education
1999 M.F.A. Painting, Bard College
1988 B.F.A. Parsons School of Design
solo & two person exhibitions
2024 Keiko Narahashi & Lizzie Scott, Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery, NY, NY
2022 how long have I been sleeping, Tappeto Volante Projects, Brooklyn, NY
2022 Erin O’Brien & Keiko Narahashi, 106 Green, NY, NY
2020 I Heard a Wild Flower - Brian Rattiner + Keiko Narahashi, Carvalho Park, Brooklyn, NY
2019 The Body Stops Here, Keiko Narahashi & Sarah Peters, Bennington College Usdan Gallery, Vermont
2019 Keiko Narahashi, Hofstra University, NY
2019 A woman with a beard…, Jason McCoy Gallery, NY, NY
2018 Keiko Narahashi & Jusstin Q Martin, A Resonating Plane, Underdonk, Brooklyn, NY
2011 Keiko Narahashi and Joseph Pintz, Sheppard Gallery, U of Nevada, Reno, curated by Marjorie Vecchio, Namita Gupta Wiggers, curator, Museum of Contemporary Craft, Portland, Oregon
2009 Picturehood, Hudson Franklin Gallery, NY, NY
2007 how long have I been sleeping?, (solo), Hudson Franklin Gallery, NY
2007 Keiko Narahashi, Lisa Boyle Gallery, Chicago, IL
group exhibitions
2024 (De)Construct, Keiko Narahashi, Linda Lindroth & Ryan Sarah Murphy, Flinn Gallery, Greenwich, CT
2023 Honeysuckle Sips, Melissa Dadourian, Sarah Heinemann, Keiko Narahashi, curated by Tracy McKenna, Gold Montclair, Montclair, NJ
2023 Library, curated by Glenn Goldberg, Tappeto Volante Projects, Brooklyn, NY
2023 Unrequited Love, curated by Sarah Peters & Vera Iliatova, Nathalie Karg Gallery, NY, NY
2023 (Mostly) Women (Mostly Abstract, Eric Firestone Gallery, East Hampton & NY, NY
2023 The Ecology of the Self, curated by Alex Dodge & Markus Linnenbrink, Miles McEnery Gallery, NY, NY
2023 Salon Summer 2023, The Garage at Eric Firestone Gallery, East Hampton, NY
2022 Shushan’s Hands, online, Tappeto Volante Projects, Brooklyn, NY
2022 Brooklyn Bridge, McBride Contemporain, Montreal, Canada
2022 Invisible Attraction, curated by Michael Lee, Church of the Heavenly Rest, NY, NY
2022 Slight of Hand, mepaintsme.com
2022 Fire, curated by Martin Bland, Alison Bradley Projects, NY, NY
2022 The Way Things Go, Bienvenu Steinberg & J, NY, NY
2022 NADA with Tappeto Volante Projects, NY, NY
2021 Float…Fly…Transcend, Alabama Contemporary Art Center, Mobile, AL
2021 Transmissions, Underdonk, Brooklyn, NY
2021 A Still Life, Deanna Evans Projects, Brooklyn, NY
2020 Promises, Recent ceramic sculptures by Keiko Narahashi, Elisa Soliven & Marla Sweitzer, Jason McCoy Gallery, NY, NY
2020 NADAin New York, Jack Hanley Gallery, NY, NY
2019 Everyday Animals, curated by Alex Dodge, Ulterior Gallery, NY, NY
2019 Interior Landscapes, Assembly Room, NY, NY
2019 White Nights - Midnight Sun, Jason McCoy Gallery, NY, NY
2018 Eyes in the Heat, George Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2017 Cabinet, curated by Adam Milner, David B Smith Gallery, Denver, CO
2017 Visible Range, Deli Gallery, LIC, NY
2017 K(NO)W MORE, curated by Jacqueline Kui, SVA Chelsea Gallery, NY
2017 The Giving Body, curated by Elisa Soliven, Underdonk, Brooklyn, NY
2016 A Round About, Present Co, Brooklyn, NY
2016 Black & White: Modern & Contemporary Positions, curated by Stephanie Buhmann, Jason McCoy Gallery, NY, NY
2016 106 Green Presents, curated by Holly Coulis, Mitchell Wright, Ridley Howard, Jon Lutz, Brennan & Griffin Gallery, NY, NY
2016 Onion by the Ocean, curated by Elisa Soliven & Essye Klempner, Underdonk, Brooklyn, NY
2016 Drishti: A Concentrated Gaze, 1285 Ave of the Americas Gallery, curated by Patricia Spergel & Elizabeth Heskin, NY, NY
2016 Headspace, curated by Amanda Church & Kim Uchiyama, Morris-Warren Gallery, NY, NY
2015 Like Another, How’s Howard Gallery, Boston, MA
2015 Womanhouse, Eric Firestone Gallery, curated by Eric Firestone and Michelle Tillou, East Hampton, NY
2015 Paintings in Trees, curated by Ben LaRocco, Brooklyn, NY
2015 Futo Akiyoshi, Abdolreza Aminlari, Keiko Narahashi and Robert Stone, Longhouse Projects Gallery, NY
2015 Holiday Salon, Lesley Heller Workspace, NY, NY
2014 Will You Finish My Novel for Me?, curated by Ethan Hauser, Governors Island
2014 Stilled Life, curated by Sophie Aston, The Institute Library, New Haven, CT
2014 Domesticity, curated by Stephanie Buhmann & Samantha McCoy, Jason McCoy Gallery, NY
2014 The Last Brucenniel, NY, NY
2014 Sight Unseen OFFSITE, curated by Su Wu (I’m Revolting), NY, NY
2013 Yard Sale, Lesley Heller Workspace, NY, NY
2013 No Kineme Ever Stands Alone, 106 Green, NY, curated by Saira McLaren and Fran Holstrom
2012 Modern Times, Lesley Heller Workspace, NY, NY, curated by Shari Mendelson
2012 of White, Nuartlink, Westport, CT
2011 Surface Tension, Kuhn Gallery, Ohio State, Marion, OH, curated by Andrea Meyer
2011 UNDEREMPLOYED, Zurcher Studio, NY, curated by Josh Blackwell
2010 Shape Language, Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, NY, NY
2010 Things Just Aren't The Way They Used To Be, Kate Werble Gallery, NY, NY
2010 homespun, The College Art Gallery, The College of NJ, curated by Dustin London
2009 ARTSEEN, NYFA benefit, Friedrich Petzel Gallery
2009 Linked, curated by Jennifer Riley, Heskin Contemporary, NY, NY
2008 Tensegrity, Klaus Von Nichtssagend Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2008 No Thing Impossible, Tobey Fine Arts, NY, NY
2007 Aqua art fair, Miami, FL (Hudson Franklin Gallery)
2007 FlashPop, New York Foundation for the Arts benefit, NY
2006 Squared, Educational Alliance, NY, curated by David Gibson
2006 Winter auction, Dumbo Arts Center
2006 Best played with a straight face, Hudson Franklin Gallery, NY, NY
2005 Greater Brooklyn, CRG Gallery, NY, NY
2005 a baker's dozen, Ceres Gallery, NY, NY
2004 the weight of paper, Delta Axis, Memphis Tennessee
2004 xs, Tattfoo Gallery, Staten Island, NY
2003 A Notion of Time, Dallas Center of Contemporary Art, Diane Dibilzan Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA, Tony Ingrao Gallery, NY
2003 Unframed First Look, juried by Ross Bleckner, Sue Williams, Peter Halley, Lehmann Maupin Gallery, NY
2003 Rally, Triple Candie, NY, NY
2003 26th small works, 80 Washington Square Galleries, NY, NY
2002 Recent Multiples Projects, OIA, NY, NY
2002 Winter Auction 2002, d.u.m.b.o. arts center, Brooklyn, NY
2002 Inbox vol. V: 10048, UCU Gallery, NY, NY
2002 Generations III, A.I.R. Gallery, NY, NY
2001 Metamorphosis, Gallery Korea, New York, NY
2001 Contemporary Drawings, Caldwell College Visceglia Gallery, Caldwell, NJ
2000 Good Business is the Best Art, Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY
2000 Generations II, A.I.R. Gallery, NY, NY
2000 Common Language, Markham-Murray Gallery, NY, NY
1999 Size Matters, Gale Gates Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
1999 New York Undiscovered, Markham-Murray Gallery, NY, NY
1999 Artist in the Marketplace 19th annual exhibition, Bronx Museum of the Arts, NY
1999 Juried Selection #1, Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA
1998 Masters Thesis Exhibition, Bard College
1993 Kraft Center: Illustrations by Keiko Narahashi, (solo), The Kraft Center at The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
awards & residencies
2006 Painting fellowship grant, New York Foundation for the Arts
2005 Marie Walsh Sharpe Studio Program (September 2005 - August 2006)
2003 Anne Klein Prize, Unframed First Look
1999 Artist in the Marketplace Program, Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY
selected bibliography
2019 Keiko Narahashi, Mary Barringer & Kate Moses, editors, The Gardan Special Edition 03
2019 Keiko Narahashi, exhibition catalog, Jason McCoy Gallery
2019 Thompson, Anne, The Body Stops Here: Keiko Narahashi & Sarah Peters (catalog), Bennington College, 2019
2018 Buhmann, Stephanie, editor, New York Studio Conversations Part II, The Green Box, Berlin
2016 Karen McCartney, Sharyn Cairns & Glen Proebstel, Perfect imperfect, Murdoch Books
2016 Lisa Kim & Rebecca Roberts, editors, Artists to Artists, Vol 2, Sharpe-Walentas Studio Program
2016 Elizabeth Heskin & Patricia Spergel, drishti, a concentrated gaze, exhibition catalog
2011 Marjorie Vecchio & Namita Gupta Wiggers, USE: Keiko Narahashi & Joseph Pintz, University of Nevada
2010 Sarah Cunningham, Dustin London, homespun, exhibition catalog, The College of NJ
2001 Zevitas, Steven, editor. New American Paintings, Volume 32, The Open Studios Press
1999 Nieves, Marysol. Artist in the Marketplace 19th Annual Exhibition, Bronx Museum of the Arts
selected press
Hot Coffee Conversations, Nina Chkareuli-Mdivani, Hot Coffee with Keiko Narahashi, 2024
Two Coats of Paint, Erin O’Brien and Keiko Narahashi: The energy in the room, February, 2022
Sara Farrell Okamura, The Body Stops Here: Works by Keiko Narahashi & Sarah Peters, The Greylock Glass, 2019
David Gibson, Studio Visit with Keiko Narahashi, Gibson Contemporary, The Gibson Report, May, 2017
Paul D’Agostino, About & Around, A Round About, bkmag, November, 2016
Sharon Butler, Installation view: Drishti, a concentrated gaze, Two Coats of Paint, June, 2016
Blake Gopnick, At Longhouse Projects, Keiko Narahashi Paints Pictures in Clay, artnet.com April 15, 2015
Bill Rodgers, Spotted, cfile, April, 2015
Monica Khemsurov, Saturday Selects, Sight Unseen, March, 2015
Diana Moss, Moving Mountains, Miss Moss, June, 2014
Mieke ten Have, 10 Standouts From 2014 Design Fairs, Vogue, May, 2014
Danielle Selig, Highlights from New York’s ICFF, Vogue Australia, May, 2014
Alix Taylor, Making Art Feel at Home, Hyperallergic, July, 2014
Jill Singer, New York Design Week 2014: ICFF & The Best of the Rest, Sight Unseen, May, 2014
Christopher A. Yates, Physicality plays with perception, The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio, Oct, 2011
Janet Purcell, Homespun, The Times, Trenton, NJ, March 2010
Laura Hunt, "Keiko Narahashi: Picurehood", The Brooklyn Rail, June, 2009
"Keiko Narahashi", The New Yorker, May 25, 2009
Nora Griffin, Tensegrity, artcritical, August, 2008
James Kalm, Tensegrity, wagmag, July, 2008
Jennifer Riley, “Keiko Narahashi”, The Brooklyn Rail, February, 2007
Doug McClemon’s Top Ten New York Shows, Saatchi online, January, 2007
Shifter 9: Ruin/Monument, ed. Sreshta Premnath, shifter-magazine.com
Roberta Smith, “Greater Brooklyn”, NY Times,July 8, 2005
“Greater Brooklyn”, The New Yorker, July 2005
Buhmann, Stephanie, “Greater Brooklyn”, The Brooklyn Rail, August, 2005
Koeppel, Fredric, Simple is best, The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, TN, November, 2005