Seiko Kinoshita

Seiko has installed her new work for Spring Select 2013. Here you can see a video of the process of making this work made by Vivienne Mager.

• The Colour Of Summer video (Vimeo)

Seiko is very pleased to recieve Arts Council funding to create new work for Stroud International Textiles Show, starting in April 2013. Please follow the link below for details.

• SELECT 2013

Seiko has completed her commissioned work for The Redwoods Centre, a new mental health facilty to replace Shelton Hospital. She has done workshops with patients and service users to source inspiration for design. She has produced a hanging sculpture consisting of 300 laser-cut wood pieces. Featuring engraved positive words and phrases collected from patients, staff and service users.

Images will be in the work section soon.

• Arts for Health website - The Redwoods Centre

Seiko has finished a commission to make a trophy for SI Leeds Literary Prize winner. She created a unique trophy, made from native oak, using laser engraving and gold guilding technique. She was very pleased that the winner, Minoli Salgado, loved the trophy.

Also, Seiko would like to say a big thank you to John Thatcher again for his help.

• SI Leeds Literary Prize 2012

Seiko is showing some of her work at this group exhibition.

• The New Schoolhouse Gallery website

It is already one year since the major Japanese earthquake disaster.

I am one of the artists taking part in this fund-raising project. This product is truly beautiful which would make a great birthday present or special gift to someone and also a helping hand to the thousands of people still suffering from this disaster.

• Thinking of Homeland website
• Thinking of Homeland Facebook page

One of Seiko's work is shown in the Shape of Things group show at Flow gallery.

• Flow Gallery website

There is also a video of Seiko explaining her works for Earth | Atmosphere here:

• Video: Shape of Things - Seiko Kinoshita

Seiko has made two large installations based on the British weather obsession.

• Bilston Craft Gallery website

Seiko has been selected as one of the eight artists for the The Shape Of Things programme, an ambitious and exciting national artists, exhibition and venue development initiative for contemporary crafts taking place over the next three years. Seiko's work will be shown along with Halima Cassell at Bilston Craft Gallery, Wolverhampton, from 1st May to 10th Jul 2010.

• The Shape Of Things website

One of Seiko's works will be shown at a Japanese artist exhibition.

• Aqffin galley projects website

Seiko has created two new works for a contemporary Asian art exhibition, The Sound of Weaving, a new audio-based work developed with Dennis Tuckerman, musician and sound specialist, and Yellow a textile installation inspired by bygone local textile industry and western views of East Asians.

• plAAy website

Seiko created Origami Interactive for the resource area of the V&A’s Out of Ordinary exhibition. Commissioned by Museum Sheffield, funded by Arts Council. Visitors can participate in the exhibition by following instructions to make origami flowers for a colourful wall space.

• Millenium Gallery

Seiko worked with all school children to create five large banners relating to the five edges of the Peak District found near Sheffield. Each banner is 1 × 2.5m and hung in the beautiful school hall.

Seiko has completed a series of framed works for the Intensive Care Unit at Sheffield Childrens’ Hospital. The work is set to a seaside theme to create a calm environment for visitors.

• Cat Powell, Arts for Health co-ordinator, talks about the project on BBC Sheffield website

Seiko is showing her work in two group exhibitions:

Mama’s Arts, The Hague, Netherlands, from 15th November – 14th December 2008.

An art exhibition of works made with textile techniques like embroidering, sewing, weaving, knitting or any related technique that involves handwork. For more information, see the Geborgen Kamers website.

Paper Foundations, Alfred East Gallery, Kettering from 29 November 2008 – 10 January 2009.

The exhibition showcases the work of artists who use paper as the dominant media in their work as well as providing opportunities for everyone to get involved and discover the possibilities of paper.

Seiko completed her work called Blue Bird for a four-story stairwell in the Graves Art Gallery and Central Library building in Sheffield city centre.

This large installation was commissioned by Sheffield Museums and Galleries and funded by Arts Council. The work will be exhibited there for 2 years. For more information please click the link below.

• Sheffield Galleries Site
• You can see images of Blue Bird here