Mitsuko Tabe


Mitsuko Tabe 2=田部光子 was one of many women artists that took part in creating and building Postwar Japanese Avant-Guarde art. Other artist that contributed to this task were Saori Akutagawa, Sayako Kishimoto, and Miyori Hayashi.

Life

Tabe was born in Taiwan in 1933. She belonged to Kyushu School Kikuta Shigehisa Major and participated in the Kyushu-ha movement of avant-garde artists in Japan from 1957-1970. Later in life, she started the alternative space TMT Art Projects to exhibit works by contemporary artists including Akasegawa Genpei, James Jack and her own works in Watanabedori neighborhood of Fukuoka.

Awards

1960 Third Japan Movie Excellence Exhibition Gold Award
1960-63 Yomiuri Independent Exhibition
1974 ~ 84 Hosted by Kyushu Women's Painter Exhibition
1981 · 83 · 90 World E-mail Art Exhibition
1988 "Kyushu School Exhibition"
1990 World Mail · Art Exhibition
1991 ~ 95 Solo Exhibitions Gallery · Tokyo)
1994 Solo exhibition Hakara Museum of Art since
1994 Solo exhibition every year in NY, Washington every year
1994 to 1995 Solo exhibition Cast · Iron · Gallery 1995 Fukuoka City Art Federation First President Chairman of Contemporary Art, Collage Exhibition
1996 Solo exhibition Hakara Museum of Art
1997 - 2005 Solo Exhibition Gallery and Wu
1998 · Exhibition Gallery OKUDA International
1999 Exhibition Adirondack Community College
2000 Fukuoka City Culture Award Solo Exhibition Kurokawa INN Art Museum Opening
7th Fukuoka City Art Federation Exhibition
2003 "Kyushu Power Forum"
2003 · 04 Solo Exhibition Gallery 58
2012 Mizoe Gallery, Fukuoka