Eri Imamura

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Education
2007  
AA in Indigenous Studies, Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe - Highest Honors, Focus in traditional beading
2003-2005   
Native American Studies classes, University of New Mexico
2001              
BA in Textile Arts, Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music

Publications
2008              
Fiber Arts, Hollis Walker. Sept 2008, pp. 56-57.
Pasatiempo, Elizabeth Cook-Romero. The New Mexican, Santa Fe, New Mexico, pp.42-44.

Honors and Awards
2007              
First Place, Beadwork Division, Albuquerque Fiber Arts Fiesta 2007, Albuquerque NM, for
Tabi-Moccasins
Third Place, Beadwork Division, Albuquerque Fiber Arts Fiesta 2007, Albuquerque NM, for the Spiral Force-Japanese Moccasins
Honors Exhibition in IAIA Museum
Merit Award Scholarship, Institute of American Indian Arts, for academic excellence
2006              
Honors Exhibition in IAIA Museum

Exhibits and Markets
2008              
SOFA Chicago International Art Expo (with Jane Sauer Gallery, Santa Fe, NM)
Solo Exhibition, Jane Sauer Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2007              
IAIA Students Booth, Indian Market, Santa Fe, NM 
Graduation Exhibition 2007, Primitive Edge Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Exhibition “Facing Reality”, Primitive Edge Gallery, Santa Fe, NM 
Exhibition “The Winter Show 2007”, Primitive Edge Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2006              
Exhibition, The little Road Flower Gallery, Taos, NM
Exhibition, Fort Collins Museum, Colorado
IAIA Students Booth, Indian Market, Santa Fe, NM
Exhibition “The Winter Show 2006”, Primitive Edge Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2002              
Exhibition “The poetic spectacle of imaginative power”, Inter Natural Garden Gallery, Tokyo, Japan 
2001              
Graduation Exhibition, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan

Teaching Experience
2001-2003    
Drawing Instructor, Kaichi High school, Saitama, Japan

Video Pieces
Featured artist in short film “Catching the light”, a Canadian-American production to be released in 2008
Featured artist in short film “Coo-Contrast”, a video piece on the Space Art Project

Collections
Private collections in Canada, Japan and the United States

Gallery Representation
Jane Sauer Gallery, 652 Canyon Road, Santa Fe, NM, 87501