American artist (1925–1990)
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
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"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 .
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g 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 .
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h 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 .
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"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 .
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"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.