Born in Japan
Solo & Two-Person Exhibition:
2026
- "Straight Lines And Fragments Of Elliptical Lines" 65Grand, Chicago, IL
2025
- "Arrangements" Ryan Fenchel & Mie Kongo, The Landing, Los Angels, CA
2024
- "Remedy" Japeth Mennes & Mie Kongo, Left Field, Los Ossos, CA
- "Extended Materiality" Althea Murphy Price & Mie Kongo, Tri-star Arts, Knoxville, TN
2023
- "Concordance" 65Grand, Chicago, IL
- EXPO Chicago “Gina Hunt & Mie Kongo” represented by 65Grand, Chicago, IL
2022
- "Reminiscing" Harper College, Palatine, IL
2021
- "Correspondence" 65Grand, Chicago, IL
- “Correspondence_Floor” Waubonsee Community College, Sugar Grove IL
2019
- “Without Within” Solo exhibition with sound installation by Norman W. Long in Audible Gallery at Experimental Sound Studio, Chicago IL. Co-organized by Roman Susan Art Foundation
2018
- “End Of The Rainbow” Seerveld Gallery, Trinity Christian College, Palos Heights IL
2017
- “Unknown Game Series” Dan Devening Projects + editions, Chicago, IL
- “Unknown Game Series” Arts and Literature Laboratory, Madison WI
- “Unknown Game Series” 4th Ward Project Space, Chicago IL
2012
- “I Saw The Light Was On” Heuser Art Center, Bradley University, Peoria IL
- “I Saw The Light Was On” Gallery Uno, Chicago IL
2011
- “I Saw The Light Was On” European Ceramic Work Center, 's-Hertogenbosch Netherland
2010
- "(infra)structure" Matthew Messmer & Mie Kongo, The Edge Gallery, Chicago IL
2004
- “Charles Jahn & Mie Kongo” Lillstreet Art Gallery, Chicago IL
Selected Group Exhibition:
2026
- "Cranbrook Alumni Exhibition" Featured Artist, Chrysler House, Detroit, MI
2025
- "Fold" Secrist Beach, Chicago, IL
2024
- NADA Miami, represented by The Landing, Los Angeles, CA
2023
- NADA Miami, represented by The Landing, Los Angeles, CA
- "SITE Seeing" Charlotte Street Foundation, Kansas city, MO
2022
- "Wanting It Both Ways" Ukrainian Institute Of Modern Art, Chicago, IL
2020-21
- “Architectural Matters” Fashion Outlets of Chicago, curated by Julie Rodrigues Widholm of DePaul Art Museum
2018
- “ONE” Cleve Carney Art Gallery, Glen Ellyn, IL
- “On Structure” Grunwald Gallery of Art, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
- "Diane And Browne Goodwin Collection" Illinois State Museum Lockport Gallery, Lockport, IL
2016
- "Beyond Function" Arts and Literature Laboratory, Madison WI
2015
- "Reformat: Digital Fabrication In Clay" Lillstreet Art Gallery, Chicago IL
2014
- “Circle In A Square” Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago IL
2013
- “Intonation 2013" Deidesheim, Germany
- "In The Cast" Trax Gallery, Berkeley, CA
- “Fundraising Gala” Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Detroit, MI2011
- “Data In Data Out” Walsh Gallery at Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ
2010
- "Art... A Catalyst For Change?" The Daimler Financial Services, Farmington Hills, MI
2009
- "ARCO '09" represented by Galeria Leyendecker, Madrid, Spain
2008
- "New Wave" Curated by Christian Viveros-Faune, Galeria Leyendecker, Tenerife, Spain- “New Insight” NEXT Art Fair, National graduate students’ exhibition, curated by Sarah Krepp, Chicago Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL
Selected Residency & Award:
2021
- Joan Mitchell Fellowship
2018
- Top Award, “ONE” Cleve Carney Art Gallery, Glen Ellyn, IL
2017
- Marion Kryczka Excellence in Teaching Award, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2016
- Top Award, "Beyond Function" Arts And Literature Laboratory, Madison WI
2013
- Artist in Residence, International Ceramic Symposium “Intonation 2013” Deidesheim Germany
2011
- Artist in Residence (3 months) European Ceramic Work Center, 's-Hertogenbosch Netherland
2006
- BFA Fellowship Award, School of the Art Institute Of Chicago, Chicago IL
2000
- Artist in Residence (6 months) Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Shiga Japan
2024
- Interview, “Tokyo-born artist Mie Kongo discusses 'unconventional' use of materials in 'Extended Materiality' Tri-Star Arts exhibition” by Jack Dees of The Daily Beacon, University of Tennessee
2023
- Interview, “Mie Kongo, in profile” by Alan Pocaro of Chicago Chicago Reader,
https://chicagoreader.com/arts-culture/mie-kongo-in-profile/2022
- Interview, “In the Studio: Mie Kongo” on Joan Mitchell Foundation Website,
https://www.joanmitchellfoundation.org/journal/in-the-studio-mie-kongo
2022- Interview "Meet the Faculty: Mie Kongo", School of the Art Institute of Chicago website, https://www.saic.edu/news/meet-the-faculty-mie-kongo
2021
- Interview "Artist Talk: Ally Fouts & Mie Kongo" Esthetic Lens Magazine,
http://www.estheticlens.com/2021/04/21/artist-talk-ally-fouts-mie-kongo/
2020
- Interview “Obsessions” by Micco Caporale, School of the Art Institute of Chicago Magazine, Spring 2020 issue
2019
- Interview “Arranging, Abstracting and Transforming at Experimental Sound Studio” by Emily Breidenback,
Sixty Inches from the Center
http://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/arranging-abstracting-and-transforming-at-experimental-sound-studio/
2019
Interview by Andreanna Donahue for Maake Magazine, http://www.maakemagazine.com/mie-kongo
2018
Maake Magazine, Volume 8, Clay Edition
2018
Studio Visit Magazine, Volume 41, Cover and Page 81
Selected Review:
2021
Newcity, "Rhyme, Rhythm and Meter: A Review of Mie Kongo at 65Grand" by Jennifer Chen-su Huang, March 19, 2021
https://art.newcity.com/2021/03/19/rhyme-rhythm-and-meter-a-review-of-mie-kongo-at-65grand/
2019
Paragon Book Gallery, “Mie Kongo and Norman W. Long at the Experimental Sound Studio” by Jennifer Chen-su Huang, July 2, 2019
https://paragonbook.art.blog/2019/07/02/mie-kongo-and-norman-w-long-at-the-experimental-sound-studio/
2017
Hyperallergic, "The Studio Visit That Wasn’t Exactly a Studio Visit: Dan Devening, Mie Kongo, Peter Shear" a review by John Yau, February 19, 2017 http://hyperallergic.com/359470/the-studio-visit-that-wasnt-exactly-a-studio-visit-dan-devening-mie-kongo-peter-shear/
2017
Newcity, “What’s the Point of Abstraction These Days?” A Review of “Editions of me” by Peter Shear and “Unknown game series” by Mie Kongo at Devening Projects + editions by Alan Pocaro, January 25th, 2017
http://art.newcity.com/2017/01/25/whats-the-point-of-abstraction-these-days/
2017
Tone Madison, ‘“Function” in constant Flux’ by Sarah Witman, June 12th, 2016 http://www.tonemadison.com/articles/function-in-constant-flux/
Education:
2008 M.F.A. Ceramics, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2006 B.F.A. School of the Art Institute Chicago, Chicago, IL
1997 B.A. Art History, Roosevelt University, Chicago, IL
Work Experience:
2009 - current
- Full Professor, Adj. Ceramics department, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2009 - 2017
- Porcelain product design and manufacturing business, "Mie Kongo Studio" Evanston, IL
2010 - 2013
- Instructor, Ceramics department, Lillstreet Art Center, Chicago, IL
2011 - 2012
- Instructor, Ceramics department, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
2008 - 2010
- Adjunct faculty, Ceramics department, Dominican University, River Forest, IL
2008 - 2009
- Instructor, Ceramics for Continuing Education, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2007-2008
- Teaching Assistant for Artist in Residence, Tony Hepburn, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2006-2007
- Instructor, Ceramics department, Bloomfield Birmingham Art Center, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2001-2006
- Production Potter, Charles Jahn Pottery, Evanston, IL
1999-2000
- Assistant, Shinsaku Hamada’s Production Pottery Workshop, Mashiko, Tochigi, Japan
1998-1999
- Production Pottery Assistant, Charles Jahn Pottery, Evanston, IL