TETSUO KUSAMA
28 Yagami Akaiwa-shi, Okayama Japan 709-07
TEL/FAX 08699-5-2893
E-MAIL [email protected]
1946 Born In Tokyo
1969 Graduated Musashino Art University, Japan (BFA)
Textile Designer, Kawashima Textile Mills, Japan
1973 Graduated Cranbrook Academy of Art, U S A (MFA)
Instructor, Northern Illinois University, U S A
1975 Assistant Professor, Utah State University, U S A
1989 Professor, Seian Women's College, Kyoto, Japan
1993 Professor, Okayama Prefectural University, Japan
2011 Professor Emeritus, Okayama Prefectural University, Japan
Solo Exhibitions
1975 James Yaw Gallery, Michigan, U S A
1976 Fiber Center Gallery, San Francisco, U S A
1981 Contemporary Crafts Gallery, Oregon, U S A
1981, 82, 83, 87, 90, 92 Gallery Gallery, Kyoto
1982 Asahi Gallery, Kyoto
1983, 86 Muramatsu Gallery, Tokyo
1987, 95, 97, 99 Gallery Marronier, Kyoto
1987, 90, 93, 2001 Ginza Wacoal Art Space, Tokyo
1988, 90, 91, 94 AD&A Gallery, Osaka
1991 Installation ltoki Showroom, Osaka
1996 Gallery Space 21, Tokyo/Pulse Gallery, Tokyo
2000 Gallery 99/00, Okayama/Gallery K, Okayama
2001 Wacoal Ginza Art Space, Tokyo
2002 Gallery 99/02, Okayama
2004 Gallery Marronier, Kyoto
2005 Gallery Wacoal Ginza Art Space, Tokyo
2007 Gallery Marronier, Kyoto
2008 Azabujuban Gallery,Tokyo/Gallery K, Okayama/Gion Konisi, Kyoto
2009 Haruchian Kurashiki, Okayama
2010 Gallery Marronier, Kyoto
2011 Art Garden, Okayama
2012 Gallery Chayamachi, Osaka
2013 Nagi Museum Of Contemporary Art, Okayama/Art Life Mitsuhashi, Kyoto
Gallery Gallery, Kyoto
Group Exhibitions
1971 "Textile Sculpture Show" Gallery 16, Kyoto
1972 "Designer/Craftsman '72" Columbus, Ohio
1975 "Marietta College Craft National", Marietta, Ohio
1976 "Fiber International" Hadler Gallery, New York
"Cotton Comes Home" Delta State University, Mississippi
"Fiber Structures" Carnegie Institute, Pennsylvania
1977 "8th International BienniaI of Tapestry" Switzerland
"Contemporary Japanese Tapestry" Allrich Gallery, San Francisco
"Fiberworks" The Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio
"Fiberworks-The Americas & Japan" The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto
"Proto Fiber" Syracuse, New York
1978 "The 3rd International Exhibition of Miniature Textile" Brifish Crafts Center, London
"Surface Design ; Approaches" Louisville, Kentucky
"International Direction in Fiber" Fresno, California
1979 "Fiber Structure & Fabric Surfaces" Herron School of Art, Indianapolis
"Two Person Exhibition" Green Gallery California
"Two Plus Two" Robert Kidd Gallery, Michigan
1980 "Fiber as Art" Metropolitan Museum of Art, Philippines
"Dyeing & Weaving, New Direction" The Museum of Modern Art, Gunma
"8th Biennial Invitational Craft" Illinois State University, Illinois
1981 "Filaments of Imagination" University of Hawaii
"4th Textile Triennale" Central Museum of Textiles, Lodz, Poland
"Art Fabric Main Stream" San Francisco Modern Art Museum
"Fiberwork-Miniature" Gallery Marronnier, Kyoto
1983 "Fiber Work" The Museum of Modern Art, Gunma
"Textile Works" Gallery Nouvelles Images, Holland
"Fiberworks" Seibu Museum of Art, Ohtsu
"Elegant Miniatures from Kyoto" San Francisco Modern Art Museum
"Asahi Contemporary Crafts" Hankyu Department Store, Osaka
1984 "Moderne Textilkunst aus Japan " Museum Bellerive, Switzerland
"Vehta Biennale" Brussel
"Crafts 1984" Craft Center Japan, Tokyo
"Asahi Contemporary Crafts" Hankyu Department Store, Osaka
1985 "Softly Stated Spaces" Thorpe Intermedia Gallery, New York
"'85 Senbatsu Exhibition" Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art
1986 "Fiberart from Japan" Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taiwan
"Three Man Exhibition" Gallery Ueda Ware house, Tokyo
"1st Kyoto Craft Competition International" Kyoto Craft Center
"Four Persons Exhibition" Miller Brown Gallery, San Francisco
1987 "International Textile Competition '87 Kyoto"
"Craft Work-Standard Bearers of the End of our Century" Suntory Museum of Art, Tokyo
"Expression/Construction of Filament" Spiral, Tokyo
"Fiber as Art Part �" Gallery Space 21, Tokyo
"From Craft to Architectural Space" Kurashiki Municipal Museum of Art, Okayama
"Modern Trend, Japanese Style Painting and Craft in Kyoto" Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art
1988 "Contemporary Artists/Tapestry" Takashimaya Department Store, Tokyo
"'88 Senbatsu Exhibition" Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art
1989 "International Textile Competition '89 Kyoto" Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art
"Art in Kyoto/Yesterday-Today-Tommorow ll" Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art
"Two Person Exhibition" Ginza Wacoal Art Space, Tokyo
"Contemporary Artists/Tapestry" Sogetsu Gallery, Tokyo
1990 "Kyoto Fibers" The Museum of Kyoto
"'90 Itami Craft" Itami Craft Center, Hyougo
"6th Contemporary Artists/Tapestry" Sogetsu Gallery, Tokyo
1991 "Kyoto Fibers" Traveling throughout U S A
"Dyeing & Weaving, New Directions ll" The Museum of Modern Art, Gunma
"Today`s Art and Craft in Kyoto" The Museum of Kyoto
"Cranbrook in Japan" Knoll International, Tokyo
"7th Contemporary Artists/Tapestry" Sogetsu Gallery, Tokyo
1992 "3rd International Textile Competition Kyoto" The Museum of Kyoto
"8th Contemporary Artists/Tapestry" Sogetsu Gallery, Tokyo
1993 "Fiberart",Fukushima Prefectural Museum of Art
"Contemporary Japanese and Korean Crafts" Osaka Contemporary Art Center
"9th Contemporary Artists/Tapestry" Sogetsu Gallery, Tokyo
"'93 Senbatsu Exhibition" Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art
1994 "Art in Kyoto/Yesterday-Today-Tommorow" Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art
"Contemporary Artists/Tapestry" Rose Theater, Fuji-shi
1995 "Textile Sculpture" Gallery Marronier,Kyoto
"Japanese Studio Craft : Tradition and the Avant-Garde" Victoria & Albert Museum, London
"Textile '95 Miniature Works 18 x 18 " Gallery Gallery, Kyoto
"Soft Sculpture" Dong-Ah Gallery, Korea
"Fiber as Art Part Ⅳ" Gallery Space 21, Tokyo
"In Our Hands" Nagoya
"Textile Miniature Works" Toront, Canada
1996 "Japanese Textile-Art" Museum of Meguro-ku Ward, Tokyo
"Fiber as Art Part V" Gallery Space 21, Tokyo
"Miniature Drawing" Gallery Gallery, Kyoto
1997 "5th International Textile Competition Kyoto" The Museum of Kyoto
"Chaos & Renewal" Puls Gallery, Tokyo
"Fiber as Art Part Ⅵ" Gallery Space 21, Tokyo
"7th Seiryukai" Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art/ Museum of Meguro-ku Ward, Tokyo
1998 "8th Seiryukai" Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art/ Museum of Meguro-ku Ward, Tokyo
"Fiber as Art Part Ⅶ" Gallery Space 21, Tokyo
"Fallding"City Gallery, Canberra, Australia
"Imaginations" Gallery Gasthuiskapel, Popering, Belgium
"Gravity & Projection" Puls Gallery, Tokyo
1999 "Fiber as Art Part Ⅷ" Gallery Space 21, Tokyo
"The World Competition of Arts & Crafts Kanazawa '99" Korinbo Daiwa, Kanazawa
"Masterpieces from the Museum Collection 1999-2" Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Kyoto
"Myself Another" Pulse Gallery, Tokyo
2000 "Folding an Exhibition of Works in Fiber" the Museum of Arts Crafts・Itami
"Lighting by Artist" Art Life Mitsuhasi, Kyoto
"10th Seiryuten Dyeworks Exhibition" Museum of Meguro-Ward, Tokyo
"Opening Festival" A.D.A. Gallery, Osaka
"return to Primitiveness" Pulse Gallery, Tokyo
"Art Wa ve/Craft in Okayama" Okayama Bunka Center, Okayama
"Fiber as Art Part Ⅸ" Gallery Space 21, Tokyo
"Fiberworks from Museum Collection" Gunma Modern Art Museum, Gunma
"In our Hand/an International Competition 2000" Fukiage Hall, Nagoya
2000 "Fiber as Art Part 𝖷" Gallery Space 21, Tokyo
"20th Anniversary -Gallery Gallery-" Gallery Gallery, Kyoto
"Rou Takeda/Tetsuo Kusama" Gallery 99/01, Okayama
"Akiara Fujino/Tetsuo kusama" Salon de Vamhou, Okayama
2002 "Tsutomu Makisi/Tetsuo Kusama/Rou Takeda" Salon de Mitsu, Ryubo Hall, Okinawa
"Jun Kinosita/Tetsuo Kusama" Moriyama City Hall, Shiga
"Small Works in Fiber" LongHouse Reserve, NY. U.S.A.
"Small Works in Fiber" SOFA, Chicago, U.S.A.
"Small Works in Fiber" MDS Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
"Rou Takeda/Tetsuo Kusama" Accent Gallery, Osaka
"20th Contemporary Tapestry and Sculpture" Orie Gallery, Tokyo
"Fear & Love" Pulse Gallery, Tokyo
2003 "Shoko Kingetsu/Tetsuo Kusama/Roh Takeda" Gallery Seijyo, Senndai
"Advanced Craft" Hiroshima City Plaza, Hiroshima
2004 "Advanced Craft" Tanabe City Museum of Art, Wakayama
"Azabu 10Ban Art Textile" Motoazabu Gallery, Tokyo
"Advanced Craft, Miniature" Gallery Moku, Wakayama
"Continuation and Repetition in Artworks" Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art
2005 "Fiber as Art,Expounding Form" Senbikiya Gallery, Tokyo
"Kyo-Ten 2005" Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art
"The 4th Cheongju International Craft Biennale" Cheongju, Korea
"Art Now・Okayama" Tenjinyama Plaza, Okayama
2006 "1 st. OPAA Exhibition" Tenjinyama Plaza, Okayama
"Azabu 10Ban Art TextileⅡ" Motoazabu Gallery, Tokyo
"10th Anniversary Exhibition" Pulse Gallery, Tokyo
"Takeda Roh・Kusama Tetsuo" Kohbou Ikuko, Kurashiki
2007 "Masterpieces from the Collection of the Museum of Modern Art, Gunma"
Gunma Museum of Art, Tatebayashi, Gunma
"Gendai no Some" Seiryukan, Kyoto
"New Directions in Contemporary Art" Moriyama Citizen Hall, Shiga
"Masterpieces from the Parmanent Collection 2" Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art
"A Tender Attempt" ANDGALLERY, Kyoto
"Fiber as Art・Miniature" Motoazabu Gallery, Tokyo
2008 "Collection by Mr. K" Gallery d.g・Tokyo
"Contemporary Textile in Japan 2" Art Box Gallery, Tokyo
"Kohetsu Mura Exhibition" Galerie VERGER, Tokyo
"Cranbrook in Japan 2008" OZON, Tokyo
"Blue Moon Special Exhibition the 12th" Pulse Gallery, Tokyo
2009 "Four Matieres in a Light, Balmy Breeze" Shimada Museum, Kumamoto
"Twelve Artists from Japan" Gallery Guc, Korea
"Japan and Korea Exchange Exhibition" Kumamoto Prefectural Traditional Craft Center
"Textile Meeting" Riseishogako,Kyoto
"Tetsuo Kusama & Yoshikazu Shigahara" G-Wing Gallery, Kanazawa
"Masterpieces from the Parmanent Collection 3" Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art
2010 "Artist Five Okayama 2010" Tenjinyama Cultural Plaza of Okayama Prefecture
"Textile Connection" The University of Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts
"Kyoto Art Biennale2010" The Museum of Kyoto
"Kyo-Ten 2010" Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art
"Weaving, Knitting, and Expanding Forms and Color of Textile Art" Okayama Prefectural Museum of Art, Okayama
2011 "Takeda Roh・Kusama Tetsuo" Gallery Tao, Tokyo
"The Japan Contemporary Fiber Art Exhibition" Tama Art University Museum
"Fiber Futures: Japan’s Textile Pioneers" Japan Society, NewYork
"Re:a prefix" Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, Kobe
"Re:a prefix" Western Australian Museum, Perth
"Textile Art Minature" Gallery 5610, Tokyo
"15th Anniversary Exhibition" Pulse Gallery, Tokyo
2012 "Tenjinyama Culture Center 50years Aniversary Exhibition" Okayama
"Enomoto, Kusama, Takeda and Hasegawa" Ikuko, Okayama
"Fiber Futures: Japan’s Textile Pioneers" Museum of Craft and Folk Art・SF
"Considering Pattern/Design" Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art
"From Lausanne to Beijing, The 7th International Fiber Art Biennale" Nantong, China
"Sato, Kusama & Takeda" Gallery Marronier, Kyoto
2013 "Fiber Futures: Japan’s Textile Pioneers" Design Museum, Finland
"Textile Art Minature 3" The Museum of Arts Crafts・Itami
"Textile Art Minature 3" Gallery 5610, Tokyo
"Shimozawa, Kusunoki, kusama & Takeda" Gallery Monma & Annex
" The 7th Cheongju International Craft Biennale" Cheongju, Korea
2014 "Fiber Futures: Japan’s Textile Pioneers" Gjethuset, Denmark
"Kusama, Kondo & Takeda" Shimada Museum, Kumamoto
"Kubota, Shimizu, Kusama & Takeda" Gallery Monma & Annex, Saporo
"Kusama & Takeda" Gallery Sou, Saporo
"MACHA Wan x Ko BUKUSA" Gallery Marronier, Kyoto
"From Lausanne to Beijing, The 8th International Fiber Art Biennale" Nantong, China
2015 "Fiber Futures: Japan’s Textile Pioneers" Japan Cultural Center, Paris
"Art in KIBI" Houfuku Temple, Okayama
"The KYOTO" Gallery Gallery, Kyoto
"Kubota & Kusama" Gallery 5610, Tokyo
2016 "IKI SUI" Seiryukan, Kyoto
"From Lausanne to Beijing, The 9th International Fiber Art Biennale" Shinzen, China
"Kusama & Takeda" Riubou Art Salon, Okinawa
"Craft Arts: Innovation of “Tradition and Avant-Garde,” and the Present Day" The
National Museum of Modern Art,Tokyo
2017 "The 3rd Triennale of Kogei in Kanazawa" 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art
Awards
1975 Best in Show,"annual Utah Designer/Craftman", Utah
Best of Show and 1st Place, "Utah Biennial Craft Show", Utah
Fiber Award, "Beaux Arts Designer/Craftman '75",Ohio
Judge's Award of Distinction,"Marietta College Craft National", Ohio
1976 Craftman's Fellowship Grant, National Endowment for the Arts
Judge's Selection of Exceptional Quality, "International Fabric Design", Kansas
$500 Merit Award, "Cotton Comes Home", Mississippi
1978 Outstanding Artist Award, Utah State University
1979 Purchase Award, Alice Art Collection, Utah
l st Prize, "Big Sky BienniaI, Craft '79", Idaho
1986 Merit Award, " I st Kyoto Craft Competition International"
1987 Excellen Award, "International Textile Competition '87 Kyoto"
1989 Geijutsu Senshou National Award, Fine Arts Section
1992 Technology Award,"3rd international Textile Competition Kyoto"
1994 l st Prize,"Izumisano Station Monument Competition",Osaka
2000 Fellowship Grant, Bunkachou Oversea Program for Artist.
2001 Fellowship Grant, Bunkachou Oversea Program for Artist
2004 The Airport Artworks Program, Hong Kong
2012 Silver Prize, The 7th International Fiber Art Biennale Exhibition, China
2013 National Medal with Dark Blue Ribbon
Okayama Geijyutsu Bunnka Award
Marusen Bunka Award
2014 Silver Prize, The 8th International Fiber Art Biennale Exhibition, China
Museum and Public Collections
The National Museum of Art, Osaka
Kyoto Municipal Museum
The Museum of Modern Art, Gunma
Museum Bellerive, Switzerland
Alice Art Collection, U S A
Gallery Nouvelles Images, Holland
Salt Lake Art Center, U.S.A.
Hadler Gallery, USA
Weber State College, USA
Pacific Design Center,USA
Wacoal, Kyoto
Kawashima Textile Mills, Kyoto
28 Yagami Akaiwa-shi, Okayama Japan 709-07
TEL/FAX 08699-5-2893
E-MAIL [email protected]
1946 Born In Tokyo
1969 Graduated Musashino Art University, Japan (BFA)
Textile Designer, Kawashima Textile Mills, Japan
1973 Graduated Cranbrook Academy of Art, U S A (MFA)
Instructor, Northern Illinois University, U S A
1975 Assistant Professor, Utah State University, U S A
1989 Professor, Seian Women's College, Kyoto, Japan
1993 Professor, Okayama Prefectural University, Japan
2011 Professor Emeritus, Okayama Prefectural University, Japan
Solo Exhibitions
1975 James Yaw Gallery, Michigan, U S A
1976 Fiber Center Gallery, San Francisco, U S A
1981 Contemporary Crafts Gallery, Oregon, U S A
1981, 82, 83, 87, 90, 92 Gallery Gallery, Kyoto
1982 Asahi Gallery, Kyoto
1983, 86 Muramatsu Gallery, Tokyo
1987, 95, 97, 99 Gallery Marronier, Kyoto
1987, 90, 93, 2001 Ginza Wacoal Art Space, Tokyo
1988, 90, 91, 94 AD&A Gallery, Osaka
1991 Installation ltoki Showroom, Osaka
1996 Gallery Space 21, Tokyo/Pulse Gallery, Tokyo
2000 Gallery 99/00, Okayama/Gallery K, Okayama
2001 Wacoal Ginza Art Space, Tokyo
2002 Gallery 99/02, Okayama
2004 Gallery Marronier, Kyoto
2005 Gallery Wacoal Ginza Art Space, Tokyo
2007 Gallery Marronier, Kyoto
2008 Azabujuban Gallery,Tokyo/Gallery K, Okayama/Gion Konisi, Kyoto
2009 Haruchian Kurashiki, Okayama
2010 Gallery Marronier, Kyoto
2011 Art Garden, Okayama
2012 Gallery Chayamachi, Osaka
2013 Nagi Museum Of Contemporary Art, Okayama/Art Life Mitsuhashi, Kyoto
Gallery Gallery, Kyoto
Group Exhibitions
1971 "Textile Sculpture Show" Gallery 16, Kyoto
1972 "Designer/Craftsman '72" Columbus, Ohio
1975 "Marietta College Craft National", Marietta, Ohio
1976 "Fiber International" Hadler Gallery, New York
"Cotton Comes Home" Delta State University, Mississippi
"Fiber Structures" Carnegie Institute, Pennsylvania
1977 "8th International BienniaI of Tapestry" Switzerland
"Contemporary Japanese Tapestry" Allrich Gallery, San Francisco
"Fiberworks" The Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio
"Fiberworks-The Americas & Japan" The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto
"Proto Fiber" Syracuse, New York
1978 "The 3rd International Exhibition of Miniature Textile" Brifish Crafts Center, London
"Surface Design ; Approaches" Louisville, Kentucky
"International Direction in Fiber" Fresno, California
1979 "Fiber Structure & Fabric Surfaces" Herron School of Art, Indianapolis
"Two Person Exhibition" Green Gallery California
"Two Plus Two" Robert Kidd Gallery, Michigan
1980 "Fiber as Art" Metropolitan Museum of Art, Philippines
"Dyeing & Weaving, New Direction" The Museum of Modern Art, Gunma
"8th Biennial Invitational Craft" Illinois State University, Illinois
1981 "Filaments of Imagination" University of Hawaii
"4th Textile Triennale" Central Museum of Textiles, Lodz, Poland
"Art Fabric Main Stream" San Francisco Modern Art Museum
"Fiberwork-Miniature" Gallery Marronnier, Kyoto
1983 "Fiber Work" The Museum of Modern Art, Gunma
"Textile Works" Gallery Nouvelles Images, Holland
"Fiberworks" Seibu Museum of Art, Ohtsu
"Elegant Miniatures from Kyoto" San Francisco Modern Art Museum
"Asahi Contemporary Crafts" Hankyu Department Store, Osaka
1984 "Moderne Textilkunst aus Japan " Museum Bellerive, Switzerland
"Vehta Biennale" Brussel
"Crafts 1984" Craft Center Japan, Tokyo
"Asahi Contemporary Crafts" Hankyu Department Store, Osaka
1985 "Softly Stated Spaces" Thorpe Intermedia Gallery, New York
"'85 Senbatsu Exhibition" Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art
1986 "Fiberart from Japan" Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taiwan
"Three Man Exhibition" Gallery Ueda Ware house, Tokyo
"1st Kyoto Craft Competition International" Kyoto Craft Center
"Four Persons Exhibition" Miller Brown Gallery, San Francisco
1987 "International Textile Competition '87 Kyoto"
"Craft Work-Standard Bearers of the End of our Century" Suntory Museum of Art, Tokyo
"Expression/Construction of Filament" Spiral, Tokyo
"Fiber as Art Part �" Gallery Space 21, Tokyo
"From Craft to Architectural Space" Kurashiki Municipal Museum of Art, Okayama
"Modern Trend, Japanese Style Painting and Craft in Kyoto" Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art
1988 "Contemporary Artists/Tapestry" Takashimaya Department Store, Tokyo
"'88 Senbatsu Exhibition" Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art
1989 "International Textile Competition '89 Kyoto" Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art
"Art in Kyoto/Yesterday-Today-Tommorow ll" Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art
"Two Person Exhibition" Ginza Wacoal Art Space, Tokyo
"Contemporary Artists/Tapestry" Sogetsu Gallery, Tokyo
1990 "Kyoto Fibers" The Museum of Kyoto
"'90 Itami Craft" Itami Craft Center, Hyougo
"6th Contemporary Artists/Tapestry" Sogetsu Gallery, Tokyo
1991 "Kyoto Fibers" Traveling throughout U S A
"Dyeing & Weaving, New Directions ll" The Museum of Modern Art, Gunma
"Today`s Art and Craft in Kyoto" The Museum of Kyoto
"Cranbrook in Japan" Knoll International, Tokyo
"7th Contemporary Artists/Tapestry" Sogetsu Gallery, Tokyo
1992 "3rd International Textile Competition Kyoto" The Museum of Kyoto
"8th Contemporary Artists/Tapestry" Sogetsu Gallery, Tokyo
1993 "Fiberart",Fukushima Prefectural Museum of Art
"Contemporary Japanese and Korean Crafts" Osaka Contemporary Art Center
"9th Contemporary Artists/Tapestry" Sogetsu Gallery, Tokyo
"'93 Senbatsu Exhibition" Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art
1994 "Art in Kyoto/Yesterday-Today-Tommorow" Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art
"Contemporary Artists/Tapestry" Rose Theater, Fuji-shi
1995 "Textile Sculpture" Gallery Marronier,Kyoto
"Japanese Studio Craft : Tradition and the Avant-Garde" Victoria & Albert Museum, London
"Textile '95 Miniature Works 18 x 18 " Gallery Gallery, Kyoto
"Soft Sculpture" Dong-Ah Gallery, Korea
"Fiber as Art Part Ⅳ" Gallery Space 21, Tokyo
"In Our Hands" Nagoya
"Textile Miniature Works" Toront, Canada
1996 "Japanese Textile-Art" Museum of Meguro-ku Ward, Tokyo
"Fiber as Art Part V" Gallery Space 21, Tokyo
"Miniature Drawing" Gallery Gallery, Kyoto
1997 "5th International Textile Competition Kyoto" The Museum of Kyoto
"Chaos & Renewal" Puls Gallery, Tokyo
"Fiber as Art Part Ⅵ" Gallery Space 21, Tokyo
"7th Seiryukai" Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art/ Museum of Meguro-ku Ward, Tokyo
1998 "8th Seiryukai" Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art/ Museum of Meguro-ku Ward, Tokyo
"Fiber as Art Part Ⅶ" Gallery Space 21, Tokyo
"Fallding"City Gallery, Canberra, Australia
"Imaginations" Gallery Gasthuiskapel, Popering, Belgium
"Gravity & Projection" Puls Gallery, Tokyo
1999 "Fiber as Art Part Ⅷ" Gallery Space 21, Tokyo
"The World Competition of Arts & Crafts Kanazawa '99" Korinbo Daiwa, Kanazawa
"Masterpieces from the Museum Collection 1999-2" Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Kyoto
"Myself Another" Pulse Gallery, Tokyo
2000 "Folding an Exhibition of Works in Fiber" the Museum of Arts Crafts・Itami
"Lighting by Artist" Art Life Mitsuhasi, Kyoto
"10th Seiryuten Dyeworks Exhibition" Museum of Meguro-Ward, Tokyo
"Opening Festival" A.D.A. Gallery, Osaka
"return to Primitiveness" Pulse Gallery, Tokyo
"Art Wa ve/Craft in Okayama" Okayama Bunka Center, Okayama
"Fiber as Art Part Ⅸ" Gallery Space 21, Tokyo
"Fiberworks from Museum Collection" Gunma Modern Art Museum, Gunma
"In our Hand/an International Competition 2000" Fukiage Hall, Nagoya
2000 "Fiber as Art Part 𝖷" Gallery Space 21, Tokyo
"20th Anniversary -Gallery Gallery-" Gallery Gallery, Kyoto
"Rou Takeda/Tetsuo Kusama" Gallery 99/01, Okayama
"Akiara Fujino/Tetsuo kusama" Salon de Vamhou, Okayama
2002 "Tsutomu Makisi/Tetsuo Kusama/Rou Takeda" Salon de Mitsu, Ryubo Hall, Okinawa
"Jun Kinosita/Tetsuo Kusama" Moriyama City Hall, Shiga
"Small Works in Fiber" LongHouse Reserve, NY. U.S.A.
"Small Works in Fiber" SOFA, Chicago, U.S.A.
"Small Works in Fiber" MDS Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
"Rou Takeda/Tetsuo Kusama" Accent Gallery, Osaka
"20th Contemporary Tapestry and Sculpture" Orie Gallery, Tokyo
"Fear & Love" Pulse Gallery, Tokyo
2003 "Shoko Kingetsu/Tetsuo Kusama/Roh Takeda" Gallery Seijyo, Senndai
"Advanced Craft" Hiroshima City Plaza, Hiroshima
2004 "Advanced Craft" Tanabe City Museum of Art, Wakayama
"Azabu 10Ban Art Textile" Motoazabu Gallery, Tokyo
"Advanced Craft, Miniature" Gallery Moku, Wakayama
"Continuation and Repetition in Artworks" Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art
2005 "Fiber as Art,Expounding Form" Senbikiya Gallery, Tokyo
"Kyo-Ten 2005" Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art
"The 4th Cheongju International Craft Biennale" Cheongju, Korea
"Art Now・Okayama" Tenjinyama Plaza, Okayama
2006 "1 st. OPAA Exhibition" Tenjinyama Plaza, Okayama
"Azabu 10Ban Art TextileⅡ" Motoazabu Gallery, Tokyo
"10th Anniversary Exhibition" Pulse Gallery, Tokyo
"Takeda Roh・Kusama Tetsuo" Kohbou Ikuko, Kurashiki
2007 "Masterpieces from the Collection of the Museum of Modern Art, Gunma"
Gunma Museum of Art, Tatebayashi, Gunma
"Gendai no Some" Seiryukan, Kyoto
"New Directions in Contemporary Art" Moriyama Citizen Hall, Shiga
"Masterpieces from the Parmanent Collection 2" Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art
"A Tender Attempt" ANDGALLERY, Kyoto
"Fiber as Art・Miniature" Motoazabu Gallery, Tokyo
2008 "Collection by Mr. K" Gallery d.g・Tokyo
"Contemporary Textile in Japan 2" Art Box Gallery, Tokyo
"Kohetsu Mura Exhibition" Galerie VERGER, Tokyo
"Cranbrook in Japan 2008" OZON, Tokyo
"Blue Moon Special Exhibition the 12th" Pulse Gallery, Tokyo
2009 "Four Matieres in a Light, Balmy Breeze" Shimada Museum, Kumamoto
"Twelve Artists from Japan" Gallery Guc, Korea
"Japan and Korea Exchange Exhibition" Kumamoto Prefectural Traditional Craft Center
"Textile Meeting" Riseishogako,Kyoto
"Tetsuo Kusama & Yoshikazu Shigahara" G-Wing Gallery, Kanazawa
"Masterpieces from the Parmanent Collection 3" Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art
2010 "Artist Five Okayama 2010" Tenjinyama Cultural Plaza of Okayama Prefecture
"Textile Connection" The University of Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts
"Kyoto Art Biennale2010" The Museum of Kyoto
"Kyo-Ten 2010" Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art
"Weaving, Knitting, and Expanding Forms and Color of Textile Art" Okayama Prefectural Museum of Art, Okayama
2011 "Takeda Roh・Kusama Tetsuo" Gallery Tao, Tokyo
"The Japan Contemporary Fiber Art Exhibition" Tama Art University Museum
"Fiber Futures: Japan’s Textile Pioneers" Japan Society, NewYork
"Re:a prefix" Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, Kobe
"Re:a prefix" Western Australian Museum, Perth
"Textile Art Minature" Gallery 5610, Tokyo
"15th Anniversary Exhibition" Pulse Gallery, Tokyo
2012 "Tenjinyama Culture Center 50years Aniversary Exhibition" Okayama
"Enomoto, Kusama, Takeda and Hasegawa" Ikuko, Okayama
"Fiber Futures: Japan’s Textile Pioneers" Museum of Craft and Folk Art・SF
"Considering Pattern/Design" Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art
"From Lausanne to Beijing, The 7th International Fiber Art Biennale" Nantong, China
"Sato, Kusama & Takeda" Gallery Marronier, Kyoto
2013 "Fiber Futures: Japan’s Textile Pioneers" Design Museum, Finland
"Textile Art Minature 3" The Museum of Arts Crafts・Itami
"Textile Art Minature 3" Gallery 5610, Tokyo
"Shimozawa, Kusunoki, kusama & Takeda" Gallery Monma & Annex
" The 7th Cheongju International Craft Biennale" Cheongju, Korea
2014 "Fiber Futures: Japan’s Textile Pioneers" Gjethuset, Denmark
"Kusama, Kondo & Takeda" Shimada Museum, Kumamoto
"Kubota, Shimizu, Kusama & Takeda" Gallery Monma & Annex, Saporo
"Kusama & Takeda" Gallery Sou, Saporo
"MACHA Wan x Ko BUKUSA" Gallery Marronier, Kyoto
"From Lausanne to Beijing, The 8th International Fiber Art Biennale" Nantong, China
2015 "Fiber Futures: Japan’s Textile Pioneers" Japan Cultural Center, Paris
"Art in KIBI" Houfuku Temple, Okayama
"The KYOTO" Gallery Gallery, Kyoto
"Kubota & Kusama" Gallery 5610, Tokyo
2016 "IKI SUI" Seiryukan, Kyoto
"From Lausanne to Beijing, The 9th International Fiber Art Biennale" Shinzen, China
"Kusama & Takeda" Riubou Art Salon, Okinawa
"Craft Arts: Innovation of “Tradition and Avant-Garde,” and the Present Day" The
National Museum of Modern Art,Tokyo
2017 "The 3rd Triennale of Kogei in Kanazawa" 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art
Awards
1975 Best in Show,"annual Utah Designer/Craftman", Utah
Best of Show and 1st Place, "Utah Biennial Craft Show", Utah
Fiber Award, "Beaux Arts Designer/Craftman '75",Ohio
Judge's Award of Distinction,"Marietta College Craft National", Ohio
1976 Craftman's Fellowship Grant, National Endowment for the Arts
Judge's Selection of Exceptional Quality, "International Fabric Design", Kansas
$500 Merit Award, "Cotton Comes Home", Mississippi
1978 Outstanding Artist Award, Utah State University
1979 Purchase Award, Alice Art Collection, Utah
l st Prize, "Big Sky BienniaI, Craft '79", Idaho
1986 Merit Award, " I st Kyoto Craft Competition International"
1987 Excellen Award, "International Textile Competition '87 Kyoto"
1989 Geijutsu Senshou National Award, Fine Arts Section
1992 Technology Award,"3rd international Textile Competition Kyoto"
1994 l st Prize,"Izumisano Station Monument Competition",Osaka
2000 Fellowship Grant, Bunkachou Oversea Program for Artist.
2001 Fellowship Grant, Bunkachou Oversea Program for Artist
2004 The Airport Artworks Program, Hong Kong
2012 Silver Prize, The 7th International Fiber Art Biennale Exhibition, China
2013 National Medal with Dark Blue Ribbon
Okayama Geijyutsu Bunnka Award
Marusen Bunka Award
2014 Silver Prize, The 8th International Fiber Art Biennale Exhibition, China
Museum and Public Collections
The National Museum of Art, Osaka
Kyoto Municipal Museum
The Museum of Modern Art, Gunma
Museum Bellerive, Switzerland
Alice Art Collection, U S A
Gallery Nouvelles Images, Holland
Salt Lake Art Center, U.S.A.
Hadler Gallery, USA
Weber State College, USA
Pacific Design Center,USA
Wacoal, Kyoto
Kawashima Textile Mills, Kyoto