Contact
Ai Kijima
ai@aikijima.com

Born and raised in Tokyo, Ai is currently residing in Brooklyn, NY





Solo exhibitions

2010 Ai Kijima, Hilger Contemporary, Vienna, Austria
2008 Ai Kijima, Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York, NY
2006 Fused and Quilted , Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York, NY (catalogue)
2005 Mediated Pop, Peter Miller Gallery, Chicago, IL



Selected group exhibitions

2009
Into The Wild, Carol Jazzar Contemporary Art, Miami, FL
Berliner Kunstsalon Art Fair, Kunstraum Richard Sorge, Humboldt Umspannwerk, Berlin, Germany
POP Craft, The Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA
Strich & Faden, Kunstraum Richard Sorge , Berlin, Germany
BEAUTIFUL/DECAY: A TO Z , Kopeikin Gallery, West Hollywood, CA

2008
Appropos, Edward Day Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Close to You, Textile Museum of Canada, Toronto, Canada (catalogue)
True Grit, McColl Art Center for Visual Arts, Charlotte, NC
The Other Mainstream ll, Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ (catalogue)

2007
BAC! 07 BARCELONA INTERNATIONAL CONTEMPORARY ART FESTIVAL, Centre of Contemporary Culture of Barcelona, Spain (Catalogue)
What's In A Vision? presented by the Mint Museum of Craft and Design, SOFA, Chicago, IL
Close to You: contemporary textiles, intimacy and popular culture, Dalhousie Art Gallery Halifax, Canada (Catalogue)
New Works 2007: Celebrating Recent Gifts to RAM, Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI
Lovely Dark and Deep, Pelham Art Center, Pelham, NY

2006
POP!, Northern Illinois University Art Museum, IL (catalogue)

2005
urban renewal, Peter Miller Gallery, Chicago, IL
New Cartoons!, Deborah Colton Gallery, Houston, TX
Material Inquiry, Macalester College Art Gallery, St. Paul, MN (catalogue)
3degrees Art Expo, Zentra nightclub, Chicago, IL

2004
Contemporary Fiber, Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA
Crowning Glory, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
Cake White Palace, Texas Ballroom, Chicago, IL
Feminine Form, Fleur Gallery, Chicago, IL

2003
Illegal Art: Freedom of Expression in the Corporate Age In These Times, Chicago, IL, SFMOMA Artist Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Gaea Foundation, Washington, DC
The Elements: Asian/Pacific Art & Artists, High Risk Gallery, Chicago, IL

2002
Clune Construction, Chicago, IL
Fresh: New work/New perspective, American Craft Council Show, Chicago, IL
Nippon Steel USA, Chicago, IL
Artwindows, Salvatore Ferragamo, Chicago, IL Paul Stuart, Chicago, IL

2001
Fiberart International, Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburg, PA (catalogue)

2000
Celebrating the spirit: An interfaith exhibition, Convergence 2000, Covington, KY
Mood Indigo: Contemporary Quilt, New England Quilt Museum Lowell, MA



Bibliography

2009
BEAUTIFUL/DECAY, Issue Z

2008
Close to You, Textile Museum of Canada, Toronto
The Other Mainstream ll, Arizona State University Art Museum

2007
LA SANTA CULTURA VISUAL, ULTRAMARINOS
Ann Toebbe, BEAUTIFUL/DECAY Issue R

2006
DON'T PANIC, Home issue
Ben Davis, Crazy Quilts, Artnet Magazine (10/13/06)
Dennis Stevens, Japanese MInd, Western Things: The Quilted Textiles of Ai Kijima, Redefining Craft (10/08/06)

2005
Fred Camper, Postmodern Quilting, Chicago Reader (10/7/05)
Margaret Hawkins, American excess, Chicago Sun-Times (9/16/05)
Paul Klein, Art Letter (9/9/05)
Paul Klein, Chicago Life supplement of the Sunday New York Times (8/14/05)
Paul Klein, Art Letter (7/15/05)
Capsule Reviews, HoustonPress (3/3/05)
Fluid, nr 57, Poland
Layer upon Layer, Fiberarts Magazine Summer 2005 Issue
Pixelsurgeon Interview

2003
Atomica Magazine, Dissident issue
Lucky Magazine, June Issue

2001
Fiber twists into expression, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette



Public Collection

University of Chicago Comer Children's Hospital, Chicago, IL
Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI
The Mint Museum of Craft and Design, Charlotte, NC



Education

2005 The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, MFA
2002 The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, BFA



Award

2005 Fellowship, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago