Ai Kijima (b. 1970 in Tokyo)



Solo Exhibitions

2012 The Columns Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2012 Hilger Comtemporary, Vienna, Austria
2012 Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York, NY
2011 Nonstop Everywhere, 212 Gallery, Aspen, CO
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

2011
Comics Make Art - Art Makes Comics, Galerie Ernst HIlger, Vienna, Austria New York Fiber in the 21st century, Lehman College Art Gallery, Bronx, NY

2010
Die obskuren Objekte meiner Begierde / The obscure objects of my desire, Hilger Contemporary, Vienna, Austria Common Jive, Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY

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