Mie Kongo

  • Mie Kongo’s abstract, geometric ceramic creations embrace dualities that provoke theoretical questions of structure. Invested in the histories of material and craft, Mie Kongo engages process and product as co-evolving, making visible the stages of construction and alluding to architecture and landscape’s foundational forms.

  • Exhibitions
  • Mie Kongo grew up on the outskirts of Tokyo, Japan, and now lives and works in Evanston, IL. She creates multidisciplinary works that have been exhibited nationally and internationally. This includes two solo exhibitions at 65Grand in Chicago, IL, a two-person Exposure booth represented by 65Grand at EXPO Chicago, and participation in group exhibitions at NADA Miami represented by The Landing Gallery in Los Angeles, CA. Her other recent two-person and group exhibitions were held at Secrist Beach, Chicago, IL, Left field gallery, Los osos, CA; Tri-star Arts, Knoxville, TN; She has completed residencies at Shigaraki Ceramics Cultural Park in Shiga, Japan, and the European Keramic Work Center in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands. Mie Kongo received a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and an MFA in Ceramics from Cranbrook Academy of Art. Currently, she serves as a Full Professor, Adjunct, in the Ceramics Department at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and is a recipient of the inaugural Joan Mitchell Fellowship in 2021.
  • Works