ISAMU NOGUCHI SELECTED ONE-ARTIST EXHIBITIONS DATES Born 1904, Los Angeles, California Died 1988, New York 2015 Isamu Noguchi at Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, September 8 December 14, 2014. Isamu Noguchi: Variations, Pace Gallery, 508 and 510 West 25 th Street, New York, February 20 March 21, 2015. (Catalogue) Noguchi as Photographer: The Jantar Mantars of Northern India, Noguchi Museum, Long Island City, New York, January 8 May 31, 2015. (Brochure) 2014 Isamu Noguchi, Patent Holder: Designing the World of Tomorrow, The Noguchi Museum, Long Island City, New York, June 4 January 4, 2015. Expanded version traveled to: Dr. M. T. Geofrey Yeh Art Gallery, St. John s University, Queens, New York, January 15 March 19, 2015. (Catalogue) 2013
Isamu Noguchi: Selected One-artist Exhibitions 2 Isamu Noguchi: We are the Landscape of All We Know, Portland Japanese Garden, Oregon, May 3 July 21, 2013. 2012 Hammer, Chisel, Drill: Noguchi s Studio Practice, The Noguchi Museum, Long Island City, New York, October 3, 2012 April 28, 2013. 2011 Noguchi: California Legacy, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, California, June 12 October 2, 2011. Tracks: Animal Drawings from Noguchi s Travels, The Noguchi Museum, Long Island City, New York, May 25 September 18, 2011. 2010 Isamu Noguchi: Between East and West, Basil and Elise Goulandris Foundation, Museum of Contemporary Art, Andros, Greece, June 27 September 26, 2010. (Catalogue) 2009 Isamu Noguchi at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania, September 14, 2009 Summer 2013. Noguchi ReINstalled, The Noguchi Museum, Long Island City, New York, June 17, 2009 October 24, 2010. From Plaster to Stone, The Noguchi Museum, Long Island City, New York, March 25 August 30, 2009. What is Sculpture? Akari from the 1986 Venice Biennale, Noguchi Museum, Long Island City, New York, February 18 May 31, 2009. 2008
Isamu Noguchi: Selected One-artist Exhibitions 3 Isamu Noguchi, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, West Bretton, Wakefield, July 18, 2008 February 22 (extended through May 4), 2009. (Catalogue) Highlights from the Collection, The Noguchi Museum, Long Island City, New York, June 18, 2008 January 18, 2009. 2007 Isamu Noguchi: Survey of Paris Abstractions, Noguchi Museum, Long Island City, New York, May 24 August 26, 2007. Thunder Rock, Channel Gardens at Fifth Avenue, Rockefeller Center, New York, February 12 April 6, 2007. 2006 Metamorfosis en barro: Noguchi en Kamakura, un a i n, Madrid, October 20, 2006 January 7, 2007. (Catalogue) Isamu Noguchi: Connecting the World through Sculpture, Yokohama Museum of Art, April 15 June 26, 2006. Traveled to: Museum of Modern Art, Shiga, July 8 September 18, 2006; Takamatsu City Museum of Art, September 29 November 12, 2006. (Catalogue) 2005 Isamu Noguchi: Energy out of Nothingness, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sapporo, Japan, July 2 August 28, 2005. 2004 Isamu Noguchi: Master Sculptor, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, October 28, 2004 January 16, 2005. Traveled to: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C., February 10 May 8, 2005. (Catalogue)
Isamu Noguchi: Selected One-artist Exhibitions 4 Isamu Noguchi: Sculptural Design, Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum, Long Island City, New York, June 9 October 3, 2004. Noguchi: The Bollingen Journey, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, June 8 November 6, 2004. (Brochure) 2003 33 MacDougal Alley: The Interlocking Sculpture of Isamu Noguchi, PaceWildenstein, 32 East 57 th Street, New York, September 12 October 4, 2003. Isamu Noguchi and Modern Japanese Ceramics, Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., May 4 September 7, 2003. Traveled to: Japan Society, New York, October 16, 2003 January 11, 2004; Japanese American National Museum, Los Angeles, February 7 May 30, 2004. (Catalogue) Noguchi: Contours, UBS Paine Weber Art Gallery, New York, April 10 June 20, 2003. (Brochure) Noguchi: The Bollingen Journey Photographs and Drawings 1949 1956, The Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum, Long Island City, New York, February 13 July 28, 2003. Isamu Noguchi: Sculpture in Stone, Steel, and Bronze, Lever House Plaza and Lever House Lobby Gallery, New York, February 1, 2003 February 28, 2006. 2002 Noguchi: Sculpture and Nature, Noguchi Museum, Long Island City, New York, June 29, 2002 January 13, 2003. Zen No Zen: Aspects of Noguchi s Sculptural Vision, The Isamu Noguchi Garden, Long Island City, New York, February 23 June 2, 2002. 2001
Isamu Noguchi: Selected One-artist Exhibitions 5 Isamu Noguchi Sculptural Design, London Design Museum, July 19 November 18, 2001. Traveled to: Vitra Design Museum, Weil-am-Rhein, Germany, December 8, 2001 April 21, 2002; Maison de la Culture du Japon, Paris, September 23 December 14, 2002; MART, Roverto/Trento, March 14 May 4, 2003; Kunsthal Rotterdam, May 31 September 6, 2003; Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum, April 17 mid-september 2004. Relocated; Twenty Stones from Japan, Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum, Long Island City, New York, April October 2001. (Catalogue) 2000 Isamu Noguchi, Gallery Kasahara, Tokyo, October 2 31, 2000. Isamu Noguchi: Working Metal 1940 1982, College of Saint Rose, Albany, New York, October 21 December 3, 2000. 1999 The Public and Private Worlds of Isamu Noguchi, University of California, San Francisco, October 25, 1999 March 15 (extended through June), 2000. Isamu Noguchi: Beginnings, Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University, Atlanta, October 4, 1999 October 1, 2001. Isamu Noguchi: Stone and Paper, Bryan Ohno Gallery, Seattle, September 2 October 9, 1999. (Catalogue) Isamu Noguchi: New Acquisitions from the Hall Family Foundation Collection, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, April 20 June 13, 1999. (Brochure) Noguchi Y La Figura / Noguchi and the Figure, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey, Mexico, February 12 May 10, 1999. Traveled to: Museo Rufino Tamayo, Mexico City, June 3 September 6, 1999. A Sculpture by Isamu Noguchi, The Harn Museum, Gainsville, Florida, January 17 September 26, 1999. 1998
Isamu Noguchi: Selected One-artist Exhibitions 6 Twentieth Century American Sculpture at The White House Exhibition VII: Inspired by Rodin, Jascquline Kennedy Garden, White House, Washington, D.C., September 28, 1998 October 1, 1999. Light and Shadow Sculptural Resonance in Space: The Works of Isamu Noguchi from New York and Mure, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sapporo, July 4 August 30, 1998. (Catalogue) Isamu Noguchi: Stones and Water, PaceWildenstein, 32 East 57 th Street, New York, May 1 June 26, 1998. (Catalogue) 1995 Isamu Noguchi: light sculptures, Musée des Art décoratifs, Montreal, Canada, May 18 September 17, 1995. 1994 Isamu Noguchi: Beginnings and Ends, PaceWildenstein, New York, December 3, 1994 January 21, 1995. Noguchi at the Dance, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, New York, September 30, 1994 January 28, 1995. Quiet Light: An Installation of Isamu Noguchi's Akari Light Sculptures by Tod Williams & Billie Tsien, The Gallery at Takashimaya, New York, July 20 September 17, 1994. (Catalogue) Isamu Noguchi: Early Abstraction, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, May 12-June 19, 1994. (Catalogue) Noguchi, Fundación Juan March, Madrid, April 14 June 26, 1994. Traveled to: Fundació Caixa de Catalunya, La Padrera, Barcelona, September 20 November 20, 1994. (Catalogue) Noguchi: The Artist as Photographer, The Cooper Union Humanities Gallery, New York, March 29 April 29, 1994. 1993
Isamu Noguchi: Selected One-artist Exhibitions 7 Rolywholyover - A Circus for Museum by John Cage, Museum of Contemporary Art, 250 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, September 12 November 28, 1993. Traveled to: Menil Collection, Houston, January 14 April 3, 1994; Guggenheim Museum SOHO, 575 Broadway, New York, April 24 July 31, 1994; Mito Art Tower, Japan. October November 1994; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA. April June 1995; IVAM Centre Juilio Gonzalez, Spain, August October 1995; Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France. December 1995 February 1996. 1992 Dear Heartfelt Friend, Isamu Noguchi, Marugame Genichiro Inokuma Museum of Contemporary Art, Kagawa, November 23, 1992 March 14, 1993. Isamu Noguchi Retrospective 1992, National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, March 14 May 10, 1992. Traveled to: National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, May 26 July 5, 1992. (Catalogue) 1989 Isamu Noguchi: Portrait Sculpture, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., April 15 August 20, 1989. (Catalogue) Isamu Noguchi The Bronzes: 1987 88, Gallery Kasahara Annex, Osaka, February 21 March 18, 1989. (Catalogue) 1988 Isamu Noguchi, Arnold Herstand Gallery, New York, 1988. Isamu Noguchi: Bronze and Iron Sculpture, The Pace Gallery, New York, May 13 June 17, 1988. (Catalogue) 1986
Isamu Noguchi: Selected One-artist Exhibitions 8 Isamu Noguchi: What is Sculpture? 42nd Venice Biennale, American Pavilion, Venice, June September 1986. (Catalogue) Isamu Noguchi: Seven Stones, The Pace Gallery, New York, March 28 April 26, 1986. (Catalogue) 1985 Isamu Noguchi: Bronze Sculpture 1959-1962, Arnold Herstand Gallery, New York, October 30 December 14, 1985. (Catalogue) Isamu Noguchi: Exhibit/Space of Akari and Stone, Yurakucho Art Forum, Tokyo; organized by The Seibu Museum of Art, February 1985. Isamu Noguchi: Stones, Gallery Kasahara, Osaka, January 1985. 1984 Isamu Noguchi: 80th birthday exhibition, Sogetsu Art Gallery, Tokyo. Isamu Noguchi: Exhibition of 26 galvanized steel sculptures, Gallery Kasahara, Osaka and Gallery Yamaguchi, Osaka, November 1983. Traveled to: Gallery Suzukawa, Hiroshima, February 1984; Sogetsu Plaza, Tokyo, April 1984; Basket Park Base, Oita, November 1984. 1983 Isamu Noguchi: New Sculpture, The Pace Gallery, New York, May 6 June 4 (extended through June 17), 1983. (Catalogue) 1982 Isamu Noguchi: Light Sculptures, Gallery Kasahara, Osaka, October 1982. 1981
Isamu Noguchi: Selected One-artist Exhibitions 9 Noguchi: Granits, basaltes, obsidiennes, Galerie Maeght, Paris, May 1981. 1980 Isamu Noguchi: 75th Birthday Exhibition Recent Stones, The Pace Gallery, New York in conjunction with the Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York, February 16 March 15, 1980. (Catalogue) Isamu Noguchi: The Sculpture of Spaces, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, February April 1980. (Catalogue) 1978 Noguchi's Imaginary Landscapes, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, April 23 June 18, 1978. Traveled to: Denver Art Museum, October 22 December 3, 1978; Cleveland Museum of Art, January 23 March 4, 1979; Detroit Institute of Arts, April 10 June 10, 1979; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, July 22 September 2, 1979. (Catalogue) AKARI, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Hawaii, April June 1978. 1977 Noguchi: The Sculptor as Designer, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, November 1977 January 1978. 1975 Noguchi: Steel Sculptures, The Pace Gallery, New York, May 10 June 20, 1975. (Catalogue) 1973 Sculpture by Isamu Noguchi, Minami Gallery, Tokyo, May 14 June 9, 1973. (Catalogue) 1972 Isamu Noguchi, Gimpel & Hanover Galerie, Zurich, November 1972.
Isamu Noguchi: Selected One-artist Exhibitions 10 Isamu Noguchi, Gimpel Fils, London, September 14 October 7, 1972. 1970 Isamu Noguchi, Cordier & Ekstrom Gallery, New York, November 4 28, 1970. 1968 Noguchi: Shapes of Light, Cordier & Ekstrom Gallery, New York, December 1968 January 1969. Isamu Noguchi, Gimpel & Hanover Galerie, Zurich, October November 1968. (Catalogue) Isamu Noguchi, Gimpel Fils, London, July 9 August 24, 1968. Isamu Noguchi, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, April 17 June 16, 1968. (Catalogue) Isamu Noguchi: Brush Drawings 1930, Cordier & Ekstrom Gallery, New York, April May 1968. 1967 Isamu Noguchi, Cordier & Ekstrom Gallery, New York, April 1967. 1965 Isamu Noguchi, Cordier & Ekstrom Gallery, New York, March April 1965. 1964 Isamu Noguchi, Galerie Claude Bernard, Paris, June 1964. (Catalogue) Isamu Noguchi: AKARI, Bonniers, New York, April 1964 1963
Isamu Noguchi: Selected One-artist Exhibitions 11 Isamu Noguchi, Cordier & Ekstrom Gallery, New York, April 1963. 1962 Isamu Noguchi: AKARI, Bonniers, New York, 1962. 1961 Isamu Noguchi, Fort Worth Art Center, Texas, May July 1961. Noguchi: Weightlessness, Cordier & Warren Gallery, New York, May June 1961. 1959 Isamu Noguchi, Stable Gallery, New York, April May 1959. 1955 Sculpture and Drawings by Noguchi, Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago, November December 1955. Isamu Noguchi: AKARI, Bonniers, New York, opened April 1955. 1954 Isamu Noguchi, Stable Gallery, New York, November 1954. 1952 Isamu Noguchi, The Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura, Japan, September 23 October 19, 1952. 1950 Isamu Noguchi, Mitsukoshi Department Store, Tokyo, August 1950.
Isamu Noguchi: Selected One-artist Exhibitions 12 1949 Isamu Noguchi, Charles Egan Gallery, New York, March 1949. 1942 Isamu Noguchi, San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, July 1942. 1940 Isamu Noguchi, Honolulu Academy of Arts, May 1940. 1935 Isamu Noguchi, Marie Harriman Gallery, New York, January February 1935. 1934 Isamu Noguchi, Sidney Burney Gallery, London, Summer 1934. 1933 Drawings and Small Sculptures by Isamu Noguchi, Honolulu Academy of Arts, Hawaii; traveling exhibition organized by the Western Association of Art Museum Directors, 1933. Sculpture and Drawings by Isamu Noguchi, Mellon Galleries, Philadelphia, February March 1933. 1932 Sculpture and Drawings by Isamu Noguchi, Reinhardt Gallery, New York, December 1932. Sculpture by Isamu Noguchi, John Becker Gallery, New York, February March 1932.
Isamu Noguchi: Selected One-artist Exhibitions 13 Brush Drawings by Isamu Noguchi, Demotte Gallery, New York, February March 1932. 1931 An Exhibition of Drawings by the Sculptor Isamu Noguchi, John Becker Gallery, New York, March 1931. 1930 Sculpture by Isamu Noguchi, Arts Club of Chicago, March April 1929. Fifteen Heads by Isamu Noguchi, Marie Sterner Gallery, New York, February 1929. 1929 Isamu Noguchi, Eugene Schoen Gallery, New York, April 1929.