Emiko Sawaragi Gilbert

　　Neah Bay

　　　　This spring, more accurately April 26, 2003, I visited Neah Bay, the furthermost northwest tip of the
　　continental United States of America. Unexpectedly to me, it was an Indian Reservation on the ancestral
　　homelands of the people who still live there, descendants of a Native American tribe called the Makah.
　　　　The sea, the sky and a little peninsula filled with spring. It was so quiet, the sounds of the wind and
　　ocean served to remind me of the silence. I stood at the edge of the cliff and looked at the horizon far
　　into the sky.
　　　　I came here to reestablish my sense of justice which has been disturbed, and to resolve the conflict in
　　myself that I've increasingly felt from the start of the United States war against terrorism since
　　September 11, 2001.
　　　　I looked down under my feet.
　　　　The waves crash, crash into the wall of stone. That's how and where the United States ended in one
　　reality in front of my eyes. The ocean and the continent and such a tiny moment of life - I felt that I was
　　standing on the edge of nothing.
　　　　I took a deep breath, turned around and came back

　　　　That evening I went across the street from the motel to a diner on the bay in this fishing village.
　　Taking in the ocean view and local crowd, I looked around and observed a bit of their life. It was no
　　different from any other part of the United States until I recognized that the place mat in front of my
　　eyes was a map of the United State of America printed over with the names of Native American tribes.
　　The space was filled with their names, some area entries indicated "List May Not Be Complete."
　　　　This struck me so hard and so deeply.
　　　　My drawing in this exhibition comes from that experience one day in Neah Bay.

　　from the New York Times

　　KUWAIT March 20, 2003 - American and British armed forces pushed from Kuwait into the Iraqi desert
　　today as cruise missiles pounded the heart of Baghdad.

　　SAN DIEGO May 1, 2003 - President Bush declared tonight that the military phase of the war in Iraq had
　　ended and that the battle was "one victory in a war on terror that began on September 11th, 2001 and
　　still goes on." Speaking from the deck of the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln.

　　Emiko Sawaragi Gilbert
　　1947　Tokyo, Japan

　　Education & Experience
　　1966　　　　Joshi Bijutsu Daigaku (Women's Callege of Fine Art), High School
　　1969　　　　Nihom University, College of Art, Department of Fine Arts, BFA
　　1969-1672　Apprentice to the master potter Shofu Eiichi of Kyoto, Japan
　　1969-1970　Kyoto Institute of Industrial Science, Ceramic Department
　　1976　　　　Married, moved to United States
　　1976-1978　Independent study at The School of The Art Institute of Chicago
　　1982-1987　Returned to Kyoto, Japan
　　1987　　　　Returned to United States
　　1989　　　　Moved to Vermont U.S.A

　　Selected Solo Exhibitions:
　　1991　　　　Insight,　Kyoni Gallery, Tokyo
　　1998　　　　Studio exhibit,　St. Johnsbury, Vermot
　　1999　　　　Oblivion,　Catamount Art Gallery, ST. Johnsbury, VT
　　　　　　　　　Form of Existence,　GALERIE SOL, Tokyo
　　2000　　　　Windows 2000,　Catamount Art Gallery, VT
　　2001　　　　Windows 2001,　300 days Gallery, Tokyo
　　　　　　　　　Emiko Sawaragi Gilbert,　GALERIE SOL, Tokyo
　　　　　　　　　Found in the Forest, Installation,　Studio Place Arts, Barre, VT
　　2002　　　　Found in the Forest, Installation,　Catamount Arts Gallery, VT
　　　　　　　　　Found in the Forest, Installation,　T.L.A.P, Tokyo
　　　　　　　　　Found in the Forest, Installation,　Drawing Exhibition, Gallery Jin, Tokyo

　　Selected Group Exhibitions:
　　1972　　　　Gendai Kogei Ten (Contemporary Craft Exhibition),　Tokyo
　　1974　　　　Kofukai Ten Exhibition,　Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Art
　　1994　　　　Two person exhibit,　Tamagawa Takashimaya Art Salon, Tokyo
　　2000　　　　New Work In Progress,　FLYNNDOG, VT
　　2001　　　　truth (& humor),　FLYNNDOG, VT
　　2002　　　　Jin Session Small Works 2002,　Gallery Jin, Tokyo
　　　　　　　　　The 50th Anniversary - The Growth of Museum Collection1952 - 2002,
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
　　2003　　　　Jin Session Small Works 2003,　Gallery Jin, Tokyo
　　　　　　　　　The Road Not Taken,　FLYNNDOG, VT

　　EMIKO SAWARAGI GILBERT practices drawing. Her main theme is light. The drawings are elemental in the
　　scale of application of line to paper. The results reflect, reveal, and transmit from and suggest ideas that
　　introduce the viewer to a new range of perspective. She exhibitions in Japan and the U.S.