Bio / CV

Seiko Atsuta Purdue is an Assistant Professor in the Fiber/Fabrics area in the Department of Art at Western Washington University.  After receiving her Bachelor of Fine Arts at Kyoto Seika University in 1992, she came to the United States where she received an MA at Montclair State University and a Masters of Fine Arts from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.  She has exhibited widely, including participating in shows in New York City, Washington State (Seattle, Tacoma, Olympia, Vancouver, Bellingham, Anacortes, and Bainbridge Island), Illinois (Chicago, Evanston, and Bloomington), Canada (several sites including Montreal, Toronto, and Quebec City), Japan (Fukui, Kurashiki, and Osaka), Kherson, Ukraine where she received second prize at Scythia 5, and Kaunas, Lithuania at the 5th International Kaunas Textile Art Biennial, among other locations. In December 2005, she produced an art book as a 10-year retrospective of her ongoing art inquiry “Wish Tying.”  In fall 2007 she co-curated a textile exhibition, “Fabric of Identity,” that investigates the representation of identities from a number of different perspectives.  Her work “Omamori” in the exhibition explores current/future concerns through sign languages.
                                  
                                   

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