EDUCATION
| 1975 | Began studying traditional Ukiyo-e techniques at Uesugi Studio, Kyoto, Japan |
| 1981 | Became a Master Printmaker of woodblock printing |
POSITIONS HELD
| 2008-present | Artist in Residence, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT |
| 1995-2008 | Visiting Artist and Faculty Fellow, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT |
| 1997-2000 | Summer Faculty, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA |
| 1994 | Visiting Professor, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI |
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
| 2019 | Art Zone Kaguraoka Gallery “無限の囁き”Kyoto.Japan |
| 2018 | Von Auersperg Art Gallery “Whispers of the Infinite” Deerfield Academy, MA |
| 2017 | Thisted Kunstforeningen “Keiji Shinohara: Retrospective Exhibition” Thisted, Denmark |
| 2015 | SAAHP Gallery “Keiji Shinohara/ Color Woodcut” Roger Williams University, Bristol, RI Odakyu-Shinjuku Art Salon “Keiji Shinohara- woodcut” Shinjyuku, Tokyo Japan Art Zone-Kaguraoka Keiji Shinohara –recent prints and Monotypes” Kyoto, Japan |
| 2014 | Paris in Plantsville Gallery “Whispers of the Infinite: The Art of Keiji Shinohara” Plantsville, CT |
| 2013 | Upper Gallery – “Keiji Shinohara Color woodcut” University of Dallas, Irving, TX |
| 2012 | Art Zone—Kaguraoka “Keiji Shinohara New Monotypes” Kyoto, Japan |
| 2011 | Boloiu Hall, “Keiji Shinohara New Prints” Carleton College, Northfield, MN |
| 2010 | The Imperial Center “Keiji Shinohara” Rocky Mount, NC |
| 2009 | Troy-Pike Cultural Art Center “The Process Behind Keiji Shinohara Art Work” Troy, AL |
| 2008 | Art Zone—Kaguraoka, Kyoto, JapanCoburn Gallery, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO |
| 2007 | Davison Art Center, “Keiji Shinohara: Color Harmony,” Wesleyan University, Middletown, CTTremaine Gallery, The Hotchkiss School, Lakeville, CT |
| 2006 | Fine Arts Center Gallery “Woodcuts and Monotypes by Keiji Shinohara,” Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, KYLamont Gallery “Eastern Views,” Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, NH |
| 2005 | Art Zone—Kaguraoka, Kyoto, JapanThe University of the South Art Gallery “Remembrance of Sylvan Sounds: Woodcuts and Monotypes by Keiji Shinohara,” Sewanee, TN |
| 2004 | dfn Gallery, “New Paintings & Woodblock Prints,” New York City, NY |
| 2003 | Highpoint Center for Printmaking, Minneapolis, MN |
| 2002 | Heuser Art Center Gallery, Bradley University, “Keiji Shinohara,” Peoria, IL |
| 2001 | Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, “Art Now” series, Montgomery, ALdfn Gallery, “Works on Paper,” New York City, NY |
| 2000 | Fresno Art Museum, Fresno, CA |
| 1999 | dfn Gallery, “Space in Landscape,” New York City, NY |
| 1998 | Artworks Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA |
| 1997 | Worcester Art Museum, “Interpretation in Woodcut,” Worcester, MA |
| 1996 | Davison Art Center, “Interpretation in Woodcut,” Wesleyan University, Middletown, CTArtworks Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA |
| 1995 | Weingart Art Center, Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA |
| 1994 | Benson Hall Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI |
| 1993 | Asian Art Gallery, Chicago Institute of Art, Chicago, IL |
| 1992 | Zilkha Gallery, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CTColumbia Art Center, Kennewick, WA |
| 1991 | DeLuce Fine Art Gallery, Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville, MODenison University Art Gallery, Denison, OH |
| 1990 | Design Zone Gallery, Toronto, Canada |
| 1989 | Francis Colburn Gallery, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT |
| 1988 | Fables Gallery, Cambridge, MAThe T.E. Wood Art Gallery, Vermont College, Montpelier, VT |
| 1985 | Higashimon Gallery, Kobe, Japan |
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
| 2015 | Garvey/Simon Art Access “In Through the Outdoors,” New York City, NY |
| 2014 | The Janet Turner Print Museum of Art, “Together/Divided,” California State University, Chico, Chico, CA |
| 2011 | Traveling exhibit to 23 Japanese cities, “46 Contemporary Japanese Printmakers” |
| 2010 | Traveling exhibit to 20 Japanese cities, “46 Contemporary Japanese Printmakers” |
| 2009 | dfn Gallery “Landscape,” New York City, NYGalerie Califia , Horazdovice ,Bohemia, Czech Republic |
| 2007 | dfn Gallery “Works on Paper,” New York City, NY |
| 2006 | Gallery of Contemporary Art at Sacred Heart University “Water,” Fairfield, CT |
| 2005 | Union College Art Gallery “Moku Hanga,” Schenectady, NY |
| 2004 | Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts “Process of Printmaking,” Montgomery, AL |
| 2003 | Domaine de Madame Elisabeth “Fourth Engraving Biennial of Ile-de-France,” Versailles, France808 Gallery “North American Print Biennial,” Boston University, Boston, MA |
| 2002 | dfn Gallery “Works on Paper,” New York City, NY |
| 2001 | Library of Congress “The Floating World of Ukiyo-e: Shadows, Dreams, and Substance,” Washington DC |
| 2000 | Cleveland Museum of Art “East Meets West,” Cleveland, OHdfn gallery “11X11X11 for Puffin,” New York City, NY |
| 1999 | New England College Gallery “Woodcut by Amparo / Antonio Frasconi / Keiji Shinohara,” Henniker, NHdfn Gallery, New York City, NY |
| 1997 | John Slade Ely House Center for Contemporary Art “Printmaking Imagery and Process,” New Haven, CT |
| 1995 | Kellogg Art Gallery “Collective Realities,” California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CABannister Gallery “Japanese Impressions: Nancy Fries and Keiji Shinohara,” Rhode Island College Art Center, Providence, RIFuller Museum of Art “Seventh Triennial,” Brockton, MA |
| 1991 | Mitzie Verne Collection Gallery, Cleveland, OH |
| 1988 | Blackthorne Gallery, Portsmouth, NH |
VISITING ARTIST/LECTURER
| 2017 | The Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT |
| 2016 | Fairfield University Fairfield, CT Wheaton College Norton, MA University of Hartford, Hartford, CT Tufts University Medford, MA |
| 2015 | The Los Angeles County Museum Los Angeles, CA Mass College of Art Boston, MA Wellesley College Wellesley, MA Boston University Boston, MA MFA Boston Boston, MA |
| 2014 | California Institute of Arts, Valencia, CA Roger Williams University Bristol, RI |
| 2013 | Museum of Fine Art Boston, Boston, MA |
| 2012 | Arthur M. Slacker Gallery and Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC |
| 2011 | Tufts University, Somerville, MA |
| 2009 | Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Boston, MA College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA |
| 2008 | Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO |
| 2007 | University of Wisconsin at Madison, Madison, WI RISD Museum, Providence, RI |
| 2006 | University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH College of the Holy Cross Worcester, MA Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH Carleton College, Northfield, MN Harvard University, Cambridge, MA Tufts University, Somerville, MA |
| 2005 | Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX Japan Foundation, Los Angeles, CA California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA |
| 2003 | Japan Society, New York, NY University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN |
| 2002 | Arthur M. Slacker GalleryFreer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC |
| 2001 | Rice University, Houston, TX Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX |
| 2000 | The College of Holy Cross, Worcester, MA Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY |
| 1999 | Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA |
| 1998 | Fresno Art Museum, Fresno, CA Westfield State College, Westfield, MA Trinity College, Hartford, CT |
| 1997 | Brown University, Providence, RI Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA |
| 1996 | University of Hartford, Hartford, CT |
| 1995 | Pasadena City College, Pasadena, CA University of California at Santa Barbara, CA Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR |
| 1993 | Chicago Institute of Art, Chicago, IL |
| 1992 | Quincy Art Center, Quincy, IL |
| 1991 | Western State College, Gunnison, CO |
| 1990 | Cornell University, Ithaca, NY University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI Whitman University, Walla Walla, WA De Cordova Museum, Lincoln, MA California State University at Chico, Chico, CA California State University at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA The Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH |
| 1990 | Hunter College of the City University of New York, NY Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY |
| 1989 | Mount Union College, Alliance, OH Payson Gallery, Weastwood College, ME Portland School of Art, Portland, ME Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA University of Akron, Akron, OH Walter Gallery, Baltimore, MD William Benton Museum of Art, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT |
| 1988 | Brigham Young University, Provo, UT |
| 1987 | Drake University, Des Moines, IA [Seventh Biennial Printmaking Symposium] Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany, NY Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH |
| 1986 | Atlanta College of Art, Atlanta, GA Harvard University, Cambridge, MA High Museum, Atlanta, GA [Sponsored by the Consulate General of Japan] |
SELECTED WORKSHOPS
| 2017 | Japan Society New York, New York, NY |
| 2016 | University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT Highpoint Center for Printmaking, Minneapolis, MN |
| 2015 | Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC |
| 2011 | Highpoint Center for Printmaking, Minneapolis, MN |
| 2011 | Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC |
| 2008 | Wells College Book Arts Center Summer Institute, Aurora, NY |
| 2006 | University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD |
| 2005 | Highpoint Center for Printmaking, Minneapolis, MN Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC Split Rock Arts Program, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN |
| 2004 | Southwest School of Art & Craft, San Antonio, TX |
| 2002 | Paper & Book Intensive, Haystack School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC |
| 2001 | University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD |
| 1998 | Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC |
| 1997 | Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA |
| 1993 | Alliance for Contemporary Book Arts, Los Angeles, CA |
| 1990 | Pyramid Atlantic, Washington, DC |
| 1989 | Japan Center, Chicago, IL [Sponsored by the Consulate General of Japan] Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA |
| 1988 | Springfield Museum of Fine Art, Springfield, MA |
| 1987 | Worcester Museum, Worcester, MA |
SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
| Achenbach Foundation, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA | |
| Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH | |
| The British Library, London, England | |
| Chazen Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI | |
| Champion Paper, Inc. | |
| City of Hirakata, Japan | |
| Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH | |
| Cummins Live Well Center, Cummins, Inc. Columbus, IN | |
| Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT | |
| Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, Armand Hammer Museum, University of California, Los Angeles | |
| Hallmark Corporation, Kansas City, MO | |
| Harvard Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA | |
| Hite Art Institute, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY | |
| Huntington Library, San Marino, CA | |
| Lakeview Museum of Art and Science, Peoria, IL | |
| Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. | |
| Mary Griggs Burke Foundation, New York, NY | |
| Matrix Collection, University of Dallas, Irving, TX | |
| Mills Gallery, Central College, Pela, IA | |
| Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI | |
| Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery, AL | |
| New York Public Library, New York, NY | |
| Other Press, New York, NY | |
| Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, RI | |
| San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco, CA | |
| Smith College Museum Of Art, Northampton, MA | |
| Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas. Lawrence, KS | |
| Sprint Corporation, Overland Park, KS | |
| The Turner Print Museum, California State University at Chico, Chico, CA | |
| Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA | |
| Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT |
COMMISSIONS
| 2015 | Image of Dogwood for future stamp for United States Postal Service |
| 2015 | Video essays Produced by The Smithsonian Freer/Sackler Gallery As part of the World of the Japanese Illustrated Book |
| 2012 | Four Season of Weekapaug, Rhode Island (Color Woodcut) Weekapaug Inn |
| 2008 | Eight Views of Hirakata (color woodcut), City of Hirakata |
| 2003 | Language of Her Body (sumi-e illustrations), Robin Price, Publisher; Middletown, CT |
| 2002 | Romanza (color woodcut), Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, 2002 Symphony (color woodcut), Bradley University, 2002 |
| 2000 | Wallace Stevens Broadside poem by Wallace Stevens (woodcut illustrations) Friends and Enemies of Wallace Stevens, Publisher; Hartford, CT, Rashomon (intaglio), Bradley University, 2002 |
| 1997 | Ravaged With Joy (woodcut illustrations), Robin Price, Publisher; Middletown, CT |
CATALOGS
| 2007 | Keiji Shinohara: Color Harmony by Clare I. Rogan. Wesleyan University |
| 2005 | Remembrance of Sylvan Sounds: Woodcuts and Monotypes by Keiji Shinohara by Mitsutoshi Oba. The University of the South Art Gallery, Sewanee, TN |
| 2001 | Keiji Shinohara: Art Now by Irja J. Thurlow. Montgomery Fine Art Museum |
| 1997 | Keiji Shinohara: Interpretations in Woodcut by Elke A. Pessl. Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University |
| 1992 | Keiji Shinohara Woodblock Prints by Phillip Wagoner. Wesleyan University |
| 1991 | Keiji Shinoharaedited by Elaine Sayoko Yoneoka. Missouri State UniversityAsian American Artists in Massachusetts, Asian American Artists Association |
VIDEO ESSAYS
| 2014 | The Smithsonian Museum Freer | Sackler Gallery The Gerhard Pulverer Collection The World of the Japanese Illustrated Book |
| 2006 | Ukiyo-e Techniques Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University Learning Objects Studio, Wesleyan University |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| April Vollmer,” Japanese Woodblock Workshop” Published by Watson-Guptill, August 2015 [ISBN 978077043823] | |
| Susan Dunne, “Keiji Shinohara at Paris in Plantsville” Hartford Courant Oct 11, 2014 | |
| Tamera Muente, “Keiji Shinohara” City Beat (online), Cincinnati, OH October 24, 2006 | |
| Dustan Knight, “Eastern Views: Woodcuts by Keiji Shinohara” Art New England June/July 2006 | |
| Yuling Huang, “Art Now: Keiji Shinohara,” Art Papers, May/June 2002 | |
| Katherine L. Blood, The Floating World of Ukiyo-e, Harry N. Abrams, Inc in association with The Library of Congress, 2001 | |
| Tara Cady Sartorius, “Echo of the Eye,” Arts & Activities, September 2001 | |
| Mary Sherman, “Keiji Shinohara: Interpretations in Woodcut,” Boston Herald, July 3, 1997 | |
| Frank Magiera, “Old Methods, New Paths,” Telegram and Gazette Arts, June 10, 1997 | |
| Robert Taylor, “Japanese Artist Captures the West,” The Boston Globe, July 25, 1997 | |
| William Zimmer, “Keiji Shinohara: Interpretations in Woodcut,” The New York Times, September 29, 1996 | |
| Alicia Craig Faxon, “Japanese Impressions: Recent Prints by Nancy Friese and Keiji Shinohara,”Art New England, April/May 1995 | |
| Robin Price, “Keiji Shinohara and the Art of Ukiyo-e,” Bookways, October 1993 | |
| Jana Monji, “Prints of a New Generation,” Rafu Shimpo, August 3, 1993 | |
| Joanne Silver, “Japanese Find Their Art Thrives in U.S.” The Patriot Ledger, March 19, 1988 | |
| Joan Ladd, The Tuscaloosa, March 22, 1987 | |
| Paul Nolan, “Master Printmaker Shows Waning Art,” Worcester Telegram, March 2, 1987 |
AWARDS/ FELLOWSHIPS
| 2017 | Residence, The Graphic Workshop supported By Denmark Art Association, Hlorring, Denmark. |
| 2016 | Residence, The Graphic Workshop supported By Denmark Art Association, Hlorring, Denmark. |
| 2013 | Matrix Artist Fellowship, University of Dallas, Irving, TX |
| 2012 | Visiting Professor Fellowship, University of Georgia Studies of Abroad Program -Cortona,Italy |
| 2011 | Dayton Hudson Distinguished Visiting Artist, Carleton College, Northfield, MN |
| 2004 | Visiting Professor Fellowship, AKP, Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan |
| 1995 | Japan Foundation |
| 1993 | National Endowment for the Art |