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KAZUO KADONAGA
Born 1946, Ishikawa-ken, Japan
Resides in Tsurngiinachi, Ishikawa-ken, Japan
ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
1990 Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, LA (Wood-Harnboo-Paper)
1988-'89 Blue Star Art Space San Antonio,TX (Wood-bamboo-Paper-Silk)
1988 Sonthwest Craft Center San Antonio, TX (Wood-Bamboo-Paper-silk)
1988 Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Chrtsti, TX (Wood- Bamboo- Paper- Silk)
1987-'88 Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, MI (Silk)
1987 SPACE Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA (Silk)
1986 Grand Rapids Art Museum."FOCUS:JAPAN", Grand Rapids, MI (Wood- Bamboo- Paper)
1985 Garden,"Bamboo and Wood Talking at Garden", Kyoto, Japan
1985 Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery at Barnsdall Park.
Los Angeles, CA (Wood.- Bamboo)
1984-'85 Contemporary Arts Center, Honolulu, HI (Wood)
1984 SPACE Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA (Paper)
1983-'84 Galerie Nouvelles Images, Den Haag, The Netherlands (Paper)
1982 Sakura Gallery, Nagoya, Japan (Paper)
1982 University of California, Santa Barbara Art Museum,
Santa Barbara, CA (Wood)
1982 Boehm Gallery, Palomar College, San Marcos, CA (Wood)
1981 SPACE Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA (Wood)
Algal Galerie Nouvelles Images, Den Haag, The Netherlands (Wood)
1981 Muramatsu Gallery, Tokyo, Japan (Wood No.1O)
1980 Galerie Aronowitsch. Stockholm, Sweden (Wood)
1979 Galleri Waliner, Malmo, Sweden (Wood)
1979 Sakura Gallery, Nagoya. AJapan (Wood No.5 & 9)
1977 Gallery 16, Kyoto, Japan (Wood No.8)
1977 Muramatsu Gallery, Tokyo, Japan (Wood N0.8)
1976 Muramatsu Gallery; Tokyo, Japan (Wood No.7-Bamboo No.1)
1975 Mnramatsu Gallery, Tokyo, Japan (Wood No.6)
1974 Gallery 16, Kyoto, Japan (Wood No.5)
1974 Muramatsu Gallery, Tokyo, Japan (Wood No.4)
1973 Muramatsn Gallery, Tokyo, Japan (Wood No.2 & 3)
1971 Tsubaki Kindat Gallery, Tokyo, Japan (Wood No.1)
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1994 "A Memorial Exhibition for YAEKO FUJITA" Sakura Gallery, Nagoya, Japan
1993 "Beelden op de Berg 6 (Sculptures on the Hill 6)"
Belmonte Arboretum of the Wageningen Agricultural University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
1992 "The 16th NIHONKAIZOUKEIKAIGI Exhibition, (Art Creators'Associates of Japan Sea Area} Ishikawa. Prefectural Art Museum, Kanazawa, Japan
1992 "ARBOR & SCULPTURA" Stedelijk Museum Akmaar, The Netherlands
1991-'93 "The 4th International Shoebox Sculpture Exhibition", (Traveling Exhibition) University of Hawaii Art Gallery, Honolnlu,HI
East Hawaii Cultural Center, HiIo.HI
Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson.AZ
Murray State University Eagle Gallery, Murray, KY
University of Oklahoma Museum of Art, Norman,OK
The Brunnier Gallery and Museum, Iowa State University, Ames,IA
Fine Arts Museum of the South, Mobile, AL
Gaston County Museum, Dallas, NC
West Bend Gallery of Fine Arts, West Bend, WI
California State University Dorninquez Hills Art Gallery,Carson, CA
Nave Museum, Victoria, TX
Isla Center For the Arts University of Guam, Mangilao, Guam
1991 "The Nature of Sculpture" Jacksonville Art Museum, Jacksonville, FL
1990 "30 Jaar Nouvelles Images", Galerie Nouvelles Images, Den Haag, The Netherlands
1990 "The 14th NIHONKAIZOUKEIKAIGI Exhibition", (Art Creators'Associates of Japan Sea Area) Ishikawa Prefectural Art Museum, Kanazawa, Japan
1989 'International Paper Art Exhibition in Japan '89", (Travel inq Exhibition) The Museum of Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
The Hall of Awa Japanese Hand-Made Paper,Tokushima, Japan
The Azabu Museum of Arts and Crafts, Tokyo, Japan
1989 "Collection on a Shoestring ; Works from The Collection of Jeri Coates", Long Beach Museum of Art, CA
1989 "The Space Material, Tension, Vacancy in Japanese Contemporary Art", Saitama Prefectural Museum of Modern Art, Urawa, Japan
1988 "Paper now in Japan '88+ ALPHA'", Hongou Gallery, Tokushima, Japan
1988-'89 "The 2nd Biennale of Paper Art", (Traveling Exhibition) Leopold-Hoesch Musenin, Duren, W. Germany
Nordjyllands Kunst Museum, Aalborg, Denmark
1988 "Meditations", Saddleback College Art Gallery, Mission Viejo,CA
1988-'90 "The 3rd International Shoebox Sculpture Exhibition", (Traveling Exhibition)
The University of Hawii Art Gallery, Honolulu, HI
Culture Gallery of CCPD, Ezecutive Yuan, Republic of China
Taiwan Museum of Art, Republic of China
Anchorage Historical and Fine Arts Museum, Anchorage, AK University of Alaska Museum, Fairbanks, AK
Alaska State Musent, Juneau, AK
Florida State University Art Gallery, Tallahassee, FL
Brevard Art Center and Museum, Melbourne, FL
Nora Eceles Harrison Museum of Art (U.S.U.), Logan,UT
1987-'88 "Natural Elements", Transamerica Galleries, Los Angeles, CA
1987 "Cross Grain; A Survey in Wood", Muckenthaler Cultural Center, Fullerton, CA
1987 "A Survey of Objects", SPACE Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
1987-'90 "New Work Japan", (Traveling Exhibition), Art Center, Brattleboro, VT
Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA
Scottsdale Centet for the Arts, Scottsdale,AZ
Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, South Hadley, MA
St-Paul School Art Center, Concord, NH
Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA
1987 "Natural Sources", Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro. CA
1987 "Curators' Choice", Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach.,CA
1986 "Japanese Art Today", University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA
1986 "Art Expressions in Paper", Gallery at The Plaza, Security Pacific Bank, Los Angeles, CA
1985 "The 25 Jubilee Exhibition by 25 Artists, Galerie Nouvelles Images, Den Haag,The Netherlands
1985 "Summer show '85", Hunsaker and Schlensinger, Los Angeles, CA
1985 "The Transition of Contemporary Sculptures The Form of Wood", Kanagawa Public Art Gallery, Yokohama, Japan
1985 "The 2nd International Shoebox Sculpture Exhibition", (Traveling Exhibition) ; also as a jury The University of Hawaii Art Gallery,
Honolulu, HI
University of Oklahoma Museum of Art, Nornan, OK
Victoria Regional Museum Association, Victorta, TX
Tyler Museum of Art. Tyler, TX
University of Alabama Art Gallery, University, AL
San Diego State University Art Gallery, San Dieqo, CA
Pennsylvania State University Museum of Art, University Park, PA
California State University, San Bernardino Art Gallery, San Bernardino. CA
Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI University of Western Ontario McIntosh Art Gallery,
London, Ontario, Canada
MacDonald Stewart Art Centre, Guciph, Ontario, Canada
1984 "Then and Now", SPACE Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
1983 "Seiji Kunishima and Kazuo Kadonaga", Mills House Art Gallery, Los Angeles,CA
1983 "The New Generation of Contemporary Art", Mie Prefectural Museum, Tsu, Japan
1983 "Kenjiro Azuina and Kazuo Kadonaga", Dordrechts Municipal Museum, Dordrechts, The Netherlands
1983 "Paper Now in Japan", (Traveltng Exhibition), Kyoto International Craft Center ICC Hall, Kyoto, Japan
Axis Gallery, Tokyo, Japan Chukousya Gallery, Fukuoka. Japan
1982 "Sculpture '82", Sonoma State University Art Gallery, Rolmert Park, CA
1981-'82 "Works from the Collection of the Newport Harbor Art Museum", Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport, CA
1981 "Contemporary Japanese Art", Galerie Nouvelles Images, Den Haag, The Netherlands
1981 "Expand from 100mm", Gallery U, Nagoya, Japan
1979 "Mini-Work Ezhibi.tion", Galleri Walmer, Malmo, Sweden
1977 "Exchange Show of American and Japanese Contemporary Art", Langton Street Gallery, San Francisco,cCA
Kanagawa Public Art Gallery, Yokohama, Japan
1976 "Art Now '76". Hyogo Prefectural Mnseum of Modern Art, Kobe, Japan
1975 "The 10 th Japan Art Festival", (Traveling Exhibiton): Awarded by the Minister of Education and Culture Uenonomori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Wellington National Museum, Wellington, New Zealand
Victoria National Museum, Victoria, Australia
1975 "The 11th Contemporary Art Exhibition of Japan", (Traveling Exhibition)
Award recieved : Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Kyoto Municipal Art Museum, Kyoto, Japan
1975 "From Method.to Method", Kanagawa Public Art Gallery, Yokohama, Japan
l974 "Ubbeboda Symposium ; Stone 100 Days"; Ubbeboda, Sweden
1973 "Artists Today : Exhibition '73", Yokohama Municipal Art Gallery, Yokohama, Japan
1973 "The 8th Japan Art Festival", (Traveling Exhibition) Tokyo Central Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Ljubliana Modern Art Museum, Ljubljana,Yugoslavia
Mannheim Municial Museum, Mannheim, W. Germany
1972 "The 7th Japan Art Festival", (Traveling Exhibition) Tokyo Central Museum, Tokyo, Japan
The National University Museum of Mexico, Mezico City, Mexico
1971 "The 10th Contemporary Art Exhibition of Japan, Tokyo, Japan
Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
National Museum of Modern Art, Mexico City, Mexico
National Kroller Willer Museum, Otterlo, The Netherlands
University of California, Santa Barbara Art Museum, Santa Barbara, CA
International Paper Company, New York, NY
Honolnlu Academy of Arts, Honolulu, HI
Hawaii state Foundation, Honolulu, HI
The Conteinporary Musenni, Honolulu, HI
Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, TX