Education:
1950~54: Tokyo University of Arts, BFA.
1955~59: Art Students League of New York with Will Barnet and Morris Kantor.
Awarded Allen Tucker Scholarship for painting.
1969~71: University of Michigan, Department of Art History, MA.
Exhibitions:
1958: Cross Current organized by American Federations of Arts. Group show traveled throughout the U.S.
1959: New Talent group exhibition, Martha Jackson Gallery, New York City.
1964: Annual National Exhibition, Washington Watercolor Association, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
One-person exhibition, The University Art Gallery, Oakland University, Rochestcr, Michigan.
1965: One-person exhibition, Hanamura's Art Gallery, Detroit, Michigan.
1966: Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts Exhibition, Washington Watercolor Association.
Annual Exhibition, California National Watercolor Society.
1996: One-person exhibition, Early Paintings by Kiichi Usui,
..........Meadow Brook Art Gallery, Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan.1997: One-person exhibition, Familiar Faces and Places, Recent Paintings by Kiichi Usui,
..........Meadow Brook Art Gallery, Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan.Teaching Experience:
1966~71: Oakland University, Department of Art and Art History, Assistant Professor.
1978: Summer semester of Museology, Department of Anthropology, Graduate School, New York University.
Public Service:
1982~92: Business Consortium of Art, City of Southfield, committee member.
1982~84: Advisory Board Member, Livonia Cultural League, City of Livonia.
1977~88: Panel members. Served individual artists, visual arts and museum panels.
1989~91 Michigan Council for the Arts, Council Member.
Exhibitions Curated:
1966: A Point of View: Drawings and Paintings form the Richard Brown Baker Collection.
1967: Personal Preference: Paintings and Sculptures from Mr. and Mrs. S. Brooks Barron's Collection.
1968: African Art Collected by G. Mennen Williams.
The abstract sculpture of Ted Knerr
1969: Art of the Black Islands from the University Museum, Philadelphia.
1971: Art of the Decade, 1960~1970
1972: Chinese Fan Paintings from the Collection of Chang Yee Pong
Japanese Ink Paintings of the Edo Period
1973:American Realism: Post Pot (photo realism) Found Industrial Objects: Unintended Art
1974: Minoru Yamasaki: A Retrospective
1975: Art of the Tang Dynasty Contemporary Reflections
1976: Art of Pre-Columbian AmericaCreative Encounters: Gertrude Kasle Collection of Contemporary Art
1977: Art in Architecture
Through Closed Doors: Western Influence on Japanese Art 1650-1850 in collaboration with the University of Michigan Museum of Art and the Denver Art Museum. Exhibition on loan from the Kobe City Museum of Nanban Art, Japan.
1978: Return of Realism: Part I, Four from the Allan Frumkin Gallery
Return of Realism: Part II, Detroit Realists
1979: Meadow Brook Hall: Tudor Revival Architecture and Decoration.
America in the 70's as Depicted by Artists in the Richard Brown Baker Collection
1980: Oceanic Art from the collection of Professor Harry Bober, New York University
1981: Meadow Brook Invitational: Outdoor Sculpture, Six large-scale outdoor sculpture installations.
1982: National Pontiac Sculpture Competition
1984: Contemporary Art in the Collection of Florence and S. Brooks Barron
Master Painters of Haiti in the Collection of Siri von Reis
1985: Chinese Art, a Private Collection in Michigan
1986: Muscle and Machine Dream: A Portrait of the Motor City
Detroiters Collect: New Generation
1987: Pre-Columbian Art: The Collection of Louis G. Redstone.
Magic in the Mind's Eye, featuring the collection of Kempf Hogan
Spirit in Clay: Part I, Daniel Rhodes: The California Years
1988: Contemporary Art from the Collection of Marion and David Handleman
Japan Yesterday
1989: Photography's Beginnings: A Visual History
Chinese Art: Gift of Professor and Mrs. Amitendranath Tagore
George and Maxine Brewer: Contemporary Art Collection
1990: G. Mennen Williams' African Mission
Michelle Oka Doner: At Mid Career
1991: In the Spirit of Protest by Henrietta Mantooth. Expressive Visions and Exquisite Images.
Two Aspects of Art in the 80s from the Richard Brown Baker Collection.
Expressive Visions: Part II, Michigan Artists
Cross Section: Contemporary Art Collections in Detroit
1993: Culver's Nature, Selected Works by Charles Culver
Ted Hadfield and Wendy MacGaw At Mid Career
1994: Art of Book Illustration: Selected Works by Arthur 1. Keller 1866- 1924
1995: .Joan Brace and her Collection.
Art of the Indonesian Archipelago from the collection of Paul and Diane Haig
Arimatsu Shibori: A Japanese Tradition of Indigo Dyeing
1996: Joseph Wesner: At Mid Career
The Trompe L'oeil Tradition in Contemporary Realism from the Masco and Manoogian Collections
17th & 18th Centuries European Paintings and Drawings from the Taduesz Malinski Collection
Grants Awarded:
1974 Michigan Council for the Arts in support of Minoru Yamasaki: A Retrospective. $2,000.
1976: Michigan Council for the Arts in support of Art of Pre-Columbian America. $2,000.
1977: Michigan Council for the Arts in cooperation with the U.S. General Services Administration in support of Art in Architecture, an exhibition which traveled to six cities in Michigan and Indiana. $18,000.
1977: National Endowment for the Arts in support of Through Closed Doors: Western Influence on Japanese Art, 1650~ 1850, in collaboration with the University of Michigan Museum of Art, Denver Museum of Art, San Francisco Museum of Asian Art and the collection of the Kobe City Museum of Namban Art, Japan. $17,500.
John D. Rockefeller III Funds in support of Through Closed Doors. $5,000.
The University of Michigan's Center for Japanese Study in support of Through Closed Doors. $3,000.
1979: Institute of Museum Services for operational support. $18,670.
1980: National Endowment for the Arts. $20,000. Michigan Council for the Arts in support of Meadow Brook Invitational: Outdoor Sculpture. $ 10,000.
1981: City of Pontiac, Pontiac Sculpture Competition. $12,000.
1983: Michigan Council for the Arts, Michigan Invitational II. $8,000.
1984-85: Michigan Council for the Arts in support of Muscle and Machine Dream. $16,700.
1986: Stroh Foundation in support of Magic in the Mind's Eye. $12,000
Michigan Council for the Arts in support of Magic in the Mind's Eye. $12,000.
1990: Michigan Council for the Arts in support of G. Mennen Williams: His African Mission. $8,500.
1994: National Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Property. $3,260.
1995: Nippondenso, America in support of Arimatsu Shibori: A Japanese Tradition of Indigo Dyeing. $5,000.
Aichi Prefecture Cultural Exchange, Aichi University Alumni Association in support of Arimatsu Shibori: A Japanese Tradition of Indigo Dyeing.$122,200.
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