Mutsumi Iwasaki

Browngrotta arts has promoted Japanese artist, Mutsumi Iwasaki, and her meticulously constructed forms since 2006. After working as a textile artist for nearly two decades, in 1998, Iwasaki began making both baskets and her own paper. In 2000, her new work was included in the influential In Our Hands Exhibition, in Nagoya, Japan. “I make works in which elements are 'piled'," she explained in our 2011 catalog, Stimulus: Art and Its Inception. “They are like small boxes of air and a record of the everyday. I use washi paper that I make myself as the main material. When I use commercial paper I feel the difference in the material."

Selected exhibitions and venues:
Nagoya, Japan ("In Our Hands", An International Competition); Cheongju, Korea (International Craft Biennale); Seoul, Korea (Japan Basketry Exchange); Tokyo, Japan (The Tiny Treasure); Korea-Japan Basketry Exchange Exhibition, Kanazawa, Japan; Tokyo, Japan (Nawa kara hazimaru).