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Heidi Kumao creates video, machine art, and installations to explore ordinary social interactions and their psychological undercurrents. Emerging from the intersection of sculpture, theater and engineering, her work demonstrates how small gestures, even the most private and poetic, can become political acts. Her work has been exhibited at Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona, San Jose Museum of Art, Museo de Arte Moderno, Buenos Aires and numerous other venues worldwide. She is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Creative Capital grant and others. She is a Professor in the School of Art & Design at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

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Thursday night’s opening was packed! #Chelseaartopening #nycartgalleryopening #drawingwiththread #textileartistsofinstagram
Opening today 3-5pm! (Non-holiday version) Sat Oct 4: everyone welcome @ceresgallerynyc 547 W 27th st, #201 NYC #fabricart #animation #textileart #drawingwiththread #fabriccutouts #nycgalleryopenings
Opening reception #1 tonight!! 6-8 pm. 547 W 27th st, #201, NYC Another reception on Saturday 3-5 pm . . . . . #nycartexhibition #fiberartist #nycgalleryopening #drawingwiththread #textileart
And…. My Exhibition is up! New stitched works and stop motion animations. Receptions: Th Oct 2, 6-8 pm Sat Oct 4, 3-5 pm Come say “Hi”! “Fabrications: Stitched and Animated” @ceresgallerynyc 547 W 27th st #201 NYC 10001 Sept 30-Oct 25, 2025 #contemporaryart #stopmotionanimation #moderntextileart #drawingwiththread #fiberartistofinstagram #stitchedart
It’s happening! My exhibition, “Fabrications: Stitched and Animated,” opens to the public tomorrow, runs Sept 30-Oct 25. Receptions Thurs Oct 2, 6-8 pm & Sat Oct 4, 3-5 pm @ceresgallerynyc 547 W 27th st #201 NYC 10001 #contemporaryart #nycartexhibit #drawingwiththread #stopmotionanimation #textileartexhibition #stitchedart
Art is all packed up at last. What a bear! “Fabrications:Stitched and Animated” opens Sept 30. Opening Sat Oct 4 @3-5 pm. @ceresgallerynyc 547 W. 27th #201 NYC #fabricart #drawingwiththread #textileart
The news these days. The load. Stitching, embroidery floss on felt. Opening Sat Oct 4 @3-5 pm #Ceres Gallery, 547 w 27th st, #201 NYC #drawingwiththread #textileart
Solo exhibition of #stitched #fabricworks and #experimentalanimation opens In NYC Sept 30. Reception Sat Oct 4. Aftn Hope to see you! . . . #CeresGallery 547 W 27th st NYC #improvstitching #textileart #narrativesewing
Am thrilled that my *almost* finished animation, “35 Days”(about the search for my missing cat during the #pandemic) received funding from the Puffin Foundation! This was such welcome encouragement as I’ve been working on it for over a year and doubting my own sanity. #fabriccutouts #stopmotionanimation #experimentalanimation
New work. Made before the current admin took over DC. But feels like now. Waiting for their prey. “Standby,” 2025, fabric #cutouts on felt. Solo show opens Sept 30 in NYC. More soon. #fabricart #textileart #fabricnarrative #CEO #officechairs #moderntextileart #trap
It’s been a while—I’m getting ready for a solo show and the semester started, so no sleep til the show opens in NYC Sept 30! Receptions Oct 2 and 4. Stitched works and some animation. More details to come. “Carrier,” 2025, thread on linen on felt. #drawingwiththread #textileart #fabricart #eggs #cells
#experiments in #iteration Different versions of #therapy #session Is one funnier or more poignant than others?
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