Born in Japan
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, Ceramics department, 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
Solo & Two-person Exhibition:
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:
2023
NADA Miami, represented by The Landing gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"SITE seeing" Charlotte Street Foundation, Kansas city, MO
2022
"Wanting it both ways" Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, Chicago, IL
2021
“Intercollegiate Faculty Exhibition” Robert F. DeCaprio Art Gallery, Moraine Valley Community College , Palos Hills, 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” Sarah Nishiura, James Kao, Mie Kongo, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago IL
"Midwestern Educators and Students Exhibition" at NCECA, Milwaukee WI
“Fundraising Gala” Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Detroit MI
"Starwalker" Threewalls' Annual Gala at Mana Contemporary, Chicago IL
Selected Residency & Award:
2021
Joan Mitchell Fellowship
2018
Top Award, “ONE” Cleve Carney Art Gallery, Glen Ellyn, 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, 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, Editorially independent student newspaper of The University of Tennessee
2023
Interview, “Mie Kongo, in profile” by Alan Pocaro of 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"Meet the Faculty: Mie Kongo" Interview, School of the Art Institute of Chicago website, https://www.saic.edu/news/meet-the-faculty-mie-kongo
2021
"Artist Talk: Ally Fouts & Mie Kongo" Esthetic Lens Magazine, Interview
http://www.estheticlens.com/2021/04/21/artist-talk-ally-fouts-mie-kongo/
2020
“Obsessions” Interview by Micco Caporale, School of the Art Institute of Chicago Magazine, Spring 2020 issue
2019
“Arranging, Abstracting and Transforming at Experimental Sound Studio”
Sixty inches from the center, an exhibition interview by Emily Breidenback,
http://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/arranging-abstracting-and-transforming-at-experimental-sound-studio/
2019
Maake Magazine, Artist Interview by Andreanna Donahue, 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/