Title

Akemi Nakano Cohn Interview

Interviewer

Allisan Tate, DePaul University

Interviewee

Akemi Nakano Cohn

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

3-7-2016

Comments

2016 Interview with Akemi Nakano Cohn by Allisan Tate

Abstract

Artist Bio:

Akemi Nakano Cohn studied traditional Japanese dyeing/printing techniques for ten years under the master Haru Izumi in Yokohama, Japan. She received an MFA in Fiber Arts from Cranbrook Academy of Art (Bloomfield, MI) and a BFA from Tama Art University, Tokyo, Japan. Cohn has taught at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, the Int'l Surface Design Conference, Haystack, and others. She was visiting artist at the Museum of the Art Institute of Chicago, University of Nebraska, Zijdelings (Netherlands), and artist-in-residence at Anderson Ranch and Ragdale Foundation. She has been in many exhibits, including solo exhibits; Urban Prairie; Gallery West (Tokyo) & Art Life Mistuhashi (Kyoto, Japan); Habitat; University of Nebraska, Lincoln, group exhibit; Fiberart Int'l (touring) The Bellevue Arts Museum, Museum of Arts & Design, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, and has executed many commissions including the Unitarian Church of Evanston and Loyola University Medical Center. www.akemistudio.com

Recommended Citation

Tate, Allisan. (2016) Akemi Nakano Cohn Interview.
https://via.library.depaul.edu/oral_his_series/72