I am a Japanese National.  I originally studied weaving in college under Kyoko Kumai, a textile artist in Japan who uses stainless steel fiber as a medium.  After relocating to San Diego in 2001, I graduated from UC San Diego with a bachelors in art and computing.  I then worked for various companies in graphic design before joining Palomar Handweavers' Guild in 2013 which is when I became focused on tapestry.

I feel fiber has an uncanny character which stimulates my imagination.  At the same time, it also has a stereotyped notion of flatness when we talk about a sheets of fabric.   I’m experimenting with how I can apply the uniqueness of dimension into my work by creating something fun and unexpected.

Contact me by email
Noriko Kage
noko@norikokage.com

EDUCATION
UC San Diego, BA
Oita Prefectural College of Arts and Culture, Japan, AA

2019
Small tapestry International 6, sponsored by American Tapestry Alliance
Orville J. Hanchey Gallery, Northwestern State University, Louisiana
Augustana Teaching Museum of Art, Augustana College, Illinois

2018
Monochromatic M's and More, Designing Weavers Group Exhibition
Escondido Arts Partnership Municipal Gallery, Escondido CA

West Coast Fibers
Escondido Arts Partnership Municipal Gallery, Escondido CA

2017
Time Flies & Let It Sparkle, Designing Weavers Group Exhibition
Escondido Arts Partnership Municipal Gallery, Escondido CA

West Coast Fibers
Escondido Arts Partnership Municipal Gallery, Escondido CA

2016
HGA’s Small Expressions 2016, sponsored by the Handweavers Guild Of America
Milwaukee Art Museum, Wisconsin

2015-2016
Small tapestry International 4, sponsored by American Tapestry Alliance
Artspace Raleigh, North Carolina
Biggs Museum of Art Dover, Delaware
Orville Hanchey Gallery, Northwestern State University Natchitoches, Louisiana

2015
HGA’s Small Expressions 2015, sponsored by the Handweavers Guild Of America
Textile Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota,

2018 Honorable Mention
West Coast Fibers, the Escondido Arts Partnership (Juror: Christine Knoke Hietbrink)

2017 Honorable Mention
West Coast Fibers, the Escondido Arts Partnership (Juror: Deanna Deeds)

2016 Edith Whitemen Award
Small Expressions 2016, the Handweavers Guild Of America (Juror: Monica Obniski)

2015 1st place
Small Expressions 2015, the Handweavers Guild Of America (Juror: Nicole LaBouff, PhD)

2014 First place in Tapestry
San Diego County Fair, Del Mar, CA

2019 Beyond the Edge – Small tapestry International 6
American Tapestry Alliance

2016 Tapestry Unlimited: 11th International, Unjuried Small Format Tapestry
American Tapestry Alliance

2015 Shuttle Spindle & Dyepot vol. XLVI No. 3 Issue 183 Summer 2015
The Handweavers Guild of America, Inc.

2015 Honoring Tradition, Inspiring Innovation – Small tapestry International 4
American Tapestry Alliance

2014 Untitled/Unjuried, The 10th Unjuried Exhibit of Small Format Tapestries
American Tapestry Alliance