Keiko Hara

Education

  • M.F.A.Cranbrook Academy of Art, Michigan. Printmaking.
  • M.A. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
  • B.F.A. Mississippi State University for Women. Painting.
  • Oita-Kenritsu Art College, Oita, Japan. Painting.
  • Gendai Art School, Tokyo, Japan. Painting and Drawing.

Solo Exhibits

2008
“Keiko Hara- Works on Paper” The Harrett Center, College of Southern Idaho
“Keiko Hara -New works on canvas and paper”, Lorinda Knight Gallery, Spokane WA
2007
“Topophilia Imbuing” American University Museum at The Kazten.Washington D.C.
“ Keiko Hara- New Paintings” Lorinda Knight Gallery, .Spokane WA
2006
“Keiko Hara-Verse Imbuing”, The Walla Walla Foundry Gallery, Walla Walla WA
“Keiko Hara -Imbuing in Monet,” Perimeter Gallery, Chicago IL.
2005
“Keiko Hara -Verses From The Sea,” Center for Arts and History, Lewis-Clark State College, ID.
2004
“Keiko Hara - Seasons” The Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture, Spokane WA.
2003
“Keiko Hara - Painting and Works on Paper,” Perimeter Gallery, Chicago, IL.
“Keiko Hara -Works on Paper and Canvas,” Perimeter Gallery, New York, NY.
2002
“Keiko Hara - New Works,” Lorinda Knight Gallery, Spokane, WA.
2001
“Topophilia: Semaru Print Installation,” Autzen Gallery, Portland State University, OR.
“Keiko Hara -Recent Works on Canvas, Paper and Glass,” Foster/White Gallery,Seattle,WA.
“Keiko Hara-New Works,” Perimeter Gallery, Chicago, IL.
2000
“Paintings and Works on Paper,” Lorinda Knight Gallery. Spokane WA.
“Topophilia: Semaru,” Prichard Art Gallery, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID.
1999
“Topophilia: Departing,” Foster/White Gallery, Kirkland, WA.
1998
“Verse Semaru,” Perimeter Gallery, Chicago, IL.
1997
“Topophilia: Hagoroma,” Lorinda Knight Gallery, Spokane, WA.
“Topophilia: Sunida River,” Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR.
1996
“Recent Works,” Foster/White Gallery, Kirkland, WA.
1995
“Topophilia III: Quilt Works,” Museum of Art, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR.
“Topophilia V: 100 Gates and Selected Monoprints,” North Central Washington Museum Gallery, Wenatchee Valley College, Wenatchee, WA.
“Keiko Hara’s Recent Paintings and Prints,” Perimeter Gallery, Chicago, IL.
1994
“Keiko Hara” Sheehan Gallery, Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA.
“Topophilia: 100 Gates,” Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA.
1992
Perimeter Gallery, Chicago, IL.
1991
Mid-Columbia Art Center, Kennewick, WA.
1990
Perimeter Gallery, Chicago, IL.
The Gallery 3286, Mississippi State University for Women, Columbus, MI
1989
The Gallery, Cornish School of Art, Seattle, WA.
1985-
1987
Perimeter Gallery, Chicago, IL.
1985
Sheehan Gallery, Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA.
1984
Catherine G. Murphy Gallery, St. Paul, MN.
1982-
1983
Perimeter Gallery, Chicago, IL.
1981
Gallerie in Den Vierlander, Hamburg, West Germany.
Charles A. Wustum Museum, Racine, WI.
1976-
1979
Bradley Galleries, Milwaukee, WI

Selected Group Exhibits

2008
“Three artists from Brooklyn New York”, Art Forum JARFO, Kyoto Japan
“Visions” Selections from the James T.Dyke Collection of Contemporary Drawing, Arkansas
2007
Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas, Naples Museum of Art, Naples, Florida
“In Circulation: Works on Paper” Luther W. Brady Art Gallery, The George Washington University, Washington DC
“Cultural Evolution and Diffusion” The Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art ,St. Joseph Missouri
2006
“Print Types” Ashford University, Clinton, IA
2005
“East Meets West: The Contemporary Asian Aesthetic,” Racine Art Museum, Racine WI.
2004
“Cultural Evolution & Diffusion,” traveling exhibition, The Print Consortium, Kansas City, MO.
“Mix media Print Invitation,” Seattle Art Museum, Rental Gallery, Seattle
“American Relief Prints,” University Place Art Center, Lincoln, NE.
“Mark My Word: Text, Code and Literary Allusion,” Museum of Northwest Art, La Conner, WA.
“Impressions,” Jundt Art Museum, Gonzaga University, Spokane WA.
2003
“New Prints 2003/Autumn,” International Print Center New York, New York, NY.
2002
“Sensory Experience Portfolio,” Southern Graphic Council Conference, New Orleans, LA.
2001
“Gallery Space,” Bellevue Community College, Bellevue, WA.
2000
“Sumida River,” Large installation work with text for The Northwest Book Fest 2000, at the Stadium Exhibition Center, Seattle, WA.
1999
“Japonisme and Japanese Printmaking,” The George Washington University Dimock Gallery, Washington DC.
“Contemporary Collaborations,” Sheehan Gallery, Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA.
“Graphica Creativa,” International Print Exhibition 9th Print Triennial of the Jyvaskyla Art Museum, Finland.
1998
“The Artist’s Trust grant recipient exhibition,” The Chase Gallery, Spokane, WA.
“Regional Women Printmaker,” Kettredge Gallery, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA.
“Blue Mountain Artists,” Three-person exhibition at The Simon Edwards Gallery, Yakima, WA.
“Japanese Contemporary Printmaker,” Two-person exhibition at the Gallery, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT.
“Contemporary American Prints,” Addison/Ripley Fine Arts, Dupont Circle, Washington, D.C.
“Color Print USA,” National Invitational Print Portfolio exhibition in 50 states in USA.
“Japanese/American: The In Between,” Art Gym, Marylhurst College, Portland, OR.
1997
“Northwest Experimental Printmakers,” Marylhurst College Art Gym, Portland, OR.
International Print Art Exhibition, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR.
“The Best of Chicago,” Gallery V, Columbus, OH.
“Abstraction Painters,” COCA, Seattle, WA.
1996
“Beyond the Rock Garden,” The Wing Luke Asian Museum, Seattle, WA.
1995
“The National Print Art,” invitational exhibition at Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR.
“Interior: The Idiosyncratic Art of Eastern Washington Idioms,” invitational exhibition at SeaFirst Gallery, Seattle, WA.
1994
“Graphic Legacy,” The National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C.
Branden Walter Gallery, Santa Monica, CA.
1992
Art Exhibit, Auction of Mailboxes, The Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
One East Illinois Center/Metropolitan Structure Art.
Branden Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
1991
Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA.
“Centrum Print,” King County, WA.
Collaboration in Print: Stewart & Stewart Prints: 1980-1990. The Detroit Institute of Art.
Landmark Editions: A Decade of Contemporary Prints, Katherine E. Nash Gallery, Minneapolis, MN.
1990
Works on Paper and Canvas: Multi-Cultural Perspectives, 1990 Governor’s Invitational Exhibition, Washington State Capital Museum.
1986-
1988
Contemporary Screens, the Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati. Traveling to other art museums. Organized by the Art Museum Association of America.
1986
“Outside Japan,” Museum of Art, Pullman, WA.
1985
The Print Club Selects, Philadelphia, PA.
Off and On the Wall Dimensional Paper, State University of New York, NY
1984
Philadelphia 60th Print Exhibition, PA.
National Dimensional Paper Works, Baltimore, MD.
Paper Works with Wood, Plum Gallery, Kingston, MD.
1983
Wisconsin Painters and Print Exhibit, Madison Art Center, WI.
National Prints and Photos by Women, Philadelphia, PA.
1982
“One of a Kind Printmaking USA,” England.
Electronic Art Exhibit, Honeywell Co., Minneapolis, MN.
1981
Midwest Company Art, Pillsbury Gallery, Minneapolis, MN.
1979
Philadelphia 55th Print Club Exhibit, PA.
18th Annual International Invitational Print Show, New York City, NY.
1978
Madison Invitational, Madison, WI.
1977
Benjamin Galleries, Chicago, IL.
1976
Brooklyn Art Museum, 30th American Invitational & 20th National Print Show, NY.
Michigan Print and Drawing Show, Detroit, MI.

Awards

2006
Washington State Public Art Commission.
2005
The Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, New York, NY.
2001
Invitational King County Public Art Commission Grant, Seattle, WA.
1997
Purchase Award, Portland Art Museum/Gilkey Center for Graphic Arts, Portland, OR.
1994
Artist Trust Fellowship Grant.
1991
Purchase Award, Oita Art College, Oita, Japan.
1989
Artist-In-Residence Grant, The Washington State Centennial Commission of Washington/Pacific Cultural Connections at Centrium.
1984
Philadelphia Print Exhibition Selection Award, PA.
1983
Artist-In-Residence Grant, Artpark, NY.
1976
First Prize, Michigan Print & Drawing, Detroit, MI.

Selected Collections

  • Jundt Art Museum at Gonzaga University, WA.
  • Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture. WA
  • Microsoft Software Co., Seattle, WA.
  • Portland Art Museum/Gilkey Center. OR
  • Art Institute of Chicago, IL.
  • IBM Corp., Chicago, IL.
  • Muskegon Museum of Art, MI.
  • Milwaukee Art Museum, WI.
  • Detroit Institute of Art, MI.
  • Charles A. Wustum Museum, WI.
  • King County Public Art, WA.
  • Library of Congress, Washington DC
  • The Council House-Johnson Wax Co., Racine, WI.
  • Sony Co., Washington DC.
  • Oita Art College, Oita, Japan.
  • AT&T Co., Chicago, IL.
  • Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA.
  • Washington State public Art, WA
  • George Washington University
  • Arkansas Arts Center

Bibliography

2007
“Visions” Selections from the James T. Dyke Collection of Contemporary Drawings
“Keiko Hara: Sense of Place”, Dorothea A Dietrich, The American University Museum at Katzen,
2006
“Keiko Hara’s Springtime, Shreds of Langusge” Robert Morgan, The Perimeter Gallery
2004
“Keiko Hara at Perimeter Gallery,” Alan Artner, Chicago Tribune, Chicago IL.
“Making Her Mark,” Sheri Boggs, The Pacific Northwest Inlander.
2003
“Keiko Hara at the Perimeter Gallery,” ARTNEWS.
Critic’s Choice/Chicago Reader, Fred Camper.
2001
“Reflecting Her Heritage,” Spokane Home & Life.
2000
“Keiko Hara-Semaru,” University of Idaho, Pichard Art Gallery.
1999
“Print Inside, Graphica Creativa ’99,” Jyvaskylan Art Museum, Finland.
“Japonisme and Japanese Printmaking,” The George Washington University.
1998
“Creating The In Between,” D. K. Row, Sunday Oregonian Arts & Books.
“Japanese American In Between,” Terry Hopkins, Art Gym Gallery at Marylhurst University.
“Color Print USA,” Mark Pascale, Chicago Art Institute.
1997
“Contemporary printmaker in the Northwest,” Lois M. Allan.
1994
“Graphic Legacy,” Susan Fisher Sterling, The National Museum of Women in the Arts.
“No Discernable Path,” Loly Anderson, Art Week.
1992
“Keiko Hara,” Elizabeth Converse, Vision CA.
“Keiko Hara – Topophilia,” Alan G. Artner, Chicago Tribune, Chicago IL.
1990
“Works on Paper and canvas; Multicultural Perspectives,” Governor’s Invitational Art.
1986
“Contemporary Screen,” Virsinia Fabbri Butera, The Art Museum Association of America.
1983
“Printed by Women U.S.,” Philadelphia, PA.
1981
“Keiko Hara: Works on Paper” Charles A Wustum Museum of Fine Art.
1977
“Thirty Years American Printmakers Exhibit,” Print Collector News Letter, NY.

Teaching

1985-
2006
Whitman College , Walla Walla WA
1980-
1985
University of Wisconsin-River Falls