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Mariko Kusumoto (b. 1967, Kumamoto, Japan) is an artist known for textile art and metal art. She studied at the Musashino Art University in Tokyo. She relocated to the United States where she studied at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. She is based in Massachusetts. In 2010 her work was the subject of a solo exhibition entitled Mariko Kusumoto: Unfolding Stories which toured the United States at the Fuller Craft Museum, the Racine Art Museum, the Society for Contemporary Craft, and the Morikami Museum. In 2019 she exhibited at the Museum of Arts and Design.

Kusumoto's work is in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

Her work, Seascape 1, was acquired by the Smithsonian American Art Museum as part of the Renwick Gallery's 50th Anniversary Campaign.

References

1. "Mariko Kusumoto". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
2. "Objects of Wonder". American Craft Council. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
3. "The fabric artworks of Mariko Kusumoto, expert in the fiber art field". Cercle. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
4. ^ "Mariko Kusumoto". Museum of Arts and Design. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
5. "Mariko Kusumoto | Artist". ArtFacts. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
6. "Mariko Kusumoto: Unfolding Stories". Racine Art Museum. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
7. "Worlds of Delight". Contemporary Craft. 7 July 2011. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
8. "Mariko Kusumoto: Unfolding Stories". Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
9. "Seascape | Mariko Kusumoto | V&A Explore The Collections". Victoria and Albert Museum: Explore the Collections. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
10. "'Kaiten Zushi'". Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
11. Savig, Mary; Atkinson, Nora; Montiel, Anya (2022). This Present Moment: Crafting a Better World. Washington, DC: Smithsonian American Art Museum. pp. 228–238. ISBN 9781913875268.

External links

• Micheko Collect2021 Artist Talk with Mariko Kusumoto video

• 1967 births
• Living people
• People from Kumamoto
• Japanese jewellery designers
• 20th-century Japanese women artists
• 21st-century Japanese textile artists
• 20th-century women textile artists
• 21st-century women textile artists
• Artists from Kumamoto Prefecture
• Academy of Art University alumni
• Japanese expatriates in the United States
• 21st-century Japanese women artists