ProjectsHeidi Kumao2019-05-11T12:32:48-04:00

Featured Projects

Heidi Kumao2020-09-18T23:48:37-04:00

Holding Pattern

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Holding Pattern

Featured, Narrative Fabric Works

Holding Pattern

Heidi Kumao2020-09-18T23:41:51-04:00

Gulf with Shield

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Gulf with Shield

Featured, Narrative Fabric Works

Gulf with Shield

Heidi Kumao2021-03-31T21:04:28-04:00

3 Hands

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3 Hands

Featured, Narrative Fabric Works, NYC-exhibition-2021

3 Hands

Heidi Kumao2021-03-31T21:04:20-04:00

Recollection

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Recollection

Featured, Narrative Fabric Works, NYC-exhibition-2021

Recollection

Heidi Kumao2020-09-18T23:21:25-04:00

Poised

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Poised

Featured, Narrative Fabric Works

Poised

Heidi Kumao2021-03-31T21:04:07-04:00

The Hearing, 2020

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The Hearing, 2020

Featured, Narrative Fabric Works, NYC-exhibition-2021

The Hearing, 2020

Heidi Kumao2021-03-31T21:03:58-04:00

Prospect, 2020

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Prospect, 2020

Featured, Narrative Fabric Works, NYC-exhibition-2021

Prospect, 2020

Heidi Kumao2021-03-31T21:03:07-04:00

Restrained Accommodation (Gust), 2020

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Restrained Accommodation (Gust), 2020

Featured, Narrative Fabric Works, NYC-exhibition-2021

Restrained Accommodation (Gust), 2020

Heidi Kumao2020-09-09T20:35:04-04:00

Remains, 2020

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Remains, 2020

Featured, Narrative Fabric Works

Remains, 2020

Heidi Kumao2021-03-31T21:02:33-04:00

Refuse, 2020

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Refuse, 2020

Featured, Narrative Fabric Works, NYC-exhibition-2021

Refuse, 2020

Heidi Kumao2020-09-09T20:17:48-04:00

Deathbed, 2020

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Deathbed, 2020

Featured, Narrative Fabric Works

Deathbed, 2020

Heidi Kumao2020-09-09T20:07:31-04:00

Locker, 2020

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Locker, 2020

Featured, Narrative Fabric Works

Locker, 2020

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ABOUT

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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My piece “Safe and Sound” (fabric on felt) will be on display at the #Kresge Foundation offices in #Detroit from Jan 2025-Dec 2026 as part of their “Art in the Office” program.
Photo by Peter Gahan, Detroit Art Specialists
#textileart #fabricart #hierarchy #artaboutpower #fabriccutouts #fiberartist

#houses #neighbors #energy #couple

#fabriccutout #freemotion #stitching #drawingwiththread #textileart #fabricart #improvsewing

This fabric piece (#Expectations) is also on view at @almagallery_cgo in #chicago until April 1.
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#textileart #fabricart #narrativefabricworks #moderntextiles #narrativeart #fabriccutouts #artaboutdeath

Started a new quilt at our @a2mqg retreat this weekend. Kinda modern design-y. More to come.
#curvyquilt #quartercirclequilt #improvquilting #makeitupasigo

Opening tonight in Chicago: group show at Alma Gallery 5-9 pm, 3636 S Iron st
@almagallery_cgo
Featuring: Alexis Petroff, Heidi Kumao, Katy Kirbach, Michael Dain, Noel Morical, Yutian Liu.

Chicago Opening tonight!
@almagallery_cgo Alma Gallery 3636 S. Iron St, 5-9 pm
See you there!
“Warming House” group exhibition curated by @eburkedain. Artists: Alexis Petroff, Heidi Kumao, Katy Kirbach,Michael Dain, Noel Morical & Yutian Liu

Cleaned up my garage for a studio visit. Getting ready to pack a lot of stuff up for Chicago show.
For a lot of my art life, I’ve made things that I am passionate about but are not easy for people to buy/collect ( video, installations, kinetic sculpture). It’s interesting to experience a different side of things with this 2d fabric work.

Wrote a little remembrance of my time working & sharing a studio w/Beatriz da Costa (Shani) for the recent posthumous show/catalog of her work, “Beatriz da Costa:(un)disciplinary tactics” @welcometolace currently up in LA. Publication on @mitpress
I worked with her on a couple different projects (“Zapped” and “Nomadika”) in the early 2000s when we were both at @cmuschoolofart —-Ah, the good ole days!

Had the most incredible time as an #artistinresidence in Washington state. So soothing and productive-it’s what I’ve needed for a long time. How can I move there?!
Cycling to see Mt Rainier, kayaking in the water w/seals, admiring the incredible dahlias, working working on a new animation. Total bliss.
@vashonartistresidency

Sound ON…First in a series of very short shorts in which different objects free themselves of their contents.

#experimentalanimation #stopmotionanimation #framebyframe #photobooth #portrait #startingfresh #freeyourself #cutouts #photoboothphotos #relationshipart #separation

Indecision. A #test #stopmotionanimationpuppets #experimentalanimation #foundobjectanimation #mirror #animatedlife

SOUND ON!!#stopmotionanimation shot at #BoyerCampbell building in Detroit for the @fiberclubdetroit show up now until Sunday 9/28 only. Last chance!
Music by @mayorofdonutville
#experimentalanimation #pixilation #feministanimation
All sounds created by a typewriter.
Featuring @melanie_manos
“Environments and Microclimates” is a
collaboration between botanical artist Lisa Waud, curator/artist Sarah Rose Sharp, and Fiber Club*, a collective of fiber artists based in the Detroit area, supported by the Detroit Design District —Boyer Campbell Building, 6540 St. Antoine, Detroit. Through Sun September 29.
Show Hours (September 7 - 29):
* Fridays 6-8PM
* Saturdays 11-5PM
* Sundays 12-4PM
* And open for programs on other dates & times as scheduled
#improvanimation #typewriter
@fiberclubdetroit
@lisawaudbotanicalartist
@mobilehomesteader
@detroit_design_district
@designcoredet
@melanie_manos
#detroitart #framebyframeanimation #sitespecificanimation #feministart #officelady

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NEWS & EVENTS

Art catalog wins Nautilus Book Award

Fabric work featured as cover for “Sage”

“Real and Imagined” Book Launch Fri Sept 30@5:30pm

“Reimagining the Real” group show, Sept 2-Oct 21, 2021

Solo exhibition NYC: “Real and Imagined”, Mar 30-Apr24, 2021