Kana Harada CV

Born

• 1962 Born in Tokyo, Japan.  Currently lives and works in Dallas, Texas.

Education 

• 1979-81 Studied graphic design, Japanese fine art, and drawing at Ochanomizu School of Fine Arts, Tokyo, Japan

Awards   

• 2005 Received Beth Lea and John L. Clardy Memorial Award at 23rd Annual Exhibition, “Art in The Metroplex”
  at the Texas Christian University

Selected Solo Exhibitions and Projects

• 2021 “Divine Spark” at Asian Society Texas Center, Houston, Texas
• 2021 “Divine Spark” at Crow Museum of Asian Art, Dallas, Texas
• 2020 “Celestial Garden” at Art Museum of Southeast Texas, Beaumont, Texas
• 2018 “Sanctuary” Talley Dunn Gallery, Dallas, Texas
• 2015 “New Beginning” Talley Dunn Gallery, Dallas, Texas
• 2013 “Anything You Want” Cell Series, The Old Jail Art Center, Albany, Texas
• 2012 Meet The Artist event, Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, Texas
• 2011 “Tears of Light” Koelsch Gallery in Houston, Texas
• 2011 ARTHOUSTON, featured artist at Koelsch Gallery, Houston, Texas
• 2010 “Heaven!!” Promo-arte Project Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
• 2010 “The Way Home” McKinney Avenue Contemporary (The MAC), Dallas, Texas
• 2009 “KODAMA – Spirit of the Trees” Mighty Fine Arts Gallery, Dallas, Texas
• 2009 “Dawn” at Fort Worth Community Art Center, Fort Worth, Texas
• 2008 “Kana Harada”, Kinzelman Art Consulting Artist Program, Gensler Architecture, Houston, Texas
• 2006 “Amaoto… sound of heaven” at UALR Gallery, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Arkansas
• 2026 “Amaoto… sound of heaven” at Mighty Fine Arts Gallery, Dallas, Texas
• 2004 “Mix!” at The Dallas Center for Contemporary Art, Dallas, Texas
• 2000 “Hello Gorgeous!!” at Hillside Terrace, Tokyo, Japan

Selected Group Exhibitions

• 2018 Dallas Art Fair 2018
• ​2017 “Commanding Space: Women Sculptors of Texas” at Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, Texas
• 2017 “THIS IS NOW” at Talley Dunn Gallery, Dallas, Texas
• 2017 Dallas Art Fair 2017
• 2016 Dallas Art Fair 2016
• 2015 Dallas Art Fair 2015
• 2014 “Supranatural Realistic” at East/West Galleries, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, Texas
• 2014 “Destination Unknown” at Talley Dunn Galley, Dallas, Texas
• 2014 Dallas Art Fair 2014
• 2014 “The MAC @ 20, Part Two” at The McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, Texas
• 2014 “Eastern Illumination: Japanese Masterworks and American Art Inspired by Japanese Tradition” at San Angelo Museum of Art, San Angelo, Texas
• 2014 “In Six Weeks” at Talley Dunn Gallery, Dallas, Texas
• 2013 “Back Room” at Talley Dunn Gallery, Dallas, Texas
• 2012 “Line in the Sand” at Gaddis Geeslin Gallery, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas
• 2012 Dallas Art Fair 2012
• 2012 “Kana Harada and Ruben Nieto” at The Gallery at the University of Texas in Arlington (UTA), Arlington, Texas
• 2011 Houston Fine Art Fair, Koelsch Gallery, Houston, Texas
• 2010 “Shoreline” at Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
• 2010 “Drawing In” at CADD Art-Lab Gallery, Dallas, Texas
• 2009 Texas Biennial 2009, Austin, Texas
• 2008 “Texas Collects ASIA 2008 at Contemporary Asian Art and Japanese Folk Art exhibition” at The Trammell & Margaret Crow Collection of Asian Art Museum in Dallas, Texas
• 2007 “show#11 curated by Titus O’Brien” at and/or Gallery, Dallas, Texas
• 2007 “Intersections: Asia / America” at Montgomery College, curated by Mari Omori, Conroe, Texas
• 2007 “(f)light x 8” at Koelsch Gallery, Marfa, Texas
• 2007 “Between reality and illusion” Marty Walker Gallery, curated by Karol Howard and George Morton, Dallas, Texas
• 2006 “Two person exhibition” at Koelsch Gallery, Houston, Texas
• 2006 “Black White (& Gray)” at The Gallery at the University of Texas in Arlington, (UTA), Arlington, Texas
• 2006 “Cross roads: Asia/America” at Galveston Art Center, Galveston, Texas
• 2005 “23rd Annual Exhibition, Art In The Metroplex” at Texas Christian University, Moudy Gallery, Fort Worth, Texas
• 2005 “Shade” at Koelsch Gallery, Houston, Texas
• 2004 “Cedar Open Studios” at Change Chamber Studios, Dallas, Texas
• 2002 “Japan Art Alliance” at Westwood Gallery, SoHo, New York, New York
• 1985 “Japan Expressionist Exhibition” Tokyo, Japan
• 1982 “8e’me Exposition Beau-Soleil Art Exhibition” Tokyo, Japan

Publications

• 2020 Catalog of Art Museum of Southeast Texas, Beaumont, Texas “KANA HARADA celestial garden” Digital Catalog
• 2019 “ART: Kana Harada’s lesson in precision“ by BY BILLY FONG on Papercity magazine May 2019
• 2018 “Japanese Art is Having a Major Dallas Moment by BILLY FONG on Papercity magazine July 2018
• 2016 Catalog of Old Jail Art Center, Albany, Texas
• 2013 “Nature Morte: Contemporary Artists Reinvigorate the Still Life Tradition” by Dr. Michael Petry, published by Thames & Hudson.
• 2012 D Home, pp. 84-85 work featured on page 84, March/April 2012
• 2012 Monocle, pp. 132-139 photograph featured on page 138, June 2012
• 2009 THE BOOK – March issue 2009 by Neiman Marcus – Image of “YOAKE KANNON” 2007 with Escada spring collection
• 2007 Catalog edited and written by Xiaoze Xie : Group show “Between reality and illusion”: at Marty Walker Gallery in Dallas, Tx. Curated by Karol Howard and George Morton.
• 2006 show booklet by UTA Benito Huerta/A&E Editor Sharon Salmon : Group show “BlackWhite(&Gray)” at UTA in Arlington, Tx with essay by Charles Dee Mitchell
• 2004 MILK – Vitamin D, 1.1, Oct./Nov. issue of local art information magazine in Dallas. Article by Jane Arie Baldwin, pp. 12-13.

Articles and Reviews

• 2021 “Dreamscapes, Midnight Gardens, and the Deep sea: Kana Harada at Asia Society Texas Center” Glasstire  
• 2021 “Crow Museum exhibit showcases the work of Texas Asian women”, February 4, 2021 Fox4 KDFW.
• 2018 “Japanese Art is Having a Major Dallas Moment” Paper City 
• 2017 “Meet Kana Harada” VoyageDallas – Local stories
• 2012 “Reconstructing Nature,” The UTA Shorthorn, February 16, 2012, p. 6, author Minasi, Michael.
• 2012 “Meet Kana Harada”  
• 2010 Glasstire. Blog by Chris Jagers May 2010
• 2009 “Airborne,” Dallas Morning News – Feb. 14th article by Charles Dee Mitchell: Solo show
• 2009 “KODAMA – spirit of the trees” at Mighty Fine Arts Gallery in Dallas, TX
• 2007 Black, White (& Gray) at the Gallery at the University of Texas at Arlington,” Artlies, spring 2007, number 53.
• 2007 “Asian-American art on display at college gallery,” The Woodlands Villager, pp. 1C and 3C. by Jack Muonio.
• 2006 Star Telegram – Nov.19th article by Titus O’Brien : Group show “BlackWhite(&Gray)” at UTA in Arlington, TX,
• 2006 “Show explores the colorful possibilities of black and white,” November 19, 2006, p. 5D
• 2006 Arkansas Democrat Gazette – Aug. 25th article by Werner Trieschmann : 2006 + Solo show “Artwork is cool, comforting at UALR” at UALR Gallery-III in Little Rock, AR, p. 4W
• 2006 “Walk Across Asia,” Houston Press, September 28 – October 4, 2006, p. 29. Review by Dana Stuart.

Bibliography 

• 2021 “Kana Harada: Divine Spark” Glasstire 
• 2012 Levinson, Peggy. “Down in the Valley”, D Magazine, March 2012
• 2010 Jagers, Chris. Blog on Glasstire, May 2012
• 2009 “The BOOK”, Neiman Marcus, March 2009
• 2009 “DG Q&A: Artist Kana Harada”, Deep Glamour, June 2009
• 2009 Mitchell, Charles Dee. “KODAMA-spirit of the trees”, Dallas Morning News, February 2009
• 2008 “Texas Collects Asia”, The Crow Collection of Asian Art, October 2008
• 2007 Howard, Karol & George Morton. “Between Reality and Illusion”, Marty Walker Gallery, 2007
• 2007 O’Brien, Titus. “And/Or Show Follow Up”, September 2007
• 2006 Glasstire “Recommended Event in Dallas”, Glasstire.com, January 2006
• 2006 Daily Candy. “Perch Lady”, Dailycandy.com, January 2006
• 2006 Trieschmann, Werner. “Off the Wall: Artwork is cool, comforting at UALR”, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, August 2006
• 2006 UALR Gallery-III. Upcoming show “Amaoto- Sound of Heaven, August 2006
• 2006 Mitchell, Charles Dee. “BlackWhite (& Gray)”, University of Texas at Arlington,  September 2006
• 2006 Stuart, Dana. “Walk Across America”, Houstonpress.com, September 2006
• 2006 O’Brien, Titus. “Gallery Watch: Show Explores the Colorful Possibilities of Black and White”, Star-Telegram, November 19, 2006
• 2006 GlassTire. “Recommended Event in Houston”, Glasstire.com, October 2006
• 2005 Compton, JR. “17 Artist: The 2005 Dallas Center for Contemporary Art Membership Show and Critic’s Choice Awards”, DallasArtsRevue.com, August 2005
• 2005 Compton, JR. “Accidentally FWADA”, DallasArtRevue.com, January 2005
• 2004 Baldwin, Jane Arie. “My Soul to Keep”, Milk Vitamin-D, October 2004
• 1999 “Hello Gorgeous!!”, ART TOP #173, 1999
• 1982 “8e’me Exposition Beau-Soleil Art Exhibition” catalog published by Beau-Soleil Art Exhibition, 1982

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

• Trammell and Margaret Crow Collection of Asian Art, Dallas, Texas
• The Old Jail Art Center, Albany, Texas