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Kumi Korf
Ithaca, NY
Tokyo Geijutsu Daigaku and Cornell University


Kumi  Korf   is an Artist Member of The Center for Book Arts.


KUMI KORF’s passion in artists’ books is to design space within a confined environment and to invent special bindings to suit the contents of her books. Another passion is printmaking. Her recent works incorporate her intaglio prints with specially written text. She has had many solo and group exhibitions here and abroad. Collections holding her works include the Library of Congress, New York Public Library, Getty Research Institute, Tate Library, and Victoria & Albert Museum. Her works can be viewed at www.museumwest.com/fineart/artists/korf.html, www.ink-shop.org/kumi.htm, and www.nyfa.org/nyfa_artists_detail.asp?pid=1465KUMI KORF’s passion in artists’ books is to design space within a confined environment and to invent special bindings to suit the contents of her books. Another passion is printmaking. Her recent works incorporate her intaglio prints with specially written text. She has had many solo and group exhibitions here and abroad. Collections holding her works include the Library of Congress, New York Public Library, Getty Research Institute, Tate Library, and Victoria & Albert Museum. Her works can be viewed at www.museumwest.com/fineart/artists/korf.html, www.ink-shop.org/kumi.htm, and www.nyfa.org/nyfa_artists_detail.asp?pid=1465

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Kumi  Korf organized
Textiles/Fibers/Threads: The Book Show

Kumi  Korf's work was exhibited in
(un)Contained Vessels
 Artist Members Annual Exhibition, Co-organized by Alexander Campos, Executive Director, The Center for Book Arts, and Pamela Spitzmueller, Book Artist and James W. Needham Chief Conservator for Special Collections, The Harvard University Library and the College Library
Turning Leaves
(2007) Lithograph, black momi paper, joss paper, foamcore, balsa, broken mirror, nuts
Black/White [and Read]
 Organized by Gloria Helfgott, Artist and Independent Curator
Rock Garden
(2006) Lithograph and etching, handmade box
Waves at My Side
(2007) Lithograph and etchin, handmade box
Mutilated/Cultivated Environments
 Artist Members Annual Exhibition, organized by Carol Barton, Artist and Alexander Campos, CBA Executive Director.
Clouds, Sticks, Stones and a Stream
(2006) Used tarlatan, stone, sticks, plastic, foam core, intaglio prints on Japanese paper
NYC/Paris DIALOGUE Paris/New York Printmaking Project
 Organized by Maddy Rosenberg, Independent Curator, New York City, and Devorah Boxer, Vice President, Le Trait, Paris.
Document Storage
(1986) Intaglio prints, thread, wooden board
Family Tree House
(1989) Intaglio print
30 Years of Innovation: A Survey of Exhibition History at The Center for Book Arts, 1974-2004
 Organized by Jae Jennifer Rossman, Special Collections Librarian, Arts Library, Yale University.
Hunter-Gatherer: Family Business; Mario
(2002) copperplate Hahnemuhle paper, Masa waxed paper, Denrill, stainless steel rods
2004 Artist Member Juried Exhibition
 juried by Mindell Dubansky & Milan Hughston
Hunter-Gatherer: State I
(2004) Intaglio and letterpress printing on copperplate paper
2003 Instructors' Exhibition
An Amphora and a Fish
(2003) Intaglio print and letterpress; Akatogashi paper; stepped accordion spine
Five Eggs
(2001) Intaglio prints, photo copy; hinges at spine; found objects, foamcaord and binders board
Washi in American Artist's Books
Twelve and One
(1998) Akatogashi, Hiromi MM-I & Hosokawa Ohban papers, silver silk thread
2002 Artist Members' Juried Exhibition
Hunter-Gatherer: Family Business; Mario
(2002) copperplate Hahnemuhle paper, Masa waxed paper, Denrill, stainless steel rods
Fall Forward
 an exhibition featuring current faculty
Chez Moi
(1995) Intaglio on Rives BFK
Garden Gate
(1995) Intaglio on Rives BFK
This day in history . . .
 the 1995 annual Artist Members Exhibition
Breaking Down Cancer
(1993)
Masters of the Craft
 works by instructors of book arts
Healing Scrolls
(1993) Mixed media
Treasure House
(1993) Mixed media
1998 Member Exhibition
Soliloquy of a String Player II
(1987) Printers makeready sheets, etching, silk, threads.
Fun & Games
 the 1988 annual Artist Members Exhibition
Fun and Games
gigantic & subject to expand; wood, mixed objects
Travel Books
 the 1987 annual Artist Members Exhibition
A Journey
(1987) Two collages with handmade paper, letters and photos.
New Work
 the 1986 annual Artist Members Exhibition
Thousands
(1986) Photograph by Marilyn Rivchin. Photograph and museum board.
A Survey of Bookworks by Photographers
 books that reflect visions not observed through a lens of a camera, but rather through the eye of the artist
Thousands
(1986) Photograph by Marilyn Rivchin. Photograph and museum board.
Book Rate
 Artist Members Invitational
1/7 of 2 Hours, 1 Day in One Summer
(1985) Collage

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