Born Tokyo, Japan
Education
2019 MFA in Studio Art, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
1990 PhD In Experimental Psychology, York University, Canada
1983 BFA in Visual Arts, York University, Canada
1979 BA in Psychology (First Class Honors), McGill University, Canada
Selected Solo, Two- and Three-Person Exhibitions
2025 (solo) Perchance, Gallery OneOneOne, Chapel Hill, NC
2024 (solo) Random/Order, NC School of Science and Mathematics, Durham, NC
2024 (solo) Where Are We to Disappear, David McCune International Art Gallery, Methodist University, Fayetteville, NC
2023 Sequential with Renzo Ortega, Craven Allen Gallery, Durham, NC
2022 (solo) Shiro Kuro, Red Hat Open Gallery, Raleigh, NC
2022 (solo) What Is, What is Not, City Market Artist Collective, Raleigh, NC
2021 (solo) Truth in the Time of COVID, Peel Gallery, Carrboro, NC
2021 Transcending Geometry, OneOneOne Lobby Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC
2019 (solo) No Thing is Simple, Gatewood Gallery, UNC Greensboro, NC
2018 (solo) Brodhead Center Gallery, Duke University, Durham, NC
2017 (solo) Thirty Paintings in Thirty Days, Allenton Gallery, Durham Arts Council, NC
2017 Precarious Edifices, The Block Gallery, Raleigh, NC
2015 Pas de Deux, The Horace Williams House, Chapel Hill, NC
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025 Fiberart International 2025, Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA
2025 Artfields 2025, Lake City, SC
2025 Celestial Bodies, Stove Works, Chattanooga, TN
2025 Handcrafted, Imperial Centre for the Arts and Sciences, Rocky Mount, NC
2024 Constructed (Disquiet), Maine Jewish Museum. Portland, ME
2024 DAWN, Light Art & Design Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC
2024 Pulp & Paper: Paper & Book in Southern Appalachia, Bowling Rock Art & History Museum ,NC
2023 Neo-Psychedelia, CAM Raleigh, NC
2023 Beyond Painting, Spartanburg Art Museum, SC
2023 Uproar Festival of Public Art, Orange County, NC
2022 B:22 Wiregrass Biennial, Wiregrass Museum of Art, Dothan, AL
2022 FRESH, Artspace, Raleigh, NC
2022 Coined in the South 2022, Mint Museum Uptown, Charlotte, NC
2021 Art on Paper 2021, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC
2021 Social Distancing: Remote Visits Part VII, The Coastal Post
2021 ArtFields 2021, Lake City, SC
2020 B20: Wiregrass Biennial, Wiregrass Museum of Art, Dothan, AL
2020 33rd Annual McNeese National Works on Paper Exhibition, McNeese State U, LA
2020 North Carolina Artists Exhibition, CAM, Raleigh, NC
2020 Space Case, LABspace, Hillsdale, NY
2019 Winter Show, Greenhill Center for NC Art, Greensboro, NC
2019 Coined in the South, Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC
2019 Sacred Wasteland, MFA Group Exhibition, Ackland Art Museum, Chapel Hill, NC
2019 Under the Rug, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Durham Fruit Company, NC
2017 30th Anniversary Exhibition, Artspace, Raleigh, NC
2017 North Carolina Artists Exhibition, Raleigh Fine Arts Society, NC
2016 Winter Show, Greenhill Center for NC Art, Greensboro, NC
2016 Works on Paper NYC IV, Jeffrey Leder Gallery, LIC, NY
2016 Contemporary South, Visual Art Exchange, Raleigh, NC
2015 Small Works 4, Jeffrey Leder Gallery, Long Island City, NY
2015 FRESH, Artspace, Raleigh, NC
2015 Mark on the Wall, Greenly Art Gallery of Bloomsburg University, PA
2014 Over the Edge: Paperworks Unbound, The Williamsburg Art and Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY
2014 Small Works 3, Jeffrey Leder Gallery, Long Island City, NY
2014 Contemporary South, Visual Art Exchange, Raleigh, NC
Professional Experience
2019- Co-founder and Co-curator, BASEMENT, Chapel Hill, NC
1996- Studio Artist, San Francisco, CA and Chapel Hill, NC
1992-96 Freelance Science Illustrator, San Francisco, CA
1990-92 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Dept. of Neurobiology, Stanford U. School of Medicine
Awards & Grants
2022 North Carolina Arts Council Artist Support Grant, Durham, NC
2021 Artist Project Grant, Orange County Arts Commission, Chapel Hill, NC
2021 Women of Achievement, Chapel Hill Magazine, NC
2021 North Carolina Arts Council Artist Support Grant, Durham, NC
2020 Artist Project Grant, Orange County Arts Commission, Chapel Hill, NC
2017 Ella Fountain Pratt Emerging Artists Grant, Durham Arts Council, NC
2017 Honorable Mention, North Carolina Artists Exhibition, Raleigh Fine Arts Society, NC
2015 Honorable Mention, The Mark On the Wall, Greenly Art Gallery of Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg, PA
Artist Residencies
2023 Wildacres Residency, New Switzerland, NC
2022 Black Mountain College + Art Center Digital Residency, Asheville, NC
2021 Hambidge Center Fellow, Rabun Gap, GA
Selected Press
2023 "Red Hat Open Gallery | Artist Spotlight on Chieko Murasugi, Raleigh, NC
2022 "Art of the State: Celebrating the Visual Art of North Carolina" by Liza Roberts, UNC Press.
2021 "Art on Paper: The 46th Exhibition," Exhibition catalog, Weatherspoon Art Museum, UNC Greensboro, NC
2021 Social Distancing: Remote Visits Part VII, The Coastal Post
2021 "Women of Achievement in 8th Annual Women's Issue," Chapel Hill Magazine, NC
2020 "B:20 Artist Interview with Chieko Murasugi," Wiregrass Museum of Art Blog, Dothan, AL
2017 Becoming Durham: Grit, Belief, and A City Transformed by E. Spicer Rice and R. Sutton Anders
2015 “Mark on the Wall: A juried exhibition of works on paper,” The Gallery at Greenly Center, Bloomsburg U. of Pennsylvania
2014 Distinguished Artist, “Hidden,” ArtAscent Journal of Art and Literature
Selected Collections
Ellis Apartments, Charlotte, NC
School of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC
Brodhead Center, Duke University, Durham, NC
Raleigh Municipal Art Collection, NC
City of Durham Art Collection, NC
TIAA, Charlotte, NC
Honeywell, Charlotte, NC
Gallery Representation
Craven Allen Gallery, Durham, NC