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Artist Bio 

 

mai ide is an artist from Tokyo, now based in Portland, OR. Her multidisciplinary art investigates her own cultural intersectionality and deep ambivalence as a non-immigrant, mother, and woman. Ide's use of salvaged fabric and sashiko stitches conveys her simultaneous vulnerability, fragility, and ferocity under a constrained and volatile society. Ide holds a BFA in Art Practice from Portland State University (OR) and an MFA in Visual Studies at Pacific Northwest College of Art, as well as degrees in sewing, pattern making, and textile design in Japan, where she worked for ten years as a textile designer. Previous exhibitions and performances include the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum and the Museum of Kyoto in Japan, and the Jordan Schnitzer Museum in Oregon. 

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Solo Exhibitions
2026 Solo show at Cawein Art Gallery, Pacific University, Forest Grove, OR

2026 Solo show at Cargo, Portland, OR
2024 “be nice + kind to yourself ” at LITMAN Gallery, OR
2023 “shoji reality” at gallery 157 at Pacific Northwest College of Art, OR
2022 RISO QUILT at Fariborz Masseh Hall Building, School of Art + Design, Portland State University,OR

Juried Exhibitions
2021 Recent Graduate Exhibition at Blackfish Gallery, Portland, OR
2000 Contemporary Craft Exhibition at Tokyo Metropolitan Museum, Tokyo, Japan
1995 All Japan Textile Newcomer Textile Dying Exhibition at Museum of Kyoto, Kyoko, Japan

Group Exhibitions

2026 "Many Bridges" at Blackfish Gallery, Portland, OR 

2025 “be nice + kind to yourself ” at Oranj Studio, OR
2024 “Emergence” at Pacific Northwest College of Art, OR
2023 “CORPOREAL DENIAL curated by Erik Geschke at Shattuck Hall,
School of Art + Design, Portland State University, OR
2023 ”RASTER array; overcasting” curated by mai ide at MK gallery
School of Art + Design, Portland State University, OR
2022 “Juma Jarms” curated by Laura Hughes, at MK gallery,
School of Art + Design, Portland State University, OR curated by Laura Hughes
2022 ”Paradise ROT” curated by Tabitha Nikolai, at AB gallery & MK gallery,
School of Art + Design, Portland State University, OR
2021 “Viscous Time” 2021 curated by Maryanna G. Ramirez BFA/MFA Exhibition
at Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, School of Art + Design, Portland State University, OR
1995 ”Forever true” graduation exhibition at Otsuka Textile College, Tokyo, Japan

Grants and Awards
2024 Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity Scholarship, Banff, Canada
2023 Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, Precipice Fund Grant, Portland, OR
2023 Pacific Northwest College of Art Visual Studies Graduate Merit Scholarship, Portland OR
2023 The Kamelia Massih Outstanding Student Prize in the Arts, Portland State University, Portland OR
1995 Grand Prize of Graduation Work at Otsuka Textile College, Tokyo, Japan
1995 All Japan Newcomer Textile Dyeing Exhibition at the Cultural Museum of Kyoto, Japan

Artist Residencies
2025-2026 The Vanport Mosaic Artist in Residency, OR
2025 p:ear Creatively Mentoring Homeless Youth Residency, OR
2024-2025 GLEAN Residency, OR
2024 Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Banff, Canada
2023 Good Hart Artist Residency, Good Hart, MI

Community Art Project

2025 PICA TIME BASE ART Festival; Tender Revolution/Yellow Songs; collaboration with Dao Strome 

2024 Vanport Mosaic Memory Activism in Portland’s Historic Old Town, Coming home PDX Senninbari Project
2024 Portland Community Collage Sylvania HT East Art Selection Committee

Selected Visiting Artist and Speaking Appearances

2026 Artist Talk and Workshop at International Museum of Surgical Science, Chicago, IL

2026 Artist Talk and Sashiko Workshop at Japanese Culture Center, Chicago, IL

2026 Artist Talk and Workshop at Japanese American Museum of Oregon, OR

2025 Artist Talk and Workshop at Portland State University, Portland, OR
2025 Artist Talk and Workshop at Pacific Northwest College of Art, OR
2025 Artist Talk and Workshop at Pacific University, Forest Grove, OR
2025 Panel Discussion at GLEAN Residency Exhibition Venue, Portland, OR
2025 Artist Talk at Portland State University, Portland, OR
2024 Artist Talk at Reed College, Portland OR
2025 Artist Talk and Workshop at Portland State University, Portland, OR
2024 Artist Talk and Workshop at International Museum of Surgical Science, Chicago, IL
2024 Artist Talk and Sashiko Workshop at Japanese Culture Center, Chicago, IL
2024 Japan Fest Cultural Exhibition, Chicago, IL
2024 Mask Making and Sashiko Workshop at Japanese American Museum of Oregon, OR
2024 Artist Talk and Sashiko workshop at Chicago, Chicago, IL
2024 Artist Talk and Sashiko Workshop at Japanese Culture Center, Chicago, IL
2024 Mask Making Workshop at Japanese American Museum of Oregon, OR
2023 Artist Talk and Sashiko Workshop at Japanese Culture Center, Chicago, IL
2023 Artist Talk and Sashiko Workshop at Public Space One, Iowa City, IA
2022 Sashiko Workshop with Alison Heryer at Native American Student and Community Center, Portland State University, OR
2022 Artist Talk at Pacific University, Forest Grove, OR
2022 Guest speaking for School of Art + Design CORE, Portland State University, OR
2021 Virtual RISO workshop
collaboration with Kate Bingaman-Burt, Portland, OR
Press
2025 Portland Monthly “Artist-in-Residence, at the Dump” witten by Jaydra Johnson (print & online)
https://www.pdxmonthly.com/arts-and-culture/2025/04/glean-artist-residency-garbage-dump-gallery
2025 Willamette Week “Portland’s Biggest Art Colleges Put Grads on Display for Annual Exhibitions”
written by Andrew Jankowski
https://www.wweek.com/arts/visual-arts/2025/04/18/portlands-biggest-art-colleges-put-grads-on-display-for-annual-exhibitions/
2024 EDGE.COM “These Corsets Speak the Truth: Resilience in Mai Ide’s “be nice + kind to yourself”
Exhibition” written by Annin Barrett
https://edgexpo.com/2024/12/12/corsets-speak-the-truth-resilience-in-mai-ides-be-nice-kind-to-yourself-exhibition/
2024 Willamette Week “Everything Has Changed for Artist Mai Ide Since She Sewed “HAHAHA;
Language Barrier” written by Rachel Saslow (print & online)
https://www.wweek.com/culture/2024/11/19/everything-has-changed-for-artist-mai-ide-since-she-sewed-hahaha-language-barrier/
2023 The Daily Iowan “Crafting a therapeutic atmosphere while reclaiming the appropriated art of Sashiko
at Public Space One” written by Caden Gantenbein (print & online)
https://dailyiowan.com/2023/11/07/crafting-a-therapeutic-atmosphere-while-reclaiming-the-appropriated-art-of-sashiko-at-public-space-one/
2021 An article on the web magazine, COLOCAL in Japan “Rediscover the joy of printing! Professor Kate's
Art Lecture from Portland” witten by Michiko Kurushima
https://colocal.jp/topics/lifestyle/ecovillage/20210407_140270.html
2019 Artist Interview at “Colors” by Tokyo Broadcasting Channel’s Radio Program, Miyagi Radio, Japan

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