Teruko Isabella Kushi
Teruko Kushi (she/her) b. 1994 is an interdisciplinary artist, designer and metal fabricator.
She is the co-founder of SALEHI / KUSHI Studio, a sculptural and architectural metal fabrication company based in Brooklyn, New York.
Currently she is a member of the Female Design Council and former fabrication lead (2018-2023) for the award winning architectural and furniture design studio, Kin and Company.
Currently represented by the Contemporary Art and Design Gallery, Otras Formas in New York City
Otras Formas / 27 West 20th street, New York
Education
2017 BFA, School of the Museum of Fine Arts and Tufts University, Boston MA
Upcoming
2024 S/S 24 Presentation NYCxDesign, Otras Formas Gallery, NY
Selected Exhibitions (*solo)
2023 Uncharted Exhibition, ACLOVA MIAMI, Miami FL
2023 BASEL SOCIAL CLUB, Margot Samel Gallery, Basel Switzerland
2023 FOCUS GROUP 4, Von Ammon Co, Washington DC
2023 NYCxDESIGN x AAPI Design Alliance REFLECTIONS Exhibition, Philip Lim Showroom, Soho NYC
2022 Selected Collaboration with Kris Lemsalu, Margot Samel Gallery, NADA Art Fair / Miami FL
2021 INSIDE OUT ~ IN THE GARDEN Design Exhibition / Brooklyn NY
2020 INSIDE OUT Virtual Furniture Design Exhibition / Brooklyn NY
2018 HOMECOMING Exhibition / Godine Family Gallery, Boston MA
2017 Crossing Borders Exhibition / Providence Bienniale / Periphery Space Gallery, Pawtucket RI
2017 STAND UP Group Exhibition / Gallery Kayafas, Boston MA
2017 Medal Award Gala Exhibition Honoring James Turrell / Museum of Fine Arts, Boston MA
2017 THE SALON / Peabody Essex Museum and Oholive Collective, Boston MA
2017 Award Recipients Show / Grossman Gallery, Boston MA
2017 SMFA Senior Thesis Exhibition: DENATURED / School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston MA
2017 30under30 / Six Depot Gallery, West Stockbridge MA
2017 Medici Night / School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston MA
2016 *Urashima Taro / W. Van Alan Clark, Boston MA
2016 Working Title: Thesis Area Show / School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston MA
2016 TwentybyTen / Kingston Gallery, Boston MA
2015 Award Recipients Show / Grossman Gallery, Boston MA
2015 SMFA Painting Annual / School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston MA
2015 FLATTENING / Milkhaus, Boston MA
2014 SMFA Painting Annual / School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston MA
2014 Drawing Annual / School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston MA
2013 SMFA Painting Annual / School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston MA
Awards / Scholarships / Honors
2021 Nicole Hollis x Female Design Council Award, Honorable Mention Recipient
2017 Dana Pond Painting Award Recipient
2017 Student Commencement Speaker, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston MA
2015/16 Linde Family Scholarship Recipient
2015 Boit Award Honorable Mention Recipient
Involved Projects
2017 Errata : Brief Interruptions / FUTURE FARMERS / Harvard University Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Cambridge MA
2016 LUMINA VITA / Parergon Record Collective / W. Van Alan Clark Library, Boston MA
Teaching / Residences
2022 Visiting Artist Lecturer at RISD Furniture Department, Providence RI
2022 ‘The Alchemical Surface’ Visiting Artist Workshop at RISD Furniture Department, Providence RI
2021 Guest Critic for Senior Furniture Design Thesis Proposals, RISD Furniture Department, Providence RI
2017 Teaching Assistant to Professor Floor van de Velde, Advanced Installation, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston MA
2016 Teaching Assistant to Professor Jim Dow, Contemporary Art History, Tufts University, Boston MA
2012-2014 Sculpture Studio Assistant for artist Juan Jose Barboza-Gubo, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston MA
2009-2012 Painting Studio Assistant for artist Marylin Kalish, Great Barrington MA
Related Experience
2015 Faculty Hiring Committee / Painting and Drawing Department / School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston MA