Noriko Ambe
Born Saitama, Japan, 1967
Currently lives and works in New York
Education
1990
• BFA / Oil Painting, Musashino Art University, Tokyo
Solo Exhibitions
2018
• Parallel World, Lora Reynolds Gallery, Austin, TX
2017
• (Un)fltered Reflections, ALoft at Hermes, Singapore [lieaflet]
2016
• Continuous Cutting Altered Daily, Maho Kubota Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2015
• Satellite View, Lora Reynolds Gallery, Austin, Texas
2013
• Noriko Ambe: Cutting without an Outline, Leo Castelli Gallery, New York
2012
• The Warehouse Gallery, Syracuse University, New York
• White Scape, Lora Reynolds Gallery, Austin, Texas
2011
• TIME LAG-Linear-Actions Cutting Project, SCAI THE BATHHOUSE, Tokyo, Japan
2010
• キル - Artist Books, Linear-Actions Cutting Project, The FLAG Art Foundation, New York
2009
• キル - Cut Artist Books, Linear-Actions Cutting Project, curated by Glenn Fuhrman, Lora Reynolds Gallery, Austin, Texas
2007
• Flat Globe 2007, d.e.n contemporary gallery, Culver City, California
2006
• Flat Globe, Josee Bienvenu Gallery, New York
2004
• Was it a ghost?, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, New York
2003
• Voyage, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermony
• Dear Lucy: Ten Elements: Focusing on a New Generation in Tokyo'03, Gallery Natsuka, Tokyo
• Lands of emptiness, PIEROGI, Brooklyn, New York
2002
• Details, Gallery Natsuka b.p.Tokyo
2001
• Works of Linear-Actions, Makii Masaru Fine Arts, Tokyo
1999
• Like a Running River, Fukaya Station Gallery & Hiraka-ya, Saitama
1995
• With the Continuously Current, J2 GALLERY, Tokyo
1994
• The Romanesque in the Wild, J2 GALLERY, Tokyo
1993
• On the Road to the Circle, Gallery Natsuka, Tokyo
1992
• Beyond the Landscape, Gallery Q, Tokyo
Group Exhibitions
2018
• The 4th Kunming Art Biennale, Yunnan Art Museum, Kunming, China (forth coming)
• Modes of Mapping, Shieley Fiterman Art Center(SFAC) at Borough of Manhattan Community College, New York
• A Colossal World, Japanese Artists and New York 1950s - Present, Whitebox Gallery, New York
2017
• Paper into Sculpture, Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, TX [catalogue]
• Rock, Paper, Scissors, The Grace Building, One Liberty Plaza, New York
• Deep Cut: Contemporary Paper Cutting, Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, New Hampshire
2016
• Pioneer Lust, Lora Reynolds Gallery, Austin, Texas
• Cut, Folded, Pressed & other Actions, David Zwirner Gallery, New York, New York
• Between the Covers: Altered Books in Contemporary Art, Everhart Museum, Scranton, Pennsylvania
• Architecture of Life, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, California
• Ed Ruscha, Books & Co. [Various Small Books], Gagosian Gallery, Beverly Hills, California
2014
• Odd Volumes: Book Art from the Allan Chasanoff Collection, Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut
• CT Unbound, Artspace, New Haven, Connecticut
• Pierogi XX: Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition at Pierogi, Brooklyn, New York
• Summer Show, Lora Reynolds Gallery, Austin, Texas
• A Book Between Two Stools, Boghossian Foundation, Brussels, Belgium
• When Empty Self Becomes Form, TS Art Projects, Berlin, Germany
• Final Cut: Paper Cutouts as an Autonomous Art Medium, Horst-Janssen Museum, Oldenburg, Germany
2013
• Narrow Road of the Interior: Contemporary Japanese Artists, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Arizona
• Undrawn Drawings Works of Paper, Galerie Hussenot, Paris, France
• Ed Ruscha Book & Co, Gagosian Gallery, New York
2012
• The First Cut, Manchester Art Gallery and Gallery of Costume, Manchester, United Kindgom; Djangoly Art Gallery, Nottingham, United Kingdom; Southampton SeaCity Museum, United Kingdom
2011
• Ecosophia- Dojima River Biannual, Dojima River Forum, Osaka
• Asia Unspecific, FiveMyles, Brooklyn, New York
• Mappa Mundi, Museum Berardo, Lisbon, Portugal
2010
• Touched, Lehmann Maupin Gallery, New York
• Holland Paper Biennial 2010, Museum Rijswijk/CODA Museum, Rijswijk, The Netherlands
• Open Book-An International Survey of Experimental Books, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan
• PaperCut, Lemberg Gallery, Ferndale, Michigan
• Recent Works, Sicardi Gallery, Houston, Texas
2009
• Mark-Making: Dots, Lines and Curves, Lora Reynolds Gallery, Austin, Texas
• Volcano Lovers, Ise Foundations, New York, NY
• Slash: Paper under the knife, The Museum of Arts and Design, New York
• A House is not a Home, SCAI THE BATHHOUSE, Tokyo
• Commune, Black & White Gallery, New York
• Cutters, The Leubsdorf Gallery, Hunter College, New York; Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton, New Jersey
• The Book Borrowers, Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, Washington
2008
• Second Nature, 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT Tokyo
• WALL ROCKETS: Contemporary Artists and ED Ruscha, FLAG Art Foundation, New York
• CUT: Making of Removal, Vincent Price Art Museum, Monterey Park, CA
• Uncoordinated: Mapping cartography in contemporary art, The Contemporary Arts Center Cincinnati, Ohio
• Paper City, Mixed Greens Gallery, New York
• Mei Guo (The Beau Monde), Contrasts Gallery, Shanghai, China
• Flow: Noriko Ambe, Ulrike Heydenreich, and Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2007
• Making a Home: Japanese Contemporary Artists in New York, Japan Society, New York
• (Un) Contained Vessels, The Center for Book Arts, New York
• Sumazo project, kunstMARKE, Vienna, Austria
• Force of Nature Documentary Exhibition in Japan, Kyoto University of Art and Design, Japan
2006
• Art on Paper Biannual 2006, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, North Carolina
• Dialogue with a Tree-Force of Nature Project, Halsey Gallery, College of Charleston, South Carolina
• Trans-boundary Experience, an exhibition from China, Korea and Japan, State University of New York, Binghamton, New York
• New World Orders, The Experimental Space, New York
• Block Party-Art & Design in the New Urban Home, 14 Townhouses, Brooklyn, New York
• Tokyo-Ikebukuro International Art Festival, Takamura Building, Ikebukuro, Tokyo
2005
• Winter Session, Gallery Jin, Tokyo
• Bonds, Ise foundation, New York, NY, Spanish Embassy in Miami, Florida
• To an Uncharted Landscape -Small works from 4 artists, Boubi-rou Gallery, Tokyo
• Pulp-Paper Sculptures, Produce Gallery, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Ground Work, d.e.n. Contemporary art, Culver City, California
2004
• Microwave, Sicardi Gallery, Houston, Texas
• Talespinning-Selection Fall 2004, The Drawing Center, New York
• Troy Stories, Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco, California
• Newpapers, Cristinerose/Josee Bienvenu Gallery, New York
2003
• Terrarium, Bronx River Art Center, Bronx, New York
• JAPAN:RISING, Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art, Florida
• White, Bill Maynes Gallery, New York
• Take Out, Zabriskie Gallery, New York
• Perforations, Valerie McKenzie Fine Arts, New York
• Plastic Gardens, Cristinerose/Josee Bienvenu Gallery, New York
• Line Dancing, Islip Art Museum, New York
2002
• Dumbo Art Festival, (Open studio), Brooklyn, New York
• Looking East Looking West-Asian Artists at the Vermont Studio Center, Brattleboro Museum, Vermont
• Philip Morris Art Award 2002-The First Move, Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo
2001
• Hudson River Mural, Hudson River Gallery, Dobbs Ferry, New York
• 29 Artists of Manhattan Graphics Center NY, Gallery Delta, Paris, Gallery Slad in Elk, Poland
• The 20th Imadate Contemporary Paper Art Exhibition, Imadate Museum, Fukui
2000
• 1st Biennale International Miniature Exhibition, Vancouver, Canada
• The 5th Contest for the Best Contemporary Art Work 2001, SOKO Gallery, Tokyo
• Biennale Internationale d'estampes Miniatures de Montreal, Montreal, Canada
1999
• Mostra di Incisione, Barga, Italy
• Book Art Exhibition, Gallery, Asuka, Tokyo
1998
• The Gift to Children, Yurinkan, Gunma, Japan
1993
• The 22nd Contemporary Art Exhibition of Japan, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo
Awards
2013
• Finalist, Nissan Award, Yokohama, Japan
2007
• The Pollock-Krasner Foundation, New York
2005
• Art Omi International Residency, Hudson Valley, New York
2004-2005
• Fellowship, Japanese Government Overseas Study Program for Artists, The Agency for Cultural Affairs, Japan
2003
• The Freeman Fellowship, New York
1999-2000
• Pola Art Foundation Overseas Program, Japan
1994
• The 8th scholar of Holbein Inc., Japan
Collections
• K.K. R Collection, Tokyo, Japan
• Museum Fine Arts, Houston
• Museum of Modern Art, New York
• Nissan Art Collection, Yokohama, Japan
• The Flag Art Foundation, New York
• The Francis J. Greenburger Collection, New York
• Urawa Museum, Saitama, Japan
• Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
• Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut
• Yupo Corporation, Tokyo, Japan / Chesapeake, Virginia