Mr. Munio (Takahashi) Makuuchi

Education

MFA: Painting University of Wisconsin-Madison 1975

University of Pennsylvania 1965-1966

MA: Etching University of Iowa: commendation in studio 1964

BA: Art Education University of Colorado, Secondary Certificate 1961

Valparaiso University 1953-1956

Chicago Art Institute Summer, 1955

HS Concordia Academy High School, Portland, Oregon 1953

MFA Dissertation Essay: Mystical Mythical Magical Mystery Tour

MA Thesis: A Technical Analysis of Goya's 'Disasters of War' Series.

Employment

University of Ife. Ife, Nigeria, Africa. Taught upper levels of drawing, painting and print-making. 1978-1984.

Adeyemi College Education. Ondo, Nigeria, Africa. Taught all collegiate levels of art education: drawing, painting, print-making and sculpture. Trained student teachers. 1977-1978.

University of Wisconsin Rock County Campus. Janesville, Wisconsin. First full-time instructor in the Art Department. Designed studio areas. Associate chairman. 1968-1972.

Kirkwood Community College. Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Taught art in Rehabilitation and Penal and Adult Education programs. Graphic Designer for college. 1967-1968.

Anamosa Penitentiary. Anamosa, Iowa. Inmate art program. 1967-1968

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Full-time substitute elementary school art teacher, 1966-1967.

East High School. Rochester, New York. Taught general high school art courses. 1965.

High School of the University of Iowa. Iowa City, Iowa. Teaching Assistant for student teachers art education practicum. Also taught 7th grade art classes twice daily. 1961-1963.

Group Exhibitions

"Diversity in Contemporary African Art: Causes & Effects", curated by E. Okechukwu Odita. Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 1997. http://www.cgrg.ohio-state.edu/~eodita/ (The only exhibitor of non- African descent).

Very Special Arts (VSA) exhibition of prints drypoints and aerogami, Washington D.C., 1997

VSA exhibition, Beverly Hills, CA, 1997

Portland Art Museum International Print Exhibition, curated by Dr. Gordon Gilkey. Portland Oregon, 1997

VSA "No Boundaries" exhibition travelling to five locations in Seattle, Washington area, 1994 -1995

VSA Traveling Exhibition, San Francisco, Washington D.C., New York, and Tokyo Imperial Art Museum, 1993

Union South Afro-American Month Celebration, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Group show with students' prints from University of Ife, 1986.

"Young Japanese Printmakers", Sergels Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, 1964.

Des Moines Art Museum, Des Moines, Iowa. Painting Exhibition, 1963.

Solo Exhibitions

Bellevue Art Museum Children's Exhibit. Story telling with aerogami and poetry. Bellevue, Washington, February 1997

Four Season Bookstore. The endangered theme- poems, prints and installations. April 10 - June 10 1997

Newmark Center, Seattle, Washington. 100 prints with poems, paintings, aerogami, installations and banners. Opening with Kokon Taiko and Deems with poetry read. Closing with Kokoro Butoh with Mr. and Mrs. Jay Hirabayashi. October 1996

Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center, Portland, Oregon. Prints, aerogami workshop and poetry reading, 1996

Simultaneous show- a religious consortium of four colleges: Concordia, Maryhurst, George Fox, and Universtiy of Portland. Poems and prints. Portland, Oregon, 1996

"Dear Anne Frank, My Age Mate." Broadway Market, Seattle, Washington. Poems, banners, and prints, December 1995

University of Western Illinois Library. Camp poems and prints. Macomb, Illinois, 1994

University of British Columbia Asia House, weekend show, 1994

JAM and JCCCNC Gallery, San Francisco, California. Poems, prints, and paper planes, rainbow banner and installations, November 1993

Edgewood College, Madison Wisconsin. Poems and prints & paper planes. Madison, Wisconsin 1993

University of Wisconsin, La Crosse Student Union. Camp prints. La Crosse, Wisconsin, 1992

Multicultural Memorial Union, Madison, Wisconsin. Poems and prints. 1990-1992

Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters, Madison, Wisconsin. Prints. 1985.

Oduduwa Hall, The University of Ife, Nigeria. Drypoints and drawings. A multimedia artistic happening introduced by Wole Soyinka. 1982.

Alliance Francaise, Ibadan, Nigeria. Prints and drawings. 1978.

Hillel Center, Madison Wisconsin. Prints and paintings. 1976.

Theater-X Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Etchings, drypoints and paintings. 1975.

Traveling Exhibition to seven Wisconsin cities, The University of Wisconsin Center System. 1969-1970.

Paley Library, Temple University Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Prints and paintings. 1967.

Huston Hall, The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Prints and paintings. 1967.

Graphic Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Etchings. 1966.

Works in Museums, Collections and Galleries

Elvehjem Museum, Madison, Wisconsin

Quad Graphics, Peewaukee, Wisconsin

Johnson Wax Co. Racine, Wisconsin

Amoco Oil, Chicago, Illinois

Regalo, Chicago, Illinois

Lutheran Inner City Ministry, Portland, Oregon

Portland Art Museum, care of Gordon Gilkey, Portland, Oregon

Interstate Firehouse Community Center, Portland, Oregon

Concordia University, Horn Collection, Portland, Oregon

Rosenwald Collection, Jenkintown, Pennsylvania

Grünwald Graphic Center, UCLA, Los Angeles, California

Madison Civic Art Museum, Madison, Wisconsin

JAM and JCCCNC Gallery, San Francisco, California

Very Special Arts, Washington D.C., Madison, Wisconsin, and Seattle, Washington

UW Student Union and Multicultural Center, Madison, Wisconsin

Edgewood College, Madison, Wisconsin

Gallery Voyage, Japantown Mall, San Francisco, California

Campbell/Steele Gallery, Marion, Iowa

Works in Private Collections

Other Creations and Expressions

A photograph of Munio appears in the February issue of Madison Magazine

Jack'o'lantern sculpting at the Seattle Aquarium, 1995, 1996, 1997

Aerogami workshop at Seattle Asian Art Museum, February 7th, 1998

Aerogami at Japanese Cherry Blossom Festiveal at Seattle Center, 1995-1997

Poetry reading at Yo-Yo a Go-Go Festival in Olympia, Washington, 1997

Poetry reading on "Osaka International Pirate Radio" Compact Disc compilation and mini zine, 1996

Poems, prints and aerogami featured in Osaka Exile #1 and #4, edited by Matt Kaufman, email: osakamm@gol.com

Featured poet at Lux Coffeehouse and Red Globe Cafe via Shani, Seattle, Washington, 1996

Acted on public access t.v. channel 29 with Carol Edson

Poetry reading with Butoh, "Hiroshocki Bombs, Before and Beyond", City Books and the Loft Cafe, Seattle, Washington, 1995

World Wide Web sites- www.virtual-cafe.com/Munio email:pytr@virtual-cafe.com, and www.andrew-balkin-eds.com

"From Lake Minidoka to Lake Mendota and Back to the Northwest Sea", Book of poems and prints, T. Makunouchi Press, 1994

"Aerogami: Cut Flying Paper Sculptures", Book of paper airplanes, T. Makunouchi Press, 1994

Phoenix/Crane design for the Hiroshima Peace Museum, Japan, (Barbara Reynolds)

Munio wishes that his rainbow racial colored UN and US banner be adopted by the city, state, nation, and UN as its official banner.

Critical Reviews

"The Golden Eagle: An Interview with Artist-Poet Munio Makuuchi", Adrienne Ip, Tahoma West, Tacoma, Washington, Autumn, 1997

"Best Bets", Robin Updike, The Seattle Times, Seattle, Washington, November 28, 1996

"Feminine images at core of Makuuchi's recent show", Rajkhet Dirzud-Rashid, The International Examiner, Seattle, Washington, December 4 - 17, 1996

"Under Golden Eagle Wings", David Johnson, The Asian Reporter, Portland, Oregon, August 14 - 20, 1996

"Faith in Art", Janet Goetze, The Oregonian, Portland, Oregon, 1996

"Art tries to heal wounds of WWII", The Oregonian, Portland, Oregon, July 31, 1996

"Summer Sensations", The Oregonian, Portland, Oregon, June 2, 1996 (Aerogami)

"Artist, Poet Creates Flying Origami While Promoting Racial Harmony", Jennnifer Kelly, The South District Journal, Seattle, Washington, April 3, 1996

"Former Internee Works Out His 'Pathos' Through His Art", Ken Mochizuki, Northwest Nikkei, Seattle, Washington, September, 1994

"Sharing an Asian American Experience", Northwest Asian Weekly, Seattle, Washington, November 5-11, 1994

"A Man of Many Faces" Rajkhet Dirzhud-Rashid, Northwest Ethnic News, Seattle, Washington, December, 1994

"Makuuchi: A Life of Clash and Compromise", Van Sarna, E.T.E. Edgewood College, Madison, Wisconsin, 1993

"Best Bets, Poetry", The Capitol Times, Madison, Wisconsin, 1993

"A Vision in a Dream" Tom Laskin, Isthmus, Madison, Wisconsin, February 12, 1993

"Artist's Work is Subtle, Gripping" Kevin Lynch, The Capitol Times, Madison, Wisconsin, April 25, 1991

"Artist Munio Makuuchi, A Visual Pugilist" Jacqueline Captain, Journal of the Print World, Meredith, New Hampshire, Winter, 1985

"Artist's Poetic Vision Speaks to the Future" M.A. Scherer, "PM Magazine" The Capitol Times, Madison, Wisconsin, August, 1985

"From the Cave: The Art of Munio Makuuchi", Andrew Renard, Nit and Wit Magazine for the Arts, Chicago, Illinois, November, 1984

"Makuuchi on Makuuchi -Quick Flip Lip Quips" Communique, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, March,1977

"The 'Flip Flop' Art of Munio Makuuchi," Communique, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, February 11, 1977

"Makuuchi's Ethereal Shocks," Lee Baumgard, The Daily Cardinal, Madison, Wisconsin, November 14, 1974

"Art Spectrum Ranges Across World's Tensions and Symbols," Dorothy Gadfly, Philadelphia Inquirer, The Sunday Bulletin, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, December 18, 1966

In Progress...

Included in a suite of prints by Wisconsin printmakers for the 150 anniversary of the state

Included in a suite of prints published by AGB Graphics, Madison, Wisconsin, 1995. Includes prints by Ed Pasche, Jim Nutt, Warrenton Colescott, Karl Wirsum, Krisna Reddy, Alan Shields, John Wilde, Gladys Nileson, Andy Balkin, and Jeb Prazak.

Complete boxed collection of prints of Munio Makuuchi, AGB Graphics, Madison, Wisconsin

Performance video including poems and prints about relocation camp produced by Josef LaVigne

Included in an up coming book about Asian Americans in Idaho by Professor Rita Takahashi of UC Berkeley

Included in up coming book , Creating Asian America, by Professor Amy Ling of UW Madison

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