Born in Saitama, Japan, 1967. Lives and works in New York and Japan.

Education

BFA, Musashino Art University, Tokyo, Japan

Selected One-Person Exhibitions

2008
Josee Bienvenu Gallery, New York

2007
Flat Globe 2007, d.e.n. contemporary, Culver City, CA

2006
Flat Globe, Josee Bienvenu Gallery, New York

2004
Was it a Ghost? Linear-Actions Cutting Project at Snug Harbor Cultural Center,  New House Center for Contemporary Art, Staten Island, NY

2003
Ten Elements Focusing on a New Generation in Tokyo, Gallery Natsuka, Tokyo, Japan
Lands of Emptiness, Pierogi Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2002
Details, Gallery Natsuka, Tokyo, Japan

2001
Works of Linear-Actions, Makii Masaru Fine Arts, Tokyo, Japan

1999
Like A Running River, Fukaya Station Gallery+Hirakaya Saitama, Japan

1993
On The Road to the Circle, Gallery Natsuka, Tokyo, Japan

Selected Group Exhibitions

2008
Flow, Main Gallery, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minnesota
Wall Rockets, FLAG Art Foundation, New York
Seven Beauties, Contrasts Gallery, Shanghai, China
Uncoordinated: Mapping Cartography in Contemporary Art, Contemporary Arts Center, Ohio
Paper City, Mixed Greens, New York

2007
Making a Home, The Japan Society, New York
(Un) Contained Vessels, The Center for Book Arts, New York

2006
Art on Paper Biennial, Weatherspoon Museum, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, NC
New World Orders, The Experimental Space, New York
Forces of Nature, Halsey Gallery, College of Charleston, SC
Trans-boundry Experiences, SPOOL Mfg. Contemporary Art Gallery, SUNY, Johnson City, NY

2005
Bonds, Ise Cultural Foundation, New York
Pulp Paper Sculptures, Produce Gallery, Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philidelphia, PA
Groundwork, d.e.n. contemporary, Culver City, CA

2004
Talespinning, The Drawing Center, New York
Troy Stories, Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Microwave, Sicardi Gallery, Houston, TX
New Papers, Josee Bienvenu Gallery, New York

2003
Terrarium, Bronx River Art Center, Bronx, NY
JAPAN:RISING, Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art (PBICA), FL
White, Bill Maynes Gallery, New York
Plastic Gardens, Cristinerose | Josee Bienvenu Gallery, New York
Take Out, Zabriskie Gallery, New York
Perforations, Valerie McKenzie Gallery, New York

2002
Looking East Looking West, Brattleboro Museum, Brattleboro, VT
D.U.M.B.O Art Festival, Brooklyn, NY
The First Move, Philip Morris, Tokyo International Forum, Japan

2001
20th Imadate Contemporary Paper Art Exhibition, Imadate Museum, Fukui, Japan

2000
International Biennale of Miniature Prints, Montreal, Canada

Grants and Awards

2007
Pollock - Krasner Foundation

2005
Art Omi International  Artist Residency

2004
LMCC (Lower Manhattan Cultural Council) Workspace: Session B
Japan Ministry of Culture Award

2003
Artist in Residence, Vermont Studio Center, NY Freeman Fellowship

2002
Artist in Residence, Vermont Studio Center, NY Freeman Fellowship

2000
The Pola Art Foundation Subsidy

Bibliography

2008
Bryant, Eric, On the Cutting Edge, Art News, April

2006
Goodman, Johnathan, Noriko Ambe Flat Globe, Sculpture Magazine Review, November

2005
Kerr, Merrily, New Paper Sculptures, Art on Paper, March/April

2004
Klaasmeyer, Kelly, OCDelight, Houston Press, October 14
Glueck, Grace, Working Words Into Images, Artists Become Storytellers,
Art Review New York Times, September 24

2003
Maeda, Seiichi, Noriko Ambe: The Ripple From the Layers of 100 sheets [Japanese], Geijutsu Shincho Review, September
Nelson, Lena, Mysterious Landscape, Embrace, Winter (www.m-real.com/embrace)
Onishi, Wakahito, Looking at the New Generation: Contemporary Art Galleries’s Simultaneous Transmission [Japanese], Asahi Newspaper, evening edition, August 4
Rosin, Jessica, Linear-Actions Cutting Project ’02: Lands of Emptiness,
Art on Paper (web exclusive), February
Sanda, Haruo, Looking at the New Generation: Creative Younger Artists Who Eschew Trendiness [Japanese], Mainichi Newspaper,
evening edition, August 5
Suzuki, Joe, Noriko Ambe: Intellectual and Natural Being [Japanese],
MEMO, November
Turner, Elisa, Japanese Art: Less ‘whammo’ This Time Around, Miami Herald, October 26