Akemi was born in Japan and studied dyeing for 10 years under the master Haru Izumi. She has been an Artist-in-Residence at Anderson Ranch Art Center in Colorado and SEED Arts and Education in California. She has taught at Haystack, Penland, and Arrowmont craft schools.
Education:
Cranbrook Academy of Art - M.F.A. in Fiber Art
Media:
Printing, stitching, painting on fabric
Areas of focus:
Fiber
Website:
Exhibition highlights:
- HoopDreams, Lillstreet Art Center Gallery, Chicago, IL - 2018
- Trace/Memory: Akemi Nakano Cohn, Fort Lewis College Art Gallery, Durango, CO - 2016
- Beyond Indigo Norm, Fishcake Gallery, Honolulu, HI - 2015
- Material Matters, Union Street Gallery Julied by Joan Livingstone, Chicago, IL - 2014
- Cycle of Renewal (solo), Gallery Uesuto, Tokyo, Japan - 2011
Other interests and inspirations:
Various cultures around the world, animals, plants
Publication highlights:
- New Flora, Lillstreet Art Center Gallery Catalogue - 2014
- 1000 Artisan Textiles: Contemporary Fiber Art, Quilts, and Wearables, pub. Quarry Books - 2010
- Turkey Red Journal, vol. 15
Akemi's teaching style:
She focuses on each student's technical development. The majority of her classes apply ancient Japanese dyeing, printing, and stitching techniques.
Akemi loves EAC because . . .
The environment is clean and well-organized.
