Kazuko Miyamoto
February 14–April 11, 2026
February 14–April 11, 2026
Take Ninagawa is pleased to present a new exhibition of historic works by Kazuko Miyamoto, many of which will be shown in Japan for the first time.
The exhibition focuses on Miyamoto’s early practice, including string constructions that the artist installed at her studio at 597 Broadway and at the A.I.R. Gallery, the pioneering feminist cooperative where she was an early member alongside Adrian Piper, Ana Mendieta, and others. The string constructions will be shown alongside preparatory drawings and maquettes from the same period.
Biography
Born in 1942 in Tokyo and based in New York since 1964, Kazuko Miyamoto fuses the Minimalist line with feminist critique through her spatial constructions made from scores of industrial cotton strings. Miyamoto arrived at her signature practice in the early 1970s, presenting her work at venues such as the feminist artist cooperative A.I.R. Gallery and her own space, gallery onetwentyeight, both located in New York.
Miyamoto’s work is on view in a solo exhibition at KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, through January 18, 2026, and in the group exhibition “Arte Povera—A New Chapter” at the Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Finland, through February 1, 2026. She was the subject of a retrospective that was held at Belvedere 21, Vienna, in 2024–25 after originating at Madre, Naples, in 2023. Other recent solo shows include the Japan Society Gallery, New York (2022); Circuit, Lausanne (2016); and the Japan Foundation, New Delhi (2015).
Additionally, Miyamoto’s work has been featured in group exhibitions at institutions including the National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto (1977, 2025); National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo (1977, 2019, 2024); Mori Art Museum, Tokyo (2021); Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney (2020); Met Breuer, New York (2019); National Gallery Singapore (2018); Mudam Luxembourg (2015); and Museum of Modern Art, New York (1973).
