Misako Nakahira

Artist / Mother / Weaver

1992 Born in Kochi, JAPAN / Based in kyoto

WORK EXPERIENCE

2018~ Kyoto University of the Arts,Part time Teacher

EDUCATION

2017 Master of mixed media Kyoto University of the Arts

2015 Bachelor of Textile Kyoto University of the Arts

PRIZES

2025 the British Tapestry Group 20th Anniversary Exhibition

    Picking up the Thread: The Past, Present and Future of Tapestry/UK

2024 2024 Kate Derum International Tapestry Awards

   “High Commendation Award”/Australian Tapestry Workshop, Australia

    Petite Miniature Textiles 2024/Wangaratta Art Gallery, Australia

2022 -Kyoto Art for Tomorrow-Kyoto Prestigious Selected Exhibition/Kyoto Museum of Culture, Kyoto 

2021 The Cordis Prize/Inverleith House Gallery,United Kingdom

    Irene Davies Awards/Australian Tapestry Workshop, Australia

2019 -Kyoto Art for Tomorrow-Kyoto Prestigious Selected Exhibition

    “Institutfrançais Kansai Prize”/Kyoto Museum of Culture, Kyoto

2018 Japan New Crafts Student Selection Exhibition
    “New Japan Crafts Encouragement Prize”/Tokyo National Art Center, Tokyo

2016 70th Kochi Exhibition Craft Section

    “Prefectural Art Reconstruction Award Encouragement Award”

    “Newcomer Award”/Kochi City Culture Plaza CARPORT, Kochi
2014  Kyoto Exhibition Crafting Section “Winning”/Kyoto City Art Museum, Kyoto

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2025  -Weave a Tale- /OXH GALLERY, Florida, USA

2024  -INTERACTION- /RUBICON ARI Art Gallery, Melbourne, Australia

2023  Dialogue-Intersecting Stripes-/Reiwart 1F SmartLounge, Fukoku Seimei Building, Tokyo

2022 -Crossing-/ONE AND ONLY gallery approach, Kyoto

2021 -shima-/GalleryGallery, Kyoto

2019 -WATER-/Art Spot Korin, Kyoto
2017 -WEAVING WASHI-/GALLERY KEIFU, Kyoto

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2025  Beauty is Resistance: art as antidote 2025 Fall “Art in the Barn” /browngrotta arts, Connecticut, USA

     Field Notes: An Art Survey/browngrotta arts, Connecticut, USA

2024  Kami Art Annual vol.12/Kami City Museum of Art, Kochi

     Works from the TAMA Collection/Ararat Gallery TAMA, Australia

2023  Artists in Residence Group Show/Australian Tapestry Workshop, Australia

     Let the sunshine in/Five Walls Gallery, Australia

     Line/Loop/Line/Australian Tapestry Workshop, Australia

     Orirhythm Tapestry Exhibition – Hand-woven textiles -/Kuwasawa Design Institute, Tokyo

2022  JYAPANTEX NIF・YONGTEXTILE 2023/Tokyo International Exhibition Center, Tokyo

     Weaving World and Basketry Exhibition/Kyoto University of Arts, Gallery Aube, Kyoto

     LES TRAMES DU POSSIBLE/Amelie, Maison dʼart GALERIE SÉGUIER Paris, France

2019 1st Japan New Crafts Student Selection Exhibition/Kyoto Culture Museum, Kyoto

     Miniature -The Kyoto-/GalleryGallery, Kyoto

2018  The Intuitive Thread/The Japan Foundation, Sydney
2017  JAPANTEX NIF・YOUNG TEXTILE/Tokyo International Exhibition Center, Tokyo

RESIDENCE

2023  Pola Art Foundation overseas trainee/Staying in Melbourne, Australia

     Australian Tapestry Workshop Artists in Residence selected

WS

2024  Stripe weaving workshop/Ararat Gallery TAMA, Australia

     Stripe weaving workshop/MPavilion, Australia

2023  Kami-ito (paper threads) workshop/Australian Tapestry Workshop, Australia

LECTURE

2021     Kawashima Textile School / Kyoto

2023  Nagoya University of Arts / Nagoya

2024    “The SoAD seminar” The Australia National University / Canberra, Australia 

2025     Kawashima Textile School / Kyoto

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