art (now known as San Francisco Museum of Modern Art), San Francisco, California[5]
- 1952: American Drawings, Watercolors, and Prints, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, New York[5][11]
- 1955: São Paulo Art Biennial, São Paulo, Brazil[5][12]
- 1955: Emiko Nakano and Clayton Pinkerton, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, California[13]
- 1955: Bay Region Painting and Sculpture, San Francisco Museum of Art (now known as San Francisco Museum of Modern Art), San Francisco, California[5]
References
- ↑ "Art Beat: Monterey Museum of Art sheds light on underrepresented California artists". Monterey Herald. 2014-04-30. Retrieved 2021-09-06.
- ↑ Hume, Helen D. (2003-07-30). The Art Lover's Almanac: Serious Trivia for the Novice and the Connoisseur. Wiley. p. 172. ISBN 978-0-7879-6714-7.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Wakida, Patricia (May 19, 2015). "Emiko Nakano". Densho Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2021-09-06.
- ↑ Fantone, Laura (2018-03-22). Local Invisibility, Postcolonial Feminisms: Asian American Contemporary Artists in California. Springer. p. 4. ISBN 978-1-137-50670-2.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Marter, Joan (2016-01-01). Women of Abstract Expressionism. Yale University Press. p. 187. ISBN 978-0-300-20842-9.
- ↑ Cornell, Daniell; Johnson, Mark Dean (2008). Asian American Modern Art: Shifting Currents, 1900-1970. Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. pp. 151–152. ISBN 978-0-520-25864-8.
- ↑ Wechsler, Jeffrey (1997). Asian Traditions/modern Expressions: Asian American Artists and Abstraction, 1945-1970. Harry N. Abrams. p. 164. ISBN 978-0-8109-2682-0.
- ↑ "Emiko Nakano". Montery Museum of Art. Retrieved 2021-09-06.
- ↑ Marter, Joan M. (2016). Women of abstract expressionism. Denver New Haven: Denver Art Museum Yale University Press. p. 187. ISBN 9780300208429.
- ↑ "Action, Gesture, Paint". Whitechapel Gallery. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
- ↑ Cross, Miriam Dungan (2 November 1952). "Work of 25 Local Artists Picked for Metropolitan Show". Newspapers.com. Oakland Tribune. p. 79. Retrieved 2021-09-06.
- ↑ Chang, Gordon H.; Johnson, Mark Dean; Karlstrom, Paul J.; Spain, Sharon (2008). Asian American Art: A History, 1850-1970. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-0-8047-5751-5.
- ↑ Cross, Miriam Dungan (January 23, 1955). "Abstract Works on Two Local Artists on View in Richmond". Oakland Tribune. Retrieved 6 September 2021 – via Newspapers.com.