Kunié Sugiura
Kunié Sugiura (杉浦 邦恵, Sugiura Kunie, born 1942 in Nagoya, Japan[1]) is a Japanese photographer, painter, and multimedia artist. Her chosen medium is the photogram.[1]
Early life and education
Born in Nagoya, Jaoan, she moved to the United States in 1963 to study at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago where she received her B.F.A. in 1967.[1]
Career
Her first group exhibition was Vision and Expression, at the George Eastman House, in Rochester, New York in 1969 and her first one-person exhibition was at the Warren Benedek Gallery in New York City in 1972.[2] Her works "Sex & Nature" were included in the Annual Exhibition of Painting at the Whitney Museum of American Art in 1972.
In 1980 she adopted the classic black and white photogram technique as a means for her artistic expression.[3]
Personal life
She lives and works in New York City.
Selected works
Books
- Sugiura, Kunié, Dark matters, light affairs, New York, NY : Arts Management, 2000. ISBN 0-295-98038-9.
- Sugiura, Kunié, Artists and Scientists, Nazraeli Press, 2007. ISBN 978-1-59005-190-0.
References
- Nihon shashinka jiten (日本写真家事典) / 328 Outstanding Japanese Photographers. Kyoto: Tankōsha, 2000. ISBN 4-473-01750-8. (in Japanese)
- "Profile: Kunie Sugiura", "This is Not a Photograph", October 20 - November 14, 2001, Art Exhibit and Gallery. Carleton College
- "CV: Kunié Sugiura", Leslie Tonkonow Gallery, New York City
- "ARTIST INFO: KUNIÉ SUGIURA", ArtSpace.com
Further reading
- Carol Armstrong, “Cameraless: From Natural Illustrations and Nature Prints to Manual and Photogenic Drawings and Other Botanographs,” in Ocean Flowers: Impressions from Nature (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2004), 104.
- Arning, Bill; Smith, Joel, Kunié Sugiura, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, 2000. Essays on Sugiura's work.
- Glueck, Grace, "Art in Review; Kunié Sugiura -- 'The Artist Papers and Other Works'", The New York Times, January 18, 2002
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