Artist List    Michihiro Kosuge    Images  |  Bio Born: Tokyo, Japan, 1943 EDUCATION M.F.A., San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA 1970 Tokyo Sumida Technical School of Architecture, Tokyo, Japan 1961 GRANTS AND AWARDS Branford Millar Distinguished Faculty Achievement Award, Portland State University, Oregon 2002 Publishing Grant, School of Fine and Performing Arts, Portland State University, Oregon 1998 National Endowment for the Arts, Visual Artist Fellowship 1982-1983 International Scholarship, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA 1967-1970 ONE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 1990, 1992, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010 “The Quiet Voice of Metal and Stone,” Portland Japanese Garden, Portland, OR 2008 “Paintings,” The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 2001 Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA 1991 Lynn McAllister Gallery, Seattle, WA 1988 Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Willamette University, Salem, OR 1988 Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR 1987, 1988 Blackfish Gallery, Portland, OR 1979, 1983 Lane Community College, Art Department Gallery, Eugene, OR 1983 Portland Community College, North View Gallery, Portland, OR 1979 Bush Barn Art Center, Salem, OR 1978 San Francisco Art Institute, CA 1970 GROUP EXHIBITIONS The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 1989, 1991-1995, 1998-2000, 2002-2005, 2007-2010 “Sculpture Exposition,” Clackamas Community College, Oregon City, OR 2007 “20th Anniversary Group Show,” The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 2006 “Self Portrait,” Alexander Gallery, Clackamas Community College, Portland, OR 2006 “Dialogue,” Littman Gallery, Portland State University, Portland, OR 2004 “Bellevue Sculpture Exhibition,” Bellevue, WA 2002 “Splendors of Imperial Japan,” Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR 2002 “Sculpture Exposition 2002,” Clackamas Community College, Oregon City, OR 2002 Pauling Gallery, Clackamas Community College, Oregon City, OR 2002 “Out of Hibernation,” im n il, Brooklyn, NY 2001 “15th Anniversary Group Show,” The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 2001 “Lake Oswego Festival of the Arts,” Lake Oswego, OR, invitational 2001 “Art About Art,” Archer Gallery, Clark College, Vancouver, WA 2001 “Outdoor Sculpture Invitational,” Clackamas Community College, OR 2000 “2 x 2 x 2000,” Blackfish Gallery, Portland, OR 1999 Bellevue Sculpture Exhibition, Bellevue, WA 1998 “Sculpture Exposition,” Clackamas Community College, Molalla, OR 1998 “Prints and Drawings”, The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 1998 The Art Gym (2 person exhibition), Marylhurst University, Marylhurst, OR 1998 “Portland State University Faculty Exhibition,” University of Ulsan, Korea 1997 Flanders Lofts Art Exhibition, Portland, OR 1997 “The Tool Show,” Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, OR 1996 “Beyond the Rock Garden,” Wing Luke Asian Museum, Seattle, WA 1996 Archer Gallery, Clark College, Vancouver, WA 1995 Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR 1995 “Mentors,” Gallery 114, Portland, OR 1995 Artquake Arts Festival, Portland, OR 1979, 1980, 1991, 1994 “Crosscut,” Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR 1993 “Chairs: Embodied Objects,” Western Gallery, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA 1993 Faculty Show, Portland State University, Portland, OR 1992 Oregon Biennial, Oregon Art Institute, Portland, OR 1983, 1985, 1987, 1991 Oregon Outdoor Sculpture Invitational, Clackamas Community College, OR 1990 “The Garden Party,” Contemporary Crafts Gallery, Portland, OR 1990 “Off the Wall,” Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR 1988 “Outdoor Sculpture,” University of Portland, OR 1988 “Works on Paper by Sculptors,” Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR 1988 Lynn McAllister Gallery, Seattle, WA 1988 “Sculpture Invitational,” Fairbanks Gallery, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 1987 “Sculpture Symposium,” Maude Kerns Art Center, Eugene, OR 1987 “The Second Biennial,” Maryhill Museum Of Art, WA 1987 “Exhibition of Past Board Members,” Portland Center for the Visual Arts, OR 1987 “Clackamas Sculpture Invitational,” Pauling Center Gallery, Oregon City, OR 1987 “Pacific Vista: Asian American Artists of Oregon and Washington,” Index Gallery, Clark College, Vancouver, WA 1986 Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR 1986 25th Anniversary, Fountain Gallery, Portland, OR 1986 “Sculpture on the Green,” University of Portland, OR 1986 “Mountain High V-Metal,” Timberline Lodge, OR 1985 “First Generation of Japanese Artists of Oregon,” IFCC Gallery, Portland, OR 1985 “West Greets East,” Japan-American Conference, Portland, OR 1985 “New Views,” Fountain Gallery, Portland, OR 1985 San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA 1985 “Asian Point of View,” Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Assn., Portland, OR 1984 Oregon Invitational, Eugene Visual Arts Symposium, Hult Center for the Performing Arts, Eugene, OR 1984 “Blackfish Gallery Members,” New Zone Gallery, Eugene, OR 1984 Fifth Anniversary Celebration, Blackfish Gallery, Portland, OR 1984 “Three Artists,” Littman Gallery, Portland State University, Portland, OR 1984 “The Artists of Blackfish Gallery,” Renshaw Gallery, Linfield College, McMinnville, OR 1983 “Blackfish Gallery Members,” Lane Community College, Eugene, OR 1982 “2 Artists,” Erica Williams/Ann Johnson Gallery, Seattle, WA 1982 Portland Center for the Visual Arts, Portland, OR 1981 “Four Oregon Artists,” Erica Williams/Ann Johnson Gallery, Seattle, WA 1981 Blackfish Gallery, Portland, OR 1980, 1981 “Art and Architecture Faculty Exhibition,” Littman Gallery, Portland State University, Portland, OR 1981 “Blackfish Gallery Members,” Cheney Cowles Museum, Spokane, WA 1980 “Sculpture Invitational,” Foster/White Gallery, Seattle, WA 1980 “Northwest Artists: A Review,” Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA 1980 “10 Sculptors,” University of Portland, Portland, OR 1979 Design: Marin County Day School Playground, Marin County, CA 1974 “Environment Sculpture, Art of Wine Program,” San Francisco Museum of Art, CA 1974 Consulate of Nigeria Special Exhibition, San Francisco, CA 1974 “Tom Hardy Private Collection,” Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR 1973 “M.I.X. Sculpture/Ceramics,” San Francisco Museum of Art, CA 1973 “27th Annual San Francisco Art Festival,” San Francisco, CA 1973 “Introduction 1973/Sculptors,” Oakland Art Museum, Oakland, CA 1973 “Artists in Oregon,” Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR 1972 Drawing Exhibition, District Community Center, Nagoya and Tokyo, Japan 1971 Spring Show Annual, San Francisco Art Institute, CA 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970 “City of San Francisco Art Exhibit,” CA 1968 Macy’s Sculpture Show, San Francisco, CA 1968 COMMISSIONS Hotel Modera / Transit Mall. TriMet, Portland, OR 2008-2009 Highline Community College, Des Moines, WA (2 projects) 2004, 2006 Highline Community College and Central Washington University, Des Moines, WA 2004 Legacy Emmanuel Hospital, Salmon Creek, Vancouver, WA 2005 Western Oregon State University, Monmouth, OR 2000 Etec Inc., Hillsboro, OR 1999 River Point Education Center, Spokane, WA 1998 Washington County Justice Center, Hillsboro, OR 1998 Kaiser Permanente Salmon Creek Center, Vancouver, WA 1997 Ed Benedict Park Project, Portland, OR 1996 Portland Community College South Plaza, Sylvania Campus, Portland, OR 1996 City of Portland, 9-1-1 Emergency Communication Center, Portland, OR 1995 Department of Motor Vehicles, Salem, OR 1995 Oregon Department of Transportation, Portland, OR l995 Parc-Bethany Project, Portland, OR 1992, 1995 Portland Community College Theater, Sylvania Campus, Portland, OR 1993, 1994 Washington County Justice Center, Rose Garden, Hillsboro, OR 1993 Oregon Coast Aquarium, Newport, OR 1992 COMMISSIONS (continued) Nissho Iwai, Portland, OR 1991 Southern Oregon State College, Housing Playground, Ashland, OR 1991 Little Tokyo Mall, Los Angeles, CA 1989 Forest Heights, Portland, OR (Landscape Design) 1989 Clackamas Community College, Environmental Studies Area, Oregon City, OR 1987 Marin County Day School, CA 1974 Marco Polo Condominiums, Honolulu, HI 1972 COLLECTIONS Allright Garage Los Angeles, Inc., Los Angeles, CA Ball, Janik, LLP Portland, OR City of Portland, 9-1-1 Emergency Communication Center, Portland, OR Clackamas Community College, Oregon City, OR Davis, Wright, Tremaine, Portland, OR Deloitte & Touche, Portland, OR Department of Motor Vehicles, Salem, OR Ed Benedict Park Project, Portland, OR Etec Inc., Hillsboro, OR Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Willamette University, Salem, OR Highline Community College, Des Moines, WA Kaiser Permanente, Salmon Creek Center, Vancouver, WA Little Tokyo Mall, Los Angeles, CA Marin County Day School, CA Mazama Capital Management, Inc., Portland, OR Mentor Graphics, Portland, OR Metropolitan Arts Commission, Portland, OR Nissho-Iwai, Portland, OR Nordstrom, Seattle, WA Norris, Beggs & Simpson, Portland, OR Oregon Coast Aquarium, Newport, OR Oregon Department of Transportation, Portland, OR Oregon Health and Science University, Kohler Pavilion, Portland, OR Oregon Health and Science University, Portland OR Parc-Bethany Condominiums, Portland, OR Portland Art Museum, Oregon Art Institute, Portland, OR Portland Community College, Portland, OR Regional Arts and Culture Council, Portland, OR River Point Education Center, Spokane, WA Runnymede Sculpture Park, Walnut Park, CA Russell Development Co., Inc., Portland, OR Schnitzer Investment Corp., Portland, OR Southern Oregon State College, Ashland, OR State of Oregon, Salem, OR Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA Washington County Justice Center Collection, Hillsboro, OR Western Oregon State University, Monmouth, OR Winkler Development Co, Portland, OR Yost, Grube, Hall, Portland, OR RELATED EXPERIENCE Portland State University, Emeritus Faculty, Department of Art 2003-Present Portland State University, Chairman, Department of Art 2000-2003 Portland State University, Professor of Art 1978-2003 (retired) Arts Commissioner, Metropolitan Arts Commission, City of Portland, OR 1989 Grants and Awards Committee, Visual Arts Organizations, Oregon Arts Commission 1989 Art-in-Architecture Selection Committee, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Portland, OR 1988 Hosford Park Art Project Committee, juror 1988 Site Selection Team, Metropolitan Arts Commission 1986 School of Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, IL, Visiting Artist 1985 1% for Art Committee, Metropolitan Arts Commission 1985 Rockford College, juror, student exhibition, Rockford, IL 1984 Center for Creative Studies/College of Art and Design, Detroit, MI, Visiting Artist 1984 School of Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, IL, Visiting Artist 1984 Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, Visiting Artist 1984 Oregon School of Design, Portland, OR, Visiting Artist 1983-1984 Multi Arts Review Panelist, Metropolitan Arts Commission, Portland, OR 1983 Artquake, exhibition juror 1980 Artist-in-Residence Program, McNary High School, Salem, OR 1977-1978 PUBLICATIONS Skinner, Tina. 100 Artists of the West Coast II (Schiffer Publishing Ltd., Atglen, PA) 2009, pp. 100-101 Row. D.K. “Locally made art, but not parochial,” The Oregonian, August 15, 2008, A&E, pp. 37, 40 “Michihiro Kosuge,” The Asian Reporter, Portland, Oregon, August 12, 2008, p. 12 and August 19, 2008, p. 12 Row, D.K. “Shows of Note,” The Oregonian, August 8, 2008, p. 34 “Michihiro Kosuge is first artist to install public work on the Portland Mall Light Rail,” The Asian Reporter, June 10, 2008, p. 16 TriMet, “First New Public Art Sculpture Installed,” http://portlandmall.org/news/newart.htm, June 4, 2008 TriMet, “Public Art on the Mall,” http://portlandmall.org/about/publicart.htm, March 14, 2008 Knott, Diantha and Jan, Michihiro Kosuge: Quiet Voice of Metal and Stone, DVD featuring the exhibit at Portland Japanese Garden, February 9-24, 2008 Blazina, Ian, “Stone sculptures reflect the shifting season at the Portland Japanese Garden,” The Asian Reporter February 19, 2008, p. 15 Row, D.K. “Shows of Note,” The Oregonian, February 15, 2008, A&E, p. 32 “Art in the Garden: 2008,” exhibition calendar, Portland Japanese Garden Exhibition Advertisement for Portland Japanese Garden, PDXmagazine, January 2008, p. 53 Lavery, Austen, “A message carved in stone: Kosuge’s ‘Celebration’ sculpture comes to Highline,” The Thunderword, September 25, 2006, p. 6 Row, D.K. “A majestic hybrid of East and West,” The Oregonian, A&E, Friday, September 29, 2006, p. 36 Culverwell, Wendy, “You gotta have art,” Portland Executive Home and Life, Fall 2006, pp. 10, 54-55 “Michihiro Installs More Art,” Highline Headlines, Highline Community College, Des Moines, WA, September 2006 E-newsletter “Michihiro Kosuge,” The Asian Reporter (Portland, OR), September 5, 2006, p. 14 Kangas, Matthew, Epicenter: Essays on North American Art, Midmarch Arts Press, monograph, 2005, pp. 142-145 Williams, Arthur, Sculpture Reference, Sculpture Books Publishing, illustrated, 2005, p. 37 Lusby, Rachel, "Artist Links Students and Diversity," The Thunderword (Highline Community College, Des Moines, WA), January 20, 2005, p. 5; illus. "Scene & Heard," Federal Way Mirror(Federal Way, WA), January 15, 2005, p. A9; illus. Johnson, Dave, "Professor Celebrates Retirement with Sculpture Exhibition," The Asian Reporter, Portland, OR, November 16, 2004, p. 16 (illus.) Row, D.K. "Critic's Picks," The Oregonian, November 4, 2004, p. E1 “Michihiro Kosuge Artwork,” The Asian Reporter, October 26, 2004, p. 14 and November 2, 2004, p. 16 and November 9, 2004, p. 16 Dialogue, exhibition catalog, Portland State University, Portland, OR, 2004 Taylor, Sue, “Michihiro Kosuge at Laura Russo,” Art in America, February 2003, pp. 23, 24 “Art: Michihiro Kosuge,” School of Fine & Performing Arts Newsletter, Fall 2002 “Kosuge Recognized for Faculty Excellence,” The Asian Reporter, July 2, 2002, p.11 Kangas, Matthew, “Sculpture Sprouts Throughout Downtown Bellevue,” Seattle Times, June 2002, p.9 Row, D.K., “Sculptural Grounds,” The Oregonian, April 12, 2002, p.A&E 52 “Michihiro Kosuge,” The Asian Reporter, October 9, 2001, p.12 Runsunen, Annie Pierce “’Art within Art’ Offers Hints of Masterpieces,” The Columbian, Feb. 12, 2001 pp.D1, D3 “Art About Art,” The Oregonian, February 18, 2001 Row, D.K., “Kosuge on Kosuge,” The Oregonian, January 15, 2001 Row, D.K, “Tip Sheet,” The Oregonian, January 2001, p.58 “Michihiro Kosuge,” The Asian Reporter, January 2, 2001, p.16 Row, D.K., “Postmodern Japan,” The Oregonian, January 7, 2000 Row, D.K., “The Art of Community,” The Oregonian, December 2, 1999 Row, D.K., “Stone Sculptures Would Fit Well in Japanese Garden,” The Oregonian, September 2, 1999, p.E2 Row, D.K., ”A Deepening of Work,” The Oregonian, September 24, 1999, p.65 Duchene, Jenny, “In the Crowd,” The Oregonian, September 2, 1999, p.12 “On Going Events,” The Asian Reporter, August 24-30, 1999 Hopkins, Terry, Keiko Hara, Michihiro Kosuge, Japanese/American: The In Between, The Art Gym, Marylhurst University, OR, 1998 Row, D.K., “Creating the In-Between, The Oregonian, “ September 27, 1998, p.E1, E4 Drennen, Beth, “Sculpture Garden,” Hillsboro Argus, May 1998 Chidester, Bill, “Sculpture Garden,” Hillsboro Argus, September 1998 Allen, Lois, “Michihiro Kosuge at Laura Russo Gallery,” Artweek, November 1997, pp.25, 26 Kangas, Matthew, Michihiro Kosuge: Recent Sculpture and Selected Commissions, Portland, OR 1997 Gragg, Randy, “Images Cast in Stone,” The Oregonian, September 23, 1997, p.D1 Kangas, Matthew, “New World Crafts,” The Seattle Times, June 20, 1996 Kangas, Matthew, “Portland, Michihiro Kosuge,” Sculpture, May/June 1996, p.91 Ross, Terry, “Laura Russo Pairs All-Star Painter, Sculptor,” The Oregonian, May 5, 1995, p.18 Gragg, Randy, “Drafts & Drawings, ” The Oregonian, February 1, 1995 Little Tokyo: The Public Art of Los Angeles, City of Los Angeles, CA, catalog, 1994 Gragg, Randy, “Sylvania Gets a Front Door,” The Oregonian, April 16, 1994 Gragg, Randy, “State of the Art,” The Oregonian, July 18, 1993, PP.D1, D6 Portland Downtowner, July 1992 Oregon Biennial, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR, catalog, 1987, 1991 Gragg, Randy, “Art That Works with You,” The Oregonian, June 28, 1991 Gragg, Randy, “Art Critic, Philosopher Declares End of Art is Also Beginning,” The Oregonian, October 14, 1991, p.D8 Gragg, Randy, “Call it Art-chitecture,” The Oregonian, 1990 “Grand Opening,” The Oregonian, 1990 Gragg, Randy, “Now, Enjoy Art in Great Outdoors,” The Oregonian, April 27, 1990, p.25 Barden, Renardo, “Visual Arts,” Willamette Week, February 1990 Shimpo, Rafu, “LT Mall To Gain New Sculptures,” December 19, 1989 Snow, Shauna, “A Sculptor’s Tribute,” Los Angeles Times, December 24, 1989 Johnson, Barry, “Critic’s Choice,” The Oregonian, April 1, 1988 Barden, Renardo, “Visual Arts,” Willamette Week, April 1988 Alaska Airlines Magazine, April 1988 Artweek, April 1988 Guenther, Bruce, 25th Anniversary Exhibition, The Fountain Gallery, Portland, OR, 1987 Riley, Beth, “Playing With Perception,” Portland Preview, June 2, 1987, p.2 Art and Antiques Magazine, April 1987 Sculpture Garden from the Ashes, Clackamas Community College, Oregon City, OR, 1987 Johnson, Barry, “Competent, Enjoyable, Quietly Intriguing Works Mark Biennial,” The Oregonian, October 26, 1987, p.C5 Sculpture Garden from the Ashes, Clackamas Community College, Oregon City, OR, catalog, 1980 Works by Blackfish Gallery Members, Blackfish Gallery, Portland, OR, 1980 Guenther, Bruce, The Fountain Gallery of Art 25th Anniversary Exhibition, Portland, OR 1986 Hayakawa, Alan, “Visual Arts,” The Oregonian, July 1985 “Visual Arts,” Willamette Week, April 1983 Seattle Post-Intelligencer, May 1983 The Oregon Journal, September 1981 Seattle Argus, June/July 1980 “Visual Arts,” Willamette Week, July 1980 Oakland Tribune, December 1973; March 1978 “Panorama,” The Oregon Statesman, May 1978 San Francisco Sunday Examiner, March 1967, December 1973; June 1974 Third World Painting/Sculpture, catalog, 1974 San Francisco Chronicle, March 1967; December 1973 San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, CA Cheney Cowles Museum, Spokane, WA