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Home My WebLink AboutSatomi Kawai Resume_ updated Feb 2025Satomi Kawai 1436 Buresh Avenue, Iowa City, IA 52245, USA EDUCATION 2006 M.F.A. degree in Jewelry and Metal Arts, School of Art and Art History, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA 2005 M.A. degree in Jewelry and Metal Arts, School of Art and Art History, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA CONTINUING EDUCATION 2008 Spring – 2013 Spring Mono Print, Advanced Lithography, and Graduate print workshop (by Professor Robert Glasgow, Fall semester), School of Art and Art History University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA 2009 Summer workshop “nOw sOurce,” by Professor Ruudt Peters, Ravenstein, the Netherlands 2007 Intensive Summer Course at Alchimia (a private school of Contemporary Jewellery), Florence, Italy TEACHING & OTHER RELATED EXPERIENCE 2018 “Initiation 2018/ Kallichoron,” Artist in Residency with a one-week workshop on story-telling, performance, and a ritual-dance, Athens, Greece Slide presentation at Professor Monica Correia’s 3D design class, School of Art and Art History, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA 2012 Fall, 2011 Spring, 2010 Spring Slide presentation at Professor Kee-ho Yuen’s classes; Graduate workshop, Advanced Jewelry and Metal Arts, Mold Making, and Introduction to Jewelry and metal Arts, School of Art and Art History, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA 2008 - 2012 Adjunct instructor, Jewelry: Metalsmithing I and II, Kirkwood Community College, Cedar Rapids, IA, USA 2008 Slide presentation at Mixed Media class by Ben Anzelc, School of Art and Art History, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA (Fall semester) 2007 Slide presentation at Metals Graduate Workshop, School of Art and Art History, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA (Fall semester) 2006 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Jewelry and Metal Arts, Jewelry and Metal Arts, School of Art and Art History, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA (co-teaching, Fall semester) Invited a Japanese metal artist, Minato Nakamura, professor and the owner of May Flower Atelier, Tokyo, Japan, to Jewelry and Metal Arts program, School of Art and Art History, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA and assisted as a translator of her lecture and workshop 2005 Graduate Studio Assistant, Jewelry and Metal Arts, School of Art and Art History, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA (Spring semester) 2004 Invited a Japanese metal artist, Yasuki Hiramatsu, Professor Emeritus at the Tokyo National University of Arts and Music, Tokyo, Japan, to Jewelry and Metal Arts program, School of Art and Art History, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA, and assisted as a translator of his lecture and workshop HONORS & AWARDS 2010 Design in Jewelry Award, “Nature by Design: New Directions in Fiber & Jewelry,” national juried biennial exhibition, Larson Gallery, Yakima Valley Community College, Yakima, WA, USA 2007 Juror’s Special Mention in Jewelry, “Iowa Crafts 38,” statewide-juried exhibition, MacNider Art Museum, Mason City, IA, USA (ring) Honorable Mention, “Thirty-first Annual Rock Island Fine Arts Exhibition,”regional juried competition, Art Museum-RIFAE, Bergendoff Hall, Augustana College, Rockland, IL, USA (hollowware) 2006 Co-first Place, “S&AM Competition,” Jewelry and Metal Arts, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA (ear-ornament) 2005 Honorable Mention, “Cheongju International Craft Biennale 2005,” Cheongju, South Korea (two rings and hollowware) Invited to create two trophies for Motohiro Kisoi Award, International Rescue System Institute, Kawasaki, Japan Second Place, “S&AM Competition,” Jewelry and Metal Arts, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA (hollowware) Honorable Mention, “Lois Jecklin Annual Metals Competition,” Jewelry and Metal Arts, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA (necklace) 2004 First Place, “S&AM Competition,” Jewelry and Metal Arts, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA (hollowware) ONE-PERSON EXHIBITION 2007 “Mimetic of Life” Galleri Puckeln, Stockholm, Sweden 2006 “East Meets West; Meeting with America and Metalsmithing” Wakanoura Art Cube, Wakayama, Japan 2005 “East Meets West” M.C. Ginsberg, Iowa City, IA, USA GROUP EXHIBITION 2025 (pending) “Women: hood III” a collaborative art project biannual show, University 2023 “Women: hood II” a collaborative art project biannual opening show, University of Iowa Women’s Resource and Action Center, Iowa City, IA/ online show “Hybrid Practice” group show co-curated by Alyss Vernon and Kathy Edwards Haysle3, Olson- Larsen Galleries, West Des Moines, IA 2021 “NUDA VITA II,” curated by Ilaria Ruggiero, A/dornment- Curating contemporary art jewelry, ABC Westside Galerie, at Munich Jewellery Week, Munich, Germany “Women: hood I,” a collaborative art project biannual release/ online show 2020 “Bluestockings Iowa City Collective,” Coe College, Cedar Rapids, IA, USA “By Women/ For Women,” Hudson River Gallery, Coralville, IA, USA 2019 “NUDA VITA - The practice of collective and political body,” curated by Ilaria Ruggiero, A/dornment- Curating contemporary art jewelry, ABC Westside Galerie, at Munich Jewellery Week, Munich, Germany “Coming of Age,” juried show, the Adorned Spaces pop-up gallery at the annual conference of the Society of North American Goldsmiths, Chicago, IL, USA “NUDA VITA in Barcelona,” curated by Ilaria Ruggiero, A/dornment- Curating contemporary art jewelry, as off JOYA event, Artesania Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain 2018 “Initiation 2018/ Kallichoron,” Galerie Florian Trampler, at Munich Jewellery Week, Munich Germany “Formations,” invitational two-person show by Crit Streed and Satomi Kawai, Gilded Pear Gallery, Cedar Rapids, IA, USA “MateriaMetamorphosis,” invitational group exhibition, curated by Susanna Maffini and Paola Stroppiana, Creativitiy Oggetti, Torino, Italy 2017 JOYA: Art Jewellery Fair, Santa Monica Arts Center, Barcelona, Spain SOFA (Sculpture Objects and Functional Art and Design) Chicago, exhibiting at Charon Kransen Arts booth, Festival Hall, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL, USA 2016 “ぐるりのこと (Gururi-no-Koto)” invitational two-person show by Liisa Hashimoto and Satomi Kawai, Espace 446, Osaka, Japan “Material Girls,” invitational group show, Brockway Center, Brockway, PA, USA 2015 “SIERAAD Art Fair,” international jewellery design fair, Amsterdam, the Netherlands “Happy!” 25th Anniversary exhibition of Friends of Carlotta, Zurich, Switzerland “Cooperation: Garnish” (collaboration necklace with Nikki Couppee) traveling exhibitions; Velvet da Vinci, Equinox Gallery, Baltimore Jewelry Center, Brooklyn Metal Works, Thomas Mann’s I/O Gallery 2014 “SIERAAD Art Fair,” international jewellery design fair, Amsterdam, the Netherlands 2013 “SIERAAD Art Fair,” international jewellery design fair, Amsterdam, the Netherlands “Ferrous,” a collaborative juried exhibition by Velvet da Vinci, CA, and Carfthaus 2012 “Ho! Ho! Ho!” and “Adventure Box,” invitational participation in a Christmas group exhibition, Friends of Carlotta, Zurich, Switzerland “Voyage 6,” invitational group exhibition, El. Marneri Gallery, Athens, Greece “The Body Adorned,” on-line juried exhibition by Society of North American Goldsmiths, USA http://exhibitions.snagmetalsmith.org/bodyadorned/satomi-kawai “Behind the Brooch,” on-line juried exhibition by CraftHaus, USA http://crafthaus.ning.com/group/behind-the-brooch “Metal Element of Four Countries 2012; Korea/ Japan/ Taiwan/ USA,” Gallery Space Duru, Seoul, South Korea “Hot under the Collar: a Survey of Contemporary necklaces,” Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts, Phoenix, AZ, USA 2011 “COLLECT,” contemporary Craft art fair organized by the British Crafts Council, hosted by Alternatives Gallery (Rome, Italy), Saatchi Gallery, London, United Kingdom “Sparkle Plenty 7: Oran/ism,” invitational group show juried by Dan Di Caprio, Quirk gallery, Richmond, VA “From Minimal to Bling: Contemporary Studio Jewelry,” invitational participation in a biannual group show, the society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA “The third Iowa Guild Exhibition; Raising Expectations,” invitational participation in a regional group exhibition, LUX Center for the Arts in Lincoln, NE, and Cedar Rapids Museum of Art (CRMA) in Cedar Rapids, Iowa 2010 “Nature by Design: New Directions in Fiber & Jewelry,” national juried biennial exhibition, Larson Gallery, Yakima Valley Community College, Yakima, WA, USA “GALEX 44,” national juried exhibition, Galesburg Art Civic Center, Galesburg, IL, USA 2009 “Jewelry in Motion,” national juried exhibition by Gail M. Brown, Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA, USA (special event in a fashion show format, in connection with the Society of North American Goldsmith conference) “The second Iowa Guild Exhibition,” invited to a regional group exhibition, the art salon, Figge Museum, Davenport, IA, USA (September-October) 2008 “2008 Japan Jewellery Art Competition,” international juried exhibition, Japan Jewellry Designer Association, Ueno-no-Mori Museum, Tokyo, and Itami City Craft Center, Hyogo, Japan 2007 “Craft Forms,”13th Annual international juried exhibition of contemporary craft, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA, USA “Topeka Competition 28,” national juried exhibition, Alice C Sabatini Gallery, Topeka, KS, USA “Thirty-first Annual Rock Island Fine Arts Exhibition,“ regional juried exhibition, Art Museum- RIFAE, Augustana College, Rockland, IL, USA “Iowa Crafts 38,” statewide juried exhibition, MacNider Art Museum, Mason City, IA, USA 2006 “Craft Forms,”12th Annual international juried exhibition of contemporary craft, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA, USA “2006 Japan Jewellery Art Competition,” international juried exhibition, Japan Jewellry Designer Association, Ueno-no-Mori Museum, Tokyo, and Itami City Craft Center, Hyogo, Japan “Reinterpreting the Vessel,” national juried exhibition, Perimeter Gallery, Chicago, IL, USA “Thoughts Materialized,” national juried students’ exhibition, Society of North America Goldsmith, Mars Gallery, Chicago, IL, USA “Thirtieth Annual Rock Island Fine Arts Exhibition,”regional juried competition, Art Museum- RIFAE, Bergendoff Hall, Augustana College, Rockland, IL, USA “GALEX 40,” national juried exhibition, Galesburg Art Civic Center, Galesburg, IL, USA “12 x 12,” national juried exhibition, Todd Gallery of Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN, USA “A Season of Art: Jewelry, Metalsmithing, and Sculpture,” Kirkwood Community College, Cedar Rapids, IA, USA “Mimetic of Life: Material Explorations/Objects for Contemplation,” two-persons show (Satomi Kawai and Jillian Moore), Art Gallery West, Art Building West, School of Art and Art History, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA 2005 “Cheongju International Craft Biennale 2005,” international juried exhibition, Cheongju, South Korea “Topeka Competition 27,” national juried exhibition, Alice C Sabatini Gallery, Topeka, KS, USA “Iowa Crafts: 37,” state-wide juried exhibition, MacNider Art Museum, Mason City, IA, USA “La Petite VIII,” national juried exhibition, Alder Gallery, Coburg, OR, USA “Creativity, Craftsmanship, Innovations,” group exhibition, Galleries Downtown, Iowa City, IA, USA 2004 “Metals A-Go-Go”, national juried students’ exhibition, Society of North America Goldsmith, Florida International Museum, St. Petersburg, FL, USA “Craft Forms,”10th Annual international juried exhibition of contemporary craft, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA, USA “The University of Iowa and Kyung-Geum Metalsmith Association Exhibition” Kepco Plaza Gallery, Seoul, South Korea “Creativity, Craftsmanship, Innovations,” group exhibition, Galleries Downtown, Iowa City, IA, USA PUBLICATIONS “Kawai’s journey from jewelry to performance art is part of “Woman: hood” responsive art exhibit, an article by Christine Hawes, MainStream, October 6, 2023 “Talking Art with Satomi Kawai and Vero Rose Smith,” WIVK, Quad Cities, Dubuque, June 3, 2021 “Iowa City Artist’s ‘Woman: hood’ virtual exhibit has creatives interpret interviews as art pieces,” an news article by Issa Hamlet, Iowa City Press-Citizen, May 28, 2021 “Rings of the 20thand 21st Centuries” by Beatriz Chadour-Sampson, Arnoldsche Art Publishers, Stuttgart, Germany, 2019 “Behind the Brooches: A Closer Look at Backs, Cathces, and Pin Stems” by Lorena Angulo, Schiffer Publishing, PA, USA, February 2014 “Showcase 500 Art Necklaces,” Lark Books, Asheville, NC, USA (Juror: Chughi Choo, photograph of a necklace), July 2013 “The Body Adorned,” the photo of a group of body ornament, Society of North America Goldsmiths, October 2012 “Madam Figaro Greece,” the photo of a model worn “Connection and Division Necklace,” December 2012 “Metal Element of Four Countries 2012; Korea/ Japan/ Taiwan/ U.S.A,” exhibition catalog, South Korea “500 Metal Vessels,” Lark Books, Asheville, NC, USA (Juror: Fred Fenster, photograph of a hollowware) “500 Earrings,” page 91 and 122, Lark Books, Asheville, NC, USA (Juror: Alan Revere, photographs of two ear ornaments) “2006 Japan Jewellry Art Competition,” page 43, exhibition catalog, Tokyo, Japan (photograph of a ring) “500 Necklaces,” page 386, Lark Books, Asheville, NC, USA (Juror: Marjorie Schick) “The Art & Craft of Making Jewelry,” page 139, Lark Books, Asheville, NC, USA (Juror: Joanna Gollberg, photograph of a ring) “Cheongju International Craft Biennale 2005,” page 26, exhibition catalog, Cheongju, South Korea, (photographs of two rings and hollowware) COLLECTIONS Ring, The Alice and Louis Koch Permanent Collection in the Swiss National Museum, Zurich, Switzerland Necklace, Olnick-Spanu Collection, New York, USA Necklace, Fondazione Cominelli Permanent Collection, San Felice del Benaco, Italy