Textile Artist Tomie Nagano Profile
| 1950 | Born Hokkaido,Shari-town |
| 1985 | Begin Patchwork quilt work |
| 1986-1990 | Independent study |
| 1986-1990 | Collection of antique fabrics |
| 1990 | First Solo Exhibition at Nigata Prefecture |
| Teaching quilting at Yoshida Junior High School | |
| 1991 | Solo Exhibition at Gallery Ado, Shari-town |
| 1992 | Solo Exhibition at City Museum, Abashiri-city, Hokkaido |
| 1993 | Solo Exhibition at Tomie Nagano Studio Gallery |
| 1994-1998 | Solo Exhibition at Geijutsu Art Center, Sapporo City |
| 1994 | Exhibited at Weaving Festival Exhibition,Aomori Prefecture |
| 1995 | Solo Exhibition at San Piazza,Sapporo City, Hokkaido |
| 1996 | Teaching quilting at Rubeshibe Elementary School |
| 1997 | Special Exhibition and speaker at Quilt Event, Nagoya City |
| 1998 | Quilt display at Waseda University, Tokyo |
| 1999 | Speaker at Concord Piece making Group,Massachusetts, USA |
| 2000 | Guest exhibitor,Mood Indigo Exhibition, New England Quilt Museum, Lowell, Mass |
| Special Display,Sinsaibashi Dimaru Depertment Store, Osaka City | |
| Tomie Nagano Studio Gallery opened with solo exhibition | |
| 2001 | Solo Exhibition, Higashi Kagura Town, Memorial Hall |
| Guest exhibitor, Toowoomba QuiltFeat, Queensland, Australia | |
| 2000-2009 | Continuous exhibitions at Shari-town studio Gallery |
| 2005 | NHK Kitami Program Interview |
| Solo Exhibition"Two Heart in Harmony: Japanese Heritage Quilts" at Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, Queensland, Australia | |
| "Queensland Quilt Show"for display during this event at the Brisbane Convention Centre | |
| "Craft and Quilt Expo"in Brisbane | |
| 2006 | Tour of "Two Heart in Harmony" Eastern states of Australia January-Sep |
| 2008 | Two Heart in Harmony 10 Quilt's added to permanent collection of the Museum of Fine Art,Boston |
| 2009 | Sculpture Objects and Functional Art Fair (SOFA) in New York City from April 16 to April 19. |
| 2011 | Solo Exhibition, Mobilia Gallery in Cambridge, Boston |
| 2013 | Tokyo Great International Quilt Festival."Noragi 2000 tugi" |
| Nov - 2014.Sep.MFA-Boston "Fired Earth,Woven Bamboo"celebrates contemporary Japanese decorative arts at the MFA | |
| 2014 | "Contenporary wearable Art" Sakiori Coat added to permanent collection of the Museum of Fine Art,Boston |
| Publications | |
| 1995 | "Patchwork quilt Tsushin"No.64,Japan 1995 |
| 1996 | "The Beautiful Room"No.23,Japan 1996 |
| 1999 | "ANA/JR Hokkaido Advertising mzgazine"feature, Sapporo City,1999 |
| "Making Lifeskills by Quilting",by Tomie Nagano,Tokyo Education Skill Society | |
| 2005 | "Two Heart in Harmony: Japanese Heritage Quilts" by Dana McCown, Textile Magazine, Issue 3, No.79,2005 |
| Quilters Companion, Australia,2005 | |
| Ozquilt Network Newsletter, Issue 57,Sept 2005,Interview with Tomie Nagano | |
| 2018.3.11 update |
Tomie Nagano Textile Artist (Quilts) |
| Museum of Fine Arts - Boston Textile Department Visiting Committee Member MFA-Boston Ross Society Member MFA-Boston Sargent Society Member MFA-Boston Major Benefactor |
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